ISLAMABAD – Deputy Inspector General of Police Junaid Arshad has been dismissed fromservice.
As per media report, a senior police officer of Gilgit-Baltistan has beensacked on allegation of harassing his former wife on social media.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Junaid Arshad – who was suspended pendingdecision on his appeal – has also been slapped with a fine of Rs1 million.Of this amount, Rs500,000 would be paid to the complainant as compensation.
The harassment complaint was filed by Ayesha Subhani, the former wife ofJunaid, in September 2018. She alleged that her former spouse had postedimmoral photographs of her on social media with the intent to defame her.
On January 1, President Arif Alvi ratified Arshad’s dismissal orders afterwhich the DIG filed a review petition. Both, the president and theestablishment division upheld the decision to dismiss the officer from hispost.
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According to a notification issued by the Federal Ombudsman Secretariat,the DIG had been dismissed under the Workplace Harassment Act, 2010.[image:PHOTO: EXPRESS]
In August last year, Adiala jail’s Assistant Superintendent (AS) along witha warder was suspended over sexually harassing a fellow officer.
