CJP Concludes DPO Transfer Case, Accepts Punjab CM, Ex-IGP, Jamil Gujjar’s Apology

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CJP concludes DPO transfer case, accepts Punjab CM, ex-IGP, Jamil Gujjar’s apology

CJP Mian Saqib Nisar asked the three to remain careful till he is serving as the chief justice.

Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 8th October, 2018) The Supreme Court has accepted the apologies of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Khawar Maneka’s friend Ahsan Jamil Gujjar and former Punjab IGP Kaleem Imam in the Pakpattan DPO transfer case.

Concluding the suo-motu notice on the transfer of Pakpattan DPO Rizwan Gondal, the Supreme Court said that the case will be reopened if he receives a complaint again.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar asked the three to remain careful till he is serving as the chief justice.

“We won’t accept Gujjar’s libertinism won’t work here. This is Pakistan,” the CJP remarked.

A hearing on the case was held in the Supreme Court today. A three-member SC bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar held the hearing of the case.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the replies submitted in the case earlier, the Supreme Court had asked Punjab Chief minister Usman Buzdar, Khawar Maneka’s friend Ahsan Jamil Gujjar and former Punjab IGP Kaleem Imam to submit a written apology in the court.

Pakpattan DPO Rizwan Gondal was allegedly transferred for stopping Khawar Maneka, the former husband of Bushra Maneka, at a police check post.

According to media reports, Maneka had used abusive language when police officials tried to stop him at a picket last Thursday. DPO Rizwan Gondal was later asked to apologize to Maneka at his home which he refused, saying the police officials present on the occasion did not commit any crime.

Gondal was then transferred by the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Kaleem Imam.

After the news of the DPO’s transfer went viral on social media, the IGP said that the Pakpattan DPO was not transferred ‘under any pressure but for making false statements’.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan had ordered two inquiries in Pakpattan District Police Officer (DPO) Rizwan Gondal’s transfer case on September 3.

After rejecting an inquiry report submitted by former IG Punjab Kaleem Imam, the CJP had directed NACTA chief Khaliq Dad Lak to conduct a fresh inquiry into the matter.

The report by NACTA chairman stated that the the former Pakpattan DPO's transfer was done on the basis of political influence, following which, the CJP had asked the parties involved to submit a reply to the court.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses