Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz has said that it is unfortunate that the opposition is trying to mislead the people of Pakistan but it will not succeed in its nefarious designs.
“The opposition tried its level best to politicize the Karachi incident; the registration of a case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar under alleged duress. Today Indian TV channels are showing pictures of opposition leaders in this regard,” Shibli said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, according to Radio Pakistan.
He said that the opposition is busy in having confrontation among state institutions. They want to create uncertainty and chaos in the country to deflect attention from their corruption cases.
The information minister also said that it is imperative to take corruption cases to their logical conclusion. It is important to save the future of Pakistan’s coming generations.
Talking about rising prices of commodities in the country; Shibli said that the government is fully cognisant of the prevailing inflation in the country. We take all possible measures to bring down the prices of essential commodities.
He said that despite all hurdles, economic indicators are showing improvement due to prudent policies of the PTI government
The senator also said that exports are increasing, construction material is showing record sales. All the mills in Faisalabad are running with full capacity; while business activities are returning to normalcy.
Karachi incident
On Monday, the Sindh Police arrested former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Captain Safdar from his hotel room in Karachi.
The arrest came in response to a case filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf local MPAs. The case was against Maryam Nawaz, Captain (retd) Safdar, and other PML-N leaders for violating the sanctity of the Quaid’s mausoleum.
However, he was released hours after a local court in the metropolis approved his bail.
Sindh former governor Muhammad Zubair who is also the spokesperson of Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz. He appeared on some TV channels to claim that Sindh police chief Mushtaq Mahar coerced into arresting Safdar.
Referring to his conversation with Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Zubair said: “Rangers kidnapped Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Mushtaq Mahar at 4 in the morning. He was brought to the sector commander office. There he forced to issue the orders for the arrest.”
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed that top officials of Sindh police decided to go on leave. After they felt humiliated for pressurized by the “other side” to register a case against the PML-N leader.
He also lamented that the manner of Safdar arrest was “so shameful and condemnable.” He was unable to show his face for what happened with his guests in his province”.
Later, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa directed Karachi Corps Commander to probe into the circumstances which led to the arrest of Safdar.
General Qamar also telephoned Bilawal and discussed the Karachi incident, a statement issued by the PPP spokesperson said on Tuesday.
“The Chairman PPP expressed his appreciation to the COAS for taking prompt notice of the Karachi incident. His assurance of conducting a transparent inquiry on the incident,” the PPP Media Cell tweeted.
After the COAS took notice of the incident, IG Mushtaq Mahar deferred his own leave. He ordered his officers to set aside their leave applications for 10 days, pending the conclusion of the inquiry into the arrest.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Sindh police thanked army chief Gen Qamar. As he “realized the sense of hurt that prevailed within a uniformed force, and for promptly ordering an inquiry into the matter, which he has also assured will be impartial in order to restore the prestige of the Sindh police.