LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has sought details of police encounters in Punjab during the last one year.

Taking suo motu notice during the hearing of the contaminated water case here on Sunday, the chief justice ordered the IGP to submit a report within a week into all the encounters carried out by police in the province.

Last month, the chief justice had taken notice of police encounters carried out allegedly by Sindh police officer Rao Anwar after the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsood in Karachi.

Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2018