A probe into Sindh police chief Mushtaq Mahar’s “grievances” against the backdrop of desecration of Quaid’s mausoleum case against PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and her husband Captain (retd) Safdar has been completed, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday.
Court of Inquiry on the orders of COAS pertaining to the issue of redress of Inspector General Police Sindh’s grievances, in the backdrop of 18 Oct 2020 Karachi incident, has been completed, reported ISPR.
The public relations wing of armed forces in a press release pertaining to the matter stated; “the court of Inquiry established that officers from Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and ISI sector Headquarters Karachi were considerably seized with the fall out of 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 ISI / Rangers officers decided to act, rather over zealously, said ISPR.
They were indeed experienced enough to have acted more prudently and could have avoided creating an unwarranted situation that led to a misunderstanding between the state institutions, the inquiry report read further.
Based on the recommendations of the court of Inquiry, it has been decided to remove the concerned officers from their current assignments for further departmental proceedings and disposal at military’s General Head-Quarters (GHQ).
