LAHORE (Dunya News) - An All Parties Conference (APC) hosted by Pakistan Awami Tehreek begins at Minhaj-ul Quran Secretariat in Model Town. <br />Talking to media, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri said that APC is being held on a single point agenda to discuss Model Town tragedy. <br />Delegations of different political parties including Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Awami Muslim League (AML) All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) and others have arrived in Model Town to attend the APC. <br />On Saturday, PMLQ, MQM SIC, MWM and others accepted PAT’s invitation to join its All Parties Conference (APC) over Model Town tragedy. Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Sami (JUI-S) excused from participation while Manzoor Wattoo said Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) did not get the invitation, Dunya News reported. <br />Addressing media after meeting Tahirul Qadri at Minhaj-ul-Quran secretariat, PMLQ’s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said that neither Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif resigned, nor was the FIR over the incident lodged. He said APC will be on one-point agenda. <br />Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Mahmood-ul-Rasheed will represent PTI at APC. Awami Muslim League (AML)’s Sheikh Rasheed will also participate. <br />MQM also accepted the invitation. According to its spokesperson, MQM’s delegate will join the conference. <br />JUI-S’s Maulana Samiul Haq excused from participation. <br />PPP’s Manzoor Wattoo said PPP hasn’t received an invitation yet, adding that party’s central leadership will decide if invited. <br />All arrangements have been completed for the meeting to be held at Pakistan Awami Tehreek’s Model Town Secretariat. <br />The APC would discuss the June 17 tragedy in which more than a dozen PAT workers were killed and 90 others injured during clash when police tried to remove barricades outside Minhajul Quran Secretariat. <br />The government has set up a judicial commission to probe the PAT boycotted the proceedings of the commission and demanded to form another judicial commission comprising three SC judges.
