PPP senator alleges Islamabad IGP transferred for not picking up minister’s phone call
Khokhar claimed that the police official was removed because he had refused to obey “illegal orders” of the minister
October 28, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Mustafa Khokhar on Sunday claimed that IG Islamabad Jan Muhammad was transferred because he delayed hearing a phone call of a federal minister.
The IG on Saturday was transferred and ordered to report immediately to the Establishment Division until further orders, an official notification said.
Khokhar claimed that the police official was removed because he had refused to obey “illegal orders” of the minister.
The minister is trying to bring police into his personal disputes, he said.
IG transferred after allegedly refusing action in minister’s son’s case
According to sources, the IG was transferred after he refused action in a complaint by Federal Minister Azam Swati's son.
Swati's son filed an FIR at the Shehzad Town Police Station against several for allegedly letting their animals into the former's fields. On being stopped, the suspects attacked the employees with axes and also snatched weapons from the security guards and held them hostage, the FIR states.
Police have now taken action against the suspects and arrested two women, a teenage girl and an elderly woman. A minor boy has also been arrested.
The two women have been sent to jail while police have obtained physical remand of two other suspects, Ahsanullah and Niaz.
The FIR has been filed a day after the IG was transferred.
The government came under fire in August over a similar issue, when a police officer was transferred after he stopped Khawar Maneka, Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife's former husband, for overspeeding. The issue was eventually resolved after the Supreme Court took notice of the issue and Maneka apologised.
