KARACHI: After a turn of events that put the provincial government under much public scrutiny, Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday announced that a ministerial committee will be formed to probe the circumstances surrounding the arrest of retired Capt Safdar a day earlier.
“We are forming a ministerial committee to probe the incident. The names have not been finalised but there will be three to five ministers [in the committee],” said Shah, while addressing a media conference at the Chief Minister House in Karachi.
CM Shah, while speaking of the events in the lead up to the arrest, said there was “a minister” who was giving the police “ultimatums”.
He accused this “federal minister” of being part of the “lies” that he said surround the controversy and went on to say that the case against Capt Safdar citing Section 506 (b) of the Pakistan Penal Code is “a false case”.
The chief minister said that the man named Waqas — who is the complainant in the case — had said in a statement that he was present at the Mazar-e-Quaid but when his phone was tracked between 4:30pm and 4:52pm, he was at Baqai Medical University on the Super Highway.
CM Shah went on to say Waqas is an “absconding criminal”.
The chief minister said that while the act of raising slogans at the Mazar was inappropriate, the PTI has done the same in the past.
He said that the manner in which a case was registered against Capt Safdar, raises a lot of questions.
CM Shah said that the court will now determine the true facts behind the case.
He said a meeting between cabinet members had taken place and it was decided that the truth must be brought to light. “Certain facts have emerged and those will be probed, he said, adding: “What transpired between 4:30pm on October 18 to the morning of October 19 will be investigated.”
“If they summon me during the inquiry, I will gladly go,” he added.
