Hafiz Naeem: CCD encounters hide real culprits, JI says
At a Lahore press conference, the Jamaat-e-Islami chief linked recent suspect deaths in police encounters to a failure of due process and alleged that real perpetrators were being shielded.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday in Lahore condemned recent police encounter killings as extrajudicial killings.
He cited the cases of IIUI gold medallist Laiba Ijaz and 15-year-old orphan Waseem Abbas, saying suspects were killed instead of tried in court.
He alleged the deaths were meant to shield real culprits and suppress public anger, and said encounters cannot replace a working justice system.
He also pressed the government on economic grievances and said JI would stage a long march in mid-November if the petroleum levy is not abolished.