Newly appointed IGP Inam Ghani held a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and assured him that police would perform its duty under his command for enforcement of law.
LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Sept 9th, 2020) Newly appointed Inspector General of Punjab (IGP) Inam Ghani resumed charge of his duty today.
The welcoming ceremony was held today at Central Police Office in Lahore where he was presented guard of honor on his arrival.
Additional IGP Inam Ghani replaced IGP Shoaib Dastagir as new IGP. Earlier, he held a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and assured him that police would maintain law and order situation. He told the Punjab Chief Minister that supremacy of law would be his first priority.
The outgoing IGP has been appointed as secretary norcotics.
Earlier, Captain (retd) Arif Nawaz, Mohammad Tahir, Amjad Saleemi, Kaleem Imam had been served as the top provincial cop.
The decision of removing Dastgir was taken by the government after differences emerged between the IGP Punjab and Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Umar Sheikh.
According to the sources, CCPO Lahore was directed to continue his duties.
On Monday, it had emerged that differences between Shoaib Dastgir and government have further widened over the appointment of Umar Shaik as new Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore.
The IG also held an unscheduled meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in plain clothes and conveyed his reservations, which he has already told Prime Minister Imran Khan, about the appointment of Umar Shaikh as CCPO Lahore without taking his opinion.
He told the chief minister that he could not continue as the IG Punjab until Shaikh was in the office of the CCPO.
“Select either me or Umar Shaikh,” the sources quoted him as saying during conversation with Punjab Chief Minister.
