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Pakistan Army chief orders probe into 'kidnapping' of police chief

Pakistan Army chief orders probe into 'kidnapping' of police chief
Written by Siddhant Pandey
Oct 21, 2020, 12:50 pm 2 min read
Pakistan Army chief orders probe into 'kidnapping' of police chief

Pakistan Army's chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has ordered a probe into the alleged kidnapping of Sindh Police chief by the paramilitary Rangers Force. The police chief, Mushtaq Mehar, was allegedly facing pressure to arrest Muhammad Safdar, the son-in-law of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Safdar was briefly arrested on Monday and was released hours later after receiving bail.

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General Bajwa directs Karachi Corps Commander to launch probe

General Bajwa directed the Karachi Corps Commander to "immediately inquire into the circumstances to determine the facts and report back as soon as possible," according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army.

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PPP chief urged Army chief to investigate Safdar's arrest

Although the ISPR did not specify what "incident" it was referring to, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said the Army chief called party chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari "over the telephone to discuss the Karachi incident." Bhutto-Zardari had urged General Bajwa and Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed to investigate the arrest of Safdar, a Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz) leader.

Arrest
Police 'barged into' hotel room; arrested Safdar

According to Dawn, Safdar and his wife, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, were in Karachi to attend a rally of the opposition's Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), targeting Prime Minister Imran Khan. Maryam alleged the police "barged into" their hotel room and arrested Safdar. Safdar had then moved the court to secure a post-arrest bail and was granted the same mere hours after his arrest.

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Safdar charged with 'violating sanctity of Jinnah's mausoleum'

The rally participants had sloganeered at the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi. Safdar was charged with "violating the sanctity of the mausoleum." Reportedly, Khurram Sherzaman, a member of Imran Khan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, had filed the complaint against Safdar and others.

Allegations
Rally organizers alleged police chief was abducted

The organizers of the rally had alleged that the arrest came after Pakistan paramilitary abducted Punjab local police chief and made him register a case against Safdar, along with 200 others (including Maryam Nawaz). The Army probe was ordered after 20 senior-most officers of the provincial police force went on leave in protest against the alleged abduction.

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Siddhant Pandey covers national and health news at NewsBytes. He has over five years of experience working as a multimedia journalist covering hard news in New Delhi. He was previously employed with The Indian Express and News World India and has juggled roles as a correspondent, copy editor, and video producer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida.
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