Karachi incident inquiry report is “Rejected”: Nawaz Sharif

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday rejected the report of an inquiry conducted by Pakistan army regarding alleged abduction of Sindh police chief in Karachi.

“Inquiry report on Karachi incident is a cover-up scapegoating juniors and shielding the real culprits. Report “Rejected”,” Sharif tweeted, referring to events which led up to the arrest of Captain Safdar on October 19.

Inquiry report on Karachi incident is a cover-up scapegoating juniors & shielding the real culprits. Report “Rejected”.

— Nawaz Sharif (@NawazSharifMNS) November 10, 2020

Nawaz’s comment comes hours after ISPR announced that all officers of ISI an Rangers involved in the “Karachi incident” had been removed pending further departmental proceedings.

“The court of inquiry has established that on the night of Oct 18/Oct 19, officers from Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and ISI sector Headquarters Karachi were considerably seized with the fall out of the desecration of Mazar-e-Quaid.

“They were under increasing public pressure to ensure prompt action as per the law. Assessing the response of police authorities against this developing yet volatile situation to be slow and wanting, in a charged environment, the concerned officers decided to act, rather overzealously,” an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.

The concerned officers “were indeed experienced enough to have acted more prudently and could have avoided creating an unwarranted situation that led to the misunderstanding between the two state institutions”, it added.

The announcement was made after the court of inquiry constituted to redress the grievances of the Sindh inspector general on the orders of Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa was completed, according to the ISPR.