Amid ongoing political turmoil in Pakistan, Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday (October 20) ordered an investigation into rumors that Sindh’s chief of police was abducted by army troops from Pakistan to pressure the Karachi police to arrest Safdar Awan, the son. -She is the mother-in-law of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif.
According to The International Herald, 10 Karachi policemen were killed in clashes that broke out in Pakistan’s financial capital. He also claimed that a “civil war” had broken out following violent clashes between the police and the army.
The Pakistan Army’s media wing said in a statement that the army chief, Bajwa, had ordered the Karachi corps commander to “immediately investigate the circumstances” to determine the facts and submit a report as soon as possible.
However, the statement did not provide details of the incident it was referring to, but the Pakistani military issued the statement after PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari demanded that an investigation be launched to find out the circumstances surrounding the arrest. from Safdar, who is the husband. of Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz.
It should be remembered that Safdar and Maryam, who is also vice president of the PML-N, were in Karachi for a few days to participate in a demonstration of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) when Safdar was arrested in his hotel room. It is known that the Karachi police detained Safdar for allegedly disrespecting the mausoleum of the country’s founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Safdar was later released on bail.
Maryam had said that the Karachi police opened the door to the hotel room where she was staying and arrested Captain Safdar. During the demonstration, Maryam Nawaz criticized Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of tarnishing the image of the Pakistani army to hide the failures of his government.
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