LAHORE: (HRNW) The Punjab government has made four senior policemen (grade-21) officers on special duty (OSD) within hours of appointment of Aamir Zulfiqar as new inspector general of Police Punjab.
The development caused a concern among Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) cadres as to what prompted the government to “remove so suddenly” four senior police officers from their respective posts.
Meanwhile, the federal government also transferred Bilal Siddiuqe Kamyana, Deputy Director General of IB, Islamabad, and placed his services at the disposal of the Punjab government.
The transfer has also raised many an eyebrow as Mr Kamyana is said to be in bad books of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and PML-Q when he was serving as Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO).
The Parvez Elahi government had removed him from the post of the CCPO and surrendered his services to the Establishment Division (ED), declaring that he was [allegedly] ‘favouring’ the PML-N.
The four police officers, who have been made OSDs, included additional IG police investigation Ghulam Rasool Zahid, additional IG establishment B.A Nasir, additional IG south Punjab Ehsan Sadiq and additional IG welfare Farooq Mazhar.
About the transfer of Mr Kamyana, the official said he may be the next choice for new Lahore CCPO as the police circles believed that he would not like to hold a non-field assignment at Central Police Office because of his previous task in IB which was [relatively] ‘authoritative’ as compared to any other in CPO Punjab.
Sources said a massive reshuffle across the province is expected after the posting of the new IG.