LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, has formed a committee to investigate 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 investigating committee 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.
