LAHORE – Punjab Information Minister Fayaz-ul-Hasan Chohan has respondedover the issue of the transfer of DPO Pakpattan Rizwan Gondal.
He has termed transfer and suspension of Pakpattan District Police OfficerRizwan Gondal an ‘internal affair of the police department’.
He was addressing a presser here in the provincial capital.
Dispelling news, Chohan held the stance Gondal’s transfer and suspensionhad nothing to do with Bani Gala [Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence].
“Inspector General of Punjab Police initiated the inquiry after complaintsagainst DPO continued to pour in. A probe has been initiated in thisregard”, Chohan told reporters.
On controversy surrounding Buzdar’s use of plane, Chohan stated that PunjabChief Minister (CM) is allowed to do so as per law.
A controversy was stirred as media reports suggest Pakpattan DPO wastransferred was allegedly linked with the bitter altercation between Gondaland First Lady Bushra Imran s former husband Khawar Fareed Maneka.
According to the media reports from police sources, the district policeofficer (DPO) Rizwan Gondal of Pakpattan was reportedly transferred afterhe intercepted Khawar Maneka, former husband of Prime Minister Imran Khan’swife, for speeding. Gondal tried to stop Khawar at a checkpoint on August23 but he did not stop. However, they chased his vehicle and managed tointercept him. The ex-husband of the first lady misbehaved with the policeand hurled expletives at them when they stopped him.
Later, Gondal and the Regional Police Officer were summoned by Punjab ChiefMinister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his 7-Club Road office and told to go toManeka’s Dera (village outhouse) and apologise to him.The DPO refused totender the pressured apology to Khawar, saying the police was not at faultover intercepting him.
Gondal was then notified as OSD by the Punjab Inspector General of PoliceSyed Kaleem Imam