The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has summoned witnesses for a hearing on the Model Town tragedy case.
Due to the judge being on leave, the proceedings were postponed until June 14. DSP Rana Mahmudul Hassan, Constable Faisal Rasheed, and Constable Amir Hassan were summoned as witnesses.
The Model Town operation, more commonly known as the Model Town tragedy was a violent clash that ensued between the Punjab Police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek activists on 17 June 2014 resulting in several protesters being killed by the police gunfire.
The standoff lasted for almost 11 hours when the police's anti-encroachment squad launched an operation to remove the barriers from the road leading to the offices of Minhaj-ul-Quran and the residence of PAT founder Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in Model Town, Lahore, even though police officials were given a court order by PAT leaders, stating "due to terrorism issue place security barriers in front of Minhaj-ul-Quran and the residence of PAT founder Dr. Qadri.
