The Balochistan Frontier Corps inspector general was summoned by the Senate Committee on Procedure and Privileges over an issue involving misconduct with a member of the Upper House.
According to a local media report, the motion was moved by Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Senator, Usman Khan Kakar, who said that he “had never moved a privilege motion in his life but an incident which took place during his election campaign at Qila Saifullah, forced him to do so”.
“On July 9, I addressed a public meeting and spoke against the FC. At 11 pm, while I was returning along with my workers, I found that the road was blocked by a chain and there was an FC check-post there. My workers and I called many times but after failing to get any response we honked the car horn. Finally, two FC officials came and after checking our cards untied the chain,” he recalled.
“However, a Hawaldar stopped us. He asked how we dared to honk horns at the FC check-post and then directed his soldiers to take positions to open fire but they did not,” Kakar added.
“We had to wait there for an hour as we were not allowed to leave without seeking clearance. Finally, after an hour our names were written on a register and we were allowed to leave,” Kakar said.
After hearing the arguments, Senate Committee Chairman Sardar Azam Khan Musakhel summoned the FC IG along with the Hawaldar involved so that they could clarify their positions.