LAHORE: Punjab Prosecution Department Secretary Nadeem Sarwar has constituted a new prosecution committee to ensure high-quality prosecution for trial court for the Sialkot incident in which Sri Lankan Manager Priyantha Kumara was killed by a frenzied mob.

The committee includes Abdul Rauf Wattoo, Asmatullah Khan, Deputy Prosecutor General Zahid Sarfraz Khan and Umer Farooq, assistant district public prosecutor.

The committee will submit its report on each hearing of the case to the secretary as well as the prosecutor general of Punjab.

The new committee has begun performing its duties.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2022

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