Punjab MPA Hina Parvez Butt defends deleted X post on alleged CCD encounter amid criticism

Punjab lawmaker Hina Parvez Butt on Thursday defended herself after a social media post by her regarding an alleged encounter by Punjab’s Crime Control Department prompted outrage and criticism. On Wednesday, a suspect accused of running over a teenage boy, Waseem, who worked for him with his car in a private housing society in Multan, was killed in an alleged encounter in Bahawalpur. That incident also sparked anger among the public, with a police officer saying the teenager had been “subjected to barbarity”. “This is [Punjab Chief Minister] Maryam Nawaz sahiba ’s government; justice is…