ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday held the hearing of the suomoto case in the transfer of the DPO Pakpattan Rizwan Gondal.
SC ordered to hold two inquires in suo moto notice of District PoliceOfficer (DPO) Pakpattan Rizwan Gondal case.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of PakistanJustice Mian Saqib Nisar took a suo motu notice of the DPO’s transferfollowing an alleged altercation with Khawar Maneka — the former husband ofPrime Minister Imran Khan’s wife.
Khawar Maneka, Ahsan Jamil Gojjar, Punjab Inspector General Kaleem Imam,former DPO Pakpattan, Punjab Chief Minister’s (CM) Personal Staff Officer(PSO)Haider and Chief Security Officer (CSO) appeared before SC andsubmitted their affidavits.
The chief justice ordered to hold two inquiries including allegedmistreatment of Khawar Fareed Maneka’s daughter by Punjab police personneland the political interference in the sudden transfer of DPO PakpattanRizwan Gondal.
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The apex court directed Punjab IG Kaleem Imam and Additional Punjab IGAbubakar Khuda Bakhsh to submit the investigation reports within one week.The court also showed the signal to take action against Ahsan Jameel.
During the hearing, the chief justice expressed anger on the Punjab IG andasked that show the file in which the transfer order was made, saying thatdid this order was given verbal or written. The CJP also inquired that “whyyou did not stop him for going to CM’s office. You obeyed the order of theruler.”
