In this file photo, Jahangir Tareen speaks to the media outside the Lahore High Court. DawnNewsTV
LAHORE: Upholding merit in transfer and posting matters in Punjab police has become a daunting task as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government, which has already removed five provincial police heads during the last three years, succumbs to growing interference in administrative issues by party MPs and coalition partners.
The latest victim of this practice is the Lodhran district police officer Karrar Hussain Syed who got the marching order on Saturday on the demand of some Jahangir Khan Tareen’s like-minded group of parliamentarians.
He has been replaced by Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisrani, a ‘junior most’ police officer of grade 18 hailing from DG Khan.