Islamabad, October 21
In a show of open defiance against the Pakistani army, Karachi police officers threatened to go on mass leave on Wednesday after the Sindh police chief was allegedly kidnapped and coerced into taking action against the vice president of PML (N) , Maryam Nawaz Sharif.
Sources in Islamabad said that with the ongoing contest between the Opposition and the Army, Pakistan was slipping into a situation similar to a civil war.
Sindh police alleged that they were pressured to arrest Maryam’s husband, Safdar Awan. Sindh is led by CM Syed Murad Ali Shah of the Pakistan People’s Party.
Sindh police arrested Safdar Awan, who is the son-in-law of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, at a hotel in Karachi on Monday. – IANS
Political crisis
Maryam Sharif’s husband, Safdar Awan, was arrested on Monday, but then left after the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif criticized the Imran Khan government.
Bajwa orders probe
After Pak Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa ordered an investigation into Safdar Awan’s arrest, the Sindh Police Chief deferred his leave and asked his officers to do the same.
