Army’s action against ‘Karachi incident’ culprits victory of democratic forces: PDM | The Express Tribune

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of nearly a dozen opposition parties, has termed the military’s inquiry report of the ‘Karachi incident’ success of the democratic forces.

The Pakistan Army on Tuesday announced the removal of its officials involved in interfering into the affairs of the Sindh police.

“The Court of Inquiry has established that on night 18/19 Oct 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,” the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement.

PDM spokesperson Mian Iftikhar Hussain while welcoming the inquiry report said those who are responsible should be punished as per the law at the earliest. He said the opposition parties will also hold consultations on the report.

The PDM leaders last week had expressed serious concerns over the delay in investigation of PML-N leader Captain (retd) Safdar’s alleged arrest under duress from his hotel room in Karachi last month.

“Despite the assurance of army chief that investigation would be completed in 10 days no headway has been made after passing of three weeks,” JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had said while addressing a news conference in Islamabad.