The Punjab government on Saturday issued a notification with regard to the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate the Bahawalnagar incident.
Bahawalnagar: Bahawalnagar incident: Govt issues notification of JIT. Special Home Secretary Fazal-ur-Rehman will be the convener of the team whereas Bahawalpur Commissioner Nadir Chatha and DIG Special Branch Faisal Raza will be the members of the joint investigation team.
The team will also include a member each from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureaus (IB).
In a statement issued on Friday, the ISPR stated unfortunate incident occurred in Bahawalnagar recently was promptly addressed and resolved through collaborative efforts of military and police authorities,
The military’s media wing in a statement highlighted that despite the incident being resolved, certain factions with vested motives started fanning vitriolic propaganda on social media to create divisions between state institutions and government departments.
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It said that a joint inquiry comprising security and police officials will be conducted to ensure a fair and deliberate inquiry aimed to determine responsibility for any violations of laws and misuse of authority and to ascertain the facts accurately.
Bahawalnagar is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well. It is the 54th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census. Old name of Bahawalnagar was Rojanwali/Ubbha. It was named Bahawalnagar in 1904 after Bahawal Khan V, the ruler of the Bahawalpur state comprising the present districts of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan. It is 262 km (163 mi) south of Lahore and about 175 km (109 mi) miles east of Bahawalpur. It is 65 km (40 mi) far from District Pakpattan. River Sutlej passes on the northern side at a distance of about 6 miles.
