NAGAR: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has welcomed the action taken by Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa against the perpetrators of the Karachi incident.

Addressing a rally in Nagar area of Gilgit-Baltistan, he said the step would fortify the prestige of institutions. However, that was just the beginning, that process must continue for the sake of democracy, he added.

Earlier, ISPR announced that the Court of Inquiry formed on the orders of COAS had recommended removing the concerned officers from their current assignments for further departmental proceedings and disposal at GHQ.

The Court of Inquiry had established that on the night of 18/19 Oct officers from Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and ISI sector Headquarters Karachi were considerably seized with the fall out of desecration of Mazar-e-Quaid.

The ISPR statement said "based on the recommendations of the Court of Inquiry, it has been decided to remove the concerned officers from their current assignments for further departmental proceedings and disposal at GHQ."