Observer Report
Karachi
Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab on Friday said that people should be careful while speaking about the Inspector-General of Sindh as it is a credible designation, adding that Mushtaq Mehar “was not abducted.”
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Wahab said that PTI MPA Raja Azhar had filed an FIR against Captain (retd) Safdar, adding that the country has a clear-cut law regarding the sanctity of Mazar-e-Quaid and a report in relation to the matter was also submitted before the cabinet.
Wahab said the police had raised a legal point, saying that the application should be submitted to a magistrate instead of police, after which PTI leaders tried to submit another petition but the police rejected it once again.
“Under the circumstances, the attitude of PTI members was inappropriate, Wahab said.
The spokesperson added that the report of the Karachi incident was submitted to the provincial cabinet within 30 days but it was only approved yesterday.
Citing the report, Wahab said that the federal government and PTI leaders “used the incident for politicking.”
“They agreed with the police report that the FIR was false, so the court dismissed it,” he said. The spokesperson said that the prayer leader, who was present at the shrine, also told the police that such an incident did not take place.
Speaking further, Wahab said that in the video, it could be seen that several PTI leaders were present at the police station and a key federal minister also reached there to pressurise the police.
Wahab maintained that Sindh would write a letter to the federal government, where they would highlight that PTI leaders had interfered with police work.
“The police came under pressure and registered the FIR, while it was the job of the investigation officer to analyse things and then register the FIR,” he said.
Meanwhile, speaking about the census, he claimed that he could prove that the province’s population was inaccurately counted and that Sindh would write a letter to the federal government in this regard.
“The federal cabinet makes unconstitutional decisions during Imran Khan’s rule,” he said.
Moreover, speaking about MQM-P, he said that the party should ‘leave the government, before taking to the streets.
