Lahore: Following the PTI leadership’s threats to punish the officials who acted during the party’s Azadi March, top Punjab officials Chief Secretary Kamran Afzal and IG Police Rao Sardar have urged the provincial government to shift them out of Punjab. .
Fearing punitive action by the new government, both the chief secretary and the IGP asked the government to send them to the center a few days ago.
Responding to the request of the officials, the Punjab government has requested the Center to consider the names of Amir Zulfikar, Fayaz Dev, Inam Ghani and Mohsin Hasan Butt for the police chief.
PTI chairman Imran Khan on Monday warned provincial officials against taking sides after a landslide victory in the July 17 bypolls.
Speaking in a televised address, the PTI chairman said the top court – in its July 1 order – had ordered the government not to use its machinery to “interfere”, but the PML-N “violated” the order. ” did.
“They intervened in every way; They filed FIR, used police to harass our people, but at the same time I salute those police officers who did not pay heed to government’s pressure.
Imran Khan had said that he remembered the name of every police officer who was involved in harassing PTI workers and was behaving like PML-N workers.
‘We will not forget on May 25’
After securing a majority in the Punjab Assembly, PTI set up an anti-victims and accountability committee comprising senior leaders to identify police and administrative officials who claimed that the party had “criminalised” against its leaders and workers. Offenses have been committed, so that legal proceedings can be initiated against them after their arrival. in power in Punjab
A five-member committee headed by former federal minister Shafqat Mehmood will identify the officials responsible for allegedly torturing PTI workers during the Azadi March and registering cases against them.
Asad Umar announced the formation of the committee and said the body would also investigate “fake” cases registered against party leaders in Punjab.
He said that PTI has not forgotten the events of May 25.
Those responsible for the “torture and harassment” of PTI workers and leaders will be dealt with as per law, he said, adding that he had filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and the Punjab government.