Chief Minister G-B Mehdi Shah. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ZAFAR ASLAM
GILGIT: Chief Minister Gilgit–Baltistan Mehdi Shah on Sunday applauded the performance of Chief Secretary G-B and regional police chief hours after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan suspended them for failing to provide security to the foreign tourists in Nanga Parbat.
“Removing both the officials before launching an inquiry in to the tourists’ incident is not in the interest of G-B,” said a press note issued by the chief minister's office quoting him.
Shah was addressing a cabinet meeting held in Gilgit soon after the Nanga Parbat incident rocked the country.
In his address to the National Assembly, the interior minister announced that Chief Secretary Munir Ahmed Badeni and IGP Usman Zakrya have been suspended in the wake of the attack that had left nine foreign tourists dead at Nanga Parbat base camp.
In G-B, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is the ruling party of the coalition government, with Mehdi Shah as its chief minister and Pir Karam Ali Shah as governor.
“If terrorism could be overcome by such acts, the officials in Balochistan and Khyber–Pakhtunkhwa should have been removed,” he added.
Shah appealed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to reinstate the officials in the interest of G-B.
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@Confused Lot: They can do anything at publci expense.
@Chaudhary Sahib: Yes Chaudhri Sb. And there is no appeal. Even the media and Judiciary seems helpless.
@ali ahmed: It shows that all such organizations have tacit approval of some political parties. These parties do not include, PPP, MQM and ANP.
It is the law inforcement agencies whose playing a vital role in these remote areas. Why dont PMLN gove ask them? Do they have the guts to question them?
corrupt backs corrupt
why no action against Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in punjab...when they openly declared involment in Quetta carnage
“Removing both the officials before launching an inquiry in to the tourists’ incident is not in the interest of G-B,” said a press note issued by the chief minister’s office quoting him.
I agree with the minister. How is Chief Secretary of G-B and regional police chief responsible for killing of the tourists at such a height. Are the police supposed to accompany the mountaineers to the peak? Isn't it domain of NLI or the army? Besides, when has anybody (from police/khakis/security agencies) ever been fired for the blast that kills 10s of pakistanis every day? Heck, not even a hair was moved of the people responsible for protecting us, after the most insulting OBL incident! Remember, that the first and foremost duty of the police/khakis/security agencies and government is to protect lives of the pakistanis, not the ukrainians or the chinese! .
Sack the head of Army and ISI ! They have failed to provide security to millions of Pakistanis !
Agree with Shah's view about sacked officials. Sad to see Ch. Nisar missing the point and not getting the big picture by sacking the small fry who were inadequately equipped in the first place and in a remote area.Unless Nawaz and Nisar come up with some strong solutions and stop cooperating with Saudis, this problem will not go away. So far Nisar has been failing to provide security, therefore he is should be sacked.
Of course this fellow is right. What did you expect from PMLN.
I am just thrilled to see how PMLN will now destroy what is left of the country. The Pakistani Nation needs to rise up and put an end to this madness.
You want a real change then make it happen. Get rid of Mullahs and landlords. You will see a change overnight.
suo motu anyone?
The point shah sahib missed was that we had a stream of sectarian killings in G-B for the last few years. Has the LEAs succeeded in even capturing one single assailant? And more importantly, Jund ul Hafsa just surfaced out of nowhere to kill 9 foreigners. Local LEAs and administration couldn't even track them before they attacked and disappeared.
Well GB falls under Federal jurisdiction and hence the action against the high ups by Federal Interior Minister. KPK and Balochistan Govt. should go for a purge as well.
Whenever some incident takes place, first step has always been to suspend the officials. Do something real politicians, get over this!
TTP may accept but PTI would not accept. They never condemn TTP by name. It is normal practice of politicians to make bureaucrates as escape goat.
PMLN since from the first day was contemplating to dismiss security chiefs of GB because they belong from PPP. Now thanks to the Taliban that it gives Nawaz and Nisar a chance to dismiss their political foes.
The guy has a point
I agree with the CM. Nawaz and co should follow a uniform course of action when it comes to dealing with such situations. These officials have been relatively successful over the last few years when compared to the rest of the country.
Shah is very right.
Valid argument. Or the interior minister should have been sacked, if the buck has to stop at the top.
GB CM is right. Why not same rule for everyone ?
This is the typical Modus Operandi of PMLN. Just dismiss two or three officials and save your face. It seems that PMLN will prove to be the worst in governance and we will forget PPP in terms of lack of governance in coming days.
I totally agree with Mehdi Shah but he forgot to include the name of Sindh in this list.