RAWALPINDI: The military on Tuesday said officials of the Inter-Services Intelligence and Sindh Rangers involved in the noisy arrest and subsequent release of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader retired Captain Safdar Awan have been suspended for acting “overzealously”. Subsequently, PML-N claimed the personnel of Sindh Rangers “kidnapped” Sindh police chief Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar to “force” police into arresting Safdar. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations said that the court of inquiry constituted on the orders of Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has been completed. “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,” the statement said. Last month, the ISPR said the Army chief had taken notice of and ordered an immediate inquiry into the “Karachi incident”.

Source: Pakistan Today November 10, 2020 10:07 UTC