PM Nawaz Sharif orders probe into Islamabad standoff

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry into an impasse caused by a gunman at the Jinnah Avenue of the federal capital, sources said Friday.

The sources said that the prime minister ordered the interior secretary to submit a report, which must answer as to who was responsible to cause delay in initiating action to end the drama at the heart of the capital and as to why police allowed an individual to over come the situation, a reference to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Zamurud Khan.

The prime minister also sought answers that as to how an armed man entered the area and why the law enforcers failed to stop his entry and which authority was responsible to respond to the situation.