PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi blamed DCO Multan Zahid Saleem Gondal for the stampede at the party’s rally in the city.
[7] When the committee headed by Punjab Secretary Environment Iqbal Chauhan submitted its report, it held PTI management partly responsible for the incident, saying that organisers did not follow the rules of the agreement signed between party and the local administration.
In contrast to PTI allegations, the report termed the tragedy an accident and dismissed accusations that the stampede was a conspiracy by the district administration.
[9] On 18 October 2014, eight days after the incident, a petition seeking registration of a case against senior leaders of PTI was filed in a session court in Multan by Advocate Malik Khalil.
Advocate Malik Khalil asked the court to order registration of a case against the accused, saying that at least seven PTI supporters were killed in the stampede on October 10.