Daily Times

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday disposed of suo motu notice of Pakpattan DPO Rizwan Gondal’s transfer after Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar, former Punjab inspector general (IG) Syed Kaleem Imam and Ahsan Jameel Gujjar re-submitted apology in black and white.

During the hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar rejected the previously submitted replies of CM Buzdar, Kaleem Imam and Ahsan Jameel Gujjar in the case and directed them to tender written apology afresh.

Later on, after the submission of the apology, the court disposed of the case. Earlier, National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) Chairman Mehr Khalid Dad Lak had presented an inquiry report of the case in the top court.

The report had revealed that political influence was exercised by the Punjab CM to transfer Pakpattan DPO Rizwan Gondal.

It merits mentioning here that the transfer came in the backdrop of an altercation of First Lady Bushra Imran’s ex-husband Khawar Fareed Manika with Gondal over alleged mistreatment of police personnel with his son and daughter while they were heading to Pakpattan in a car.

On August 31, the top judge had taken suo motu notice of the transfer of DPO Gondal and appointed former Punjab inspector general Syed Kaleem Imam to inquire the case and submit report. The report which cleared CM Buzdar of influencing the case and transfer was rejected by SC.

Published in Daily Times, October 9^th 2018.