ISLAMABAD: In a massive reshuffle in capital police, a dozen senior officers, including two deputy inspectors general of police, were posted out and replaced by officers serving in Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan with an immediate effect on Tuesday.

The Police Services of Pakistan (PSP) officers, including two DIGs, four senior superintendents of police (SSPs) and six superintendents of police (SPs), were posted out through separate notifications just three days after a DIG and an assistant superintendent of police had been transferred from the Islamabad police.

A senior police officer confided to Dawn that a dozen PSP and supervisory officers had never been transferred in a single day in the history of the capital police. He believed the unprecedented move was aimed at bringing the trusted officers of the newly appointed chief of the capital police.

Separate notifications were issued by the Establishment Division and Cabinet Secretariat for the transfers.

According to the notifications, Safe City Director General Mohammad Saleem and DIG (security) Waqaruddin Syed were transferred and their services placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Communications and Gilgit-Baltistan government, respectively. In their place, DIG Jahanzeb Khan and DIG Awais Ahmed were transferred to the Islamabad capital police from Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan, respectively.

The officers whose services were placed at the disposal of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government included SSP Mohammad Saleem, SSP Irfan Tariq, SP Mohammad Bilal and SP Omer Khan.

SSP Headquarters Farrukh Rashid was transferred and his services were placed at the disposal of the Gilgit-Baltistan government.

SSP Sarfraz Khan Virk was directed to report to the Establishment Division and SP Dr Syed Mustafa Tanweer was transferred and his services were placed at the disposal of the interior division for further posting in the Federal Investigation Agency.

SP Nowsherwan Ali was transferred and his services were placed at Balochistan government’s disposal, while SP Mohammad Sarfraz Virk and SP Abdul Wahab were transferred and their services were placed at the disposal of the Punjab government.

Other officers from Punjab police who were transferred to the capital police include SSP Mohammad Faisal, SP retired Capt Mazher Iqbal, SP retired Lt Kamran Aamir Khan, SP Ziauddin, SP Tasswar Iqbal, SP Syed Ali and SP Fahad Ahmad.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2021

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