Lahore CCPO Umar Sheikh on Monday apologises over his controversialstatement on the Lahore Motorway gang-rape incident.
In a statement, the CCPO said that he apologises from brothers, sisters andthe society if his statement hurts anyone.
Hearing a miscellaneous petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s(PML-N’s) leader Muhammad Malik Ahmed, demanding the removal of Lahore CCPOUmar Sheikh, Justice Khan remarked that had the cabinet apologised for theCCPO’s remarks, the women of this nation would have felt safe.
“Instead, the Punjab government’s ministers started defending the CCPO,”remarked the judge, adding, “The CCPO seems to be an officer of the Lahoreministers.”
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The petition, filed on September 12, contented that “the citizens ofPakistan, especially women, residing in Lahore, are worried and afraid ofthe CCPO considering his competency, intentions, and deep-rooted misogynywhich he has shamelessly demonstrated on national media and has refused toapologise for”.
