INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS IN PAKISTAN A P I L D A T M O N T H L Y M O N I T O R October 2020 CONTENT Mr. Nawaz Sharif accuses Security Establishment for ouster of his government COAS announces inquiry into Sindh IG's abduction Criticism of the Foreign Minister by Former Speaker National Assembly Opposition's real problem is with the ISI: Prime Minister Prime Minister acquitted in Parliament House attack case Pakistan Remains on FATF grey list Interior Minister's Comments Anger Opposition Parties Acceptance of Resignation of Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Army help will not be sought for Gilgit Baltistan elections Sindh High Court asks Army to retrieve Forests Department Land Honourable Chief Justice Lahore High Court Former Prime Minister Mr. Nawaz Sharif Questions induction of Army Ofcers in Civil Service Supreme Court issues notice to Prime Minister Imran Khan Mr. Nawaz Sharif accuses Security Establishment for ouster Supreme Court forms commission for Sindh projects of his government Military Courts trial Justice Qazi Faez Isa Case COAS interactions with Foreign Dignitaries While addressing another PDM jalsa bad governance under Prime Minister Corps Commanders' Conference in Gujranwala on October 16, in Mr. Imran Khan. another unexpected move, former Prime Minister's Interactions with COAS Prime Minister Mr. Nawaz Sharif “Imran Niazi ki iss na ehl hakumat ki Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly meets accused the security establishment of tabahkaarion ka kon zimidaar hai? Foreign Dignitaries being behind the ouster of his General Qamar Javed Bajwa sahab, Chairman Senate meets Foreign Dignitaries government and for “bringing Imran yeh saughaat aap hi ki di hui hain. Afghanistan Peace Process 1 Khan into power.” Aap hi iss musibat ki maari qaum ki Thailand Protests pareshaanion ka mujib hain. General He questioned who made the state Qamar Javed Bajwa Sahab, aap ne This monitor is meant to identify key developments during the month on Inter-Institutional Relations in Pakistan with selected a b o v e a s t a t e a n d w h o w a s humari achi bhalli chalti hakumat ko high-prole international developments included occasionally. responsible for creating multiple rukhsat karaya aur mulk aur qaum ko For the purpose of this monitor, the institutions are meant to be the Legislature, Judiciary and Executive. power centres and governments in apni khwahishat ki bheent charhaya. Pakistan. He went on to name and Memberaan e Parliament ki khareed o blame the Chief of Army Staff, farokht jis se hum arsa daraz se jaan General Qamar Javed Bajwa for the chura chukke thay dubara aap ne Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency 1. Mirza, I. (2020) Nawaz accuses security establishment of orchestrating his ouster, bringing Imran to power. Available at https://www.dawn.com/news/1585386. (Accessed 18 November 2020) 2 October 2020 said that a number of top Sindh Police ofcers were “resigning or going on leave because the incident had become a “question of their honour.” “If there is no respect left for my police, how will they do their jobs? This is unacceptable,” he said. “There should be some red lines which are not to be crossed” and, “I think many red lines were crossed in this incident which should not become a precedent,” said the PPP leader. Following Capt. (Retd.) Mohammad Safdar's arrest, PML-N leader and former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair alleged that Sindh IG of Police was kidnapped and forced to register the First Information Report (FIR) against Ms. Maryam Nawaz Sharif and her husband, Capt. (Retd.) Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing press conference Mohammad Safdar and 200 others for violating the sanctity of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah's mausoleum. The claim got credence as media reports showed that IG Sindh shuru karwayi. Judgon se zor zabardasti ke faislay aap ne and senior police ofcials requested to go on leave for two likhwaye. Insaaf karne ke jurm mein Justice Shaukat Aziz months as the IG's letter stated that ridiculing and Siddiqui aur Qazi Faez Isa ke khilaf tamaam iqdamaat aapke manhandling of the police high command shocked and eema per kiye gaye. Aap ne electionon mein awaam ke demoralized all ranks of the Sindh. Police and he was unable intikhab ko rad kar ke apni marzi ka na ehl tola iss qaum par 3 to discharge his duties in this stressful situation. musallat kiya. Nateeje mein hone wali barbaadi ke bhi aap hi zimedaar hain.”2 Reportedly, the Chief of Army Staff also held a telephonic conversation with Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and assured In the same speech, former Prime Minister also named him that an impartial inquiry would be carried out within 10 Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Lt. Gen. days. In a brief statement by the ISPR, it was communicated Faiz Hameed, for orchestrating everything. that the COAS had directed Karachi Corps Commander to conduct an inquiry into the circumstances and report back as “Aur General Faiz, General Faiz yeh sab kuch aap ke 4 soon as possible. haathon se hua hai. Jawab bhi aap ko dena hoga.” Criticism of the Foreign Minister by Former COAS announces inquiry into Sindh IG's Speaker National Assembly abduction Speaking on the oor of the National Assembly on October On October 20, the ISPR announced that the Chief of Army 28, former speaker of the National Assembly and senior Staff has taken notice of and ordered an immediate inquiry PML-N leader, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq alleged that Pakistan had into the “Karachi incident” minutes after Chairman Pakistan released captured Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Peoples' Party, Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, demanded that Varthaman under fear of retaliation from the Indian Armed COAS and DG ISI investigate “who were the people who Forces. He also claimed that Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Mr. surrounded” the IG Sindh's residence and took him to an Shah Mahmood Qureshi had, at the time, requested the unspecied location before PML-N leader retired Capt. (Retd.) Mohammad Safdar, husband of Ms. Maryam Nawaz, was arrested in Karachi. Former Prime Minister Mr. Nawaz Sharif named Army “I demand of DG ISI Faiz Hameed and Chief of Army Staff Chief blaming him for bringing the ruling PTI Government Gen Bajwa to investigate your institution [and] how it is into power. Mr. Nawaz Sharif also said that the Army operating in this province," said Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Chief was responsible for the bad governance under the while addressing a press conference. He also said that Sindh present government set up and insinuated that the COAS provincial government will also carry out its own inquiry. He had orchestrated everything through DG ISI. 2. Youtube (2020) Nawaz Sharif Full Speech at Gujranwala PDM Jalsa. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acRb518_-aQ. (Accessed 17 October 2020) 3. Dawn (2020) Army chief orders immediate inquiry into 'Karachi incident.' Available at: https://www.dawn.com/news/1586087/army-chief-orders-immediate-inquiry-into-safdar-arrest- episode-ispr. (Accessed 23 October 2020) 4. Dawn (2020) Army chief orders immediate inquiry into 'Karachi incident.' Available at: https://www.dawn.com/news/1586087/army-chief-orders-immediate-inquiry-into-safdar-arrest- episode-ispr. (Accessed 23 October 2020) October 2020 3 ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar also held a presser in which he tried to correct the record regarding the events surrounding India's violation of Pakistani airspace.7 A day after speaking on the oor of the house, Mr. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq released a video message where he said that the Indian media had taken what he had said out of context. The former Speaker went on to say that it was actually Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan himself who had called the meeting to discuss Abhinandan's detention but did not show up. “Imran Khan Prime Minister of Pakistan ne jab parliamentary leaders ki meeting bulayi tou jo civil leadership thi, jis mein Former Speaker NA Sardar Ayaz Sadiq addresses a press Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sahab aur Imran Khan Sahab thay. conference in Lahore Imran Khan Sahab ke paas tou itni himmat nai hui kyunke maathe pe itna paseena tha aur pareshaan thay. Kis ke opposition parties to send Abhinandan back or India would kehne pe yeh kar rahe thay, kya pressure tha un ke uper woh attack. unhon ne hum se share nahin kiya kyunke woh meeting mein nai tashreef laaye. Aur Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sahab ne “Abhinandan ki kya baat karte hain. Mujhe yaad hai Shah yeh kaha ke hum unko wapis karna chah rahe hain. National Mahmood Qureshi ke saath uss meeting mein thay jis mein interest ki khaatir hum ne yeh kiya, aur civil leadership ka yeh Prime Minister Sahab ne aane se inkaar kar diya aur Chief of faisla tha jis se hum agree nahin karte thay. Koi jaldi nahin thi Army Staff tashreef laaye. Payr kaanp rahe thay, paseene Abhinandan ko dene ki aap zra sa intezaar kar lete magar maathay pe thay, aur hum se Shah Mahmood Sahab ne national interest ke liye kiya. Magar weakness civil leadership ki iss mein nazar aayi jo ke faisla Imran Khan kaha, Foreign Minister sahib ne, ke Khuda ka waasta hai ab 8 isko waapis jaane dou, kyunke 9 baje raat ko Hindustan Sahab ne kiya tha” Pakistan par attack kar raha hai. Woh koi Hindustan ne attack nahin karna tha kuch nai hona tha. Siraf ghutne taik ke Through the video message, former Speaker seemed to be Abhinandan ko wapis bhejna tha, jo inhon ne kiya.” 5 dispelling the impression that his previous speech had targeted the establishment and instead focused the blame The unfortunate remarks by the former Speaker criticising on PTI leaders' Mr.