LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, has formed a commit
tee to i
nvestigate a recent firing
incident in Bahawalnager in which Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former MPA
from south Punjab, Shaukat
Basra, was injured while his PA was killed.
On Monday, a gunfight at a PPP rally injured
Basra and resulted in the death of his PA. The
incident took place in Haroonabad area.
CM Punjab has directed the i
nvestigating commit
tee to present a report to him within 48 hours.
Basra had served as an MPA
from Bahawalnagar in the Punjab Assembly
from 2008-2013. He is currently serving as the information secretary of PPP’s south Punjab chapter.
The
incident drew strong criticism
from the PPP leadership. The PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called the
incident an act of cowardice, while PPP co-Chairman Asif Zardari demanded that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
