DSP, three SHOs ordered to appear before PA’s committee today
National
April 22, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab’s home department directed one DSP and three SHOs to appear before Privileges Committee of the Punjab Assembly today (Thursday). According to sources, MPA Suhail Shaukat had complained before the Privileges Committee that one DSP and three SHOs of Lahore had breached privilege of an elected member by entering his house without any kind of search warrant. He had complained that on January 13, 2021, his resident in Batapur Lahore, DSP Rana Atif, SHO Naeem Bajwa, SHO Mian Liaqat and SHO Zulfiqar entered without any permission and without search warrant. They spread terror in the area by firing in the air. They had broken lock of the gate, he mentioned in the privileged motion submitted to the Privileges Committee. He claimed that he was not told any reason why they were searching his house without search warrant. The MPA asked them about arrest warrants. In response, the police
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has come hard on the provincial government, saying that in the last four decades, the law and order has never been as bad as it is now.
Presiding over the assembly session on Monday where the law and order came under discussion after Ahmad Shah Khaga, a Treasury member, narrated the tale of robbery at his home.
Mr Elahi embarrassed the government when he told the law minister: “The dacoits are on the rampage throughout Punjab. Neither arrested, nor punished, they are enjoying a field day. Where should a common man go? Call all regional (RPOs) and district (DPOs) police officers on a daily basis, seek reports, hold meetings, monitor their performance and improve situation.”