LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking action against station house officers (SHOs) of Daska police who threatened to resign in protest against transfer of District Police Officer Dr Asif Shahzad.

Advocate Jawwad Ashraf filed the petition and also sought immediate suspension of the SHOs.

The petitioner stated that after the killing of two lawyers by the police, the DPO was made an OSD and DSP Waseem Dar was also removed from his post.

He said the action of the SHOs was unlawful and tantamount to politicising the police force.

The court, however, observed that the petition was premature as no order could be issued on an assumption.

Published in Dawn, June 3rd, 2015

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