He said that it was not the first incident of its kind and similar happenings took place in the past too. He said it would create distrust among the people about the state institutions. Aftab Sherpao also extended his sympathies to the family whose three members were killed in an alleged encounter by the Counter-Terrorism Department in Sahiwal.
The QWP leader demanded that the officials, who conducted the "encounter", should be awarded severe punishment to avoid such occurrences in future. He said the state institutions were supposed to provide protection to the people and not to cause their deaths.
He said the Sahiwal incident had created unrest among the people and raised questions about the ability of the law-enforcers. The QWP leader criticised the Punjab law minister for terming the killings in Sahiwal as "collateral damage", saying it was tantamount to rubbing salt into the wounds of the affected family.