Mandi Bahauddin District Police Officer Ali Raza has been transferred reportedly on ‘political ground’ and posted as assistant inspector general (discipline) at Central Police Office. Photo courtesy Mandi Bahauddin Facebook
LAHORE: Mandi Bahauddin District Police Officer Ali Raza has been transferred reportedly on ‘political ground’ and posted as assistant inspector general (discipline) at Central Police Office vice Syed Imran Karamat Bukhari who has been transferred and posted as Punjab Elite Force Headquarters SP against a vacancy.
An official, privy to the information, told Dawn that Raza was transferred on the pressure exerted by the PML-Q, an ally of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Punjab and Centre. He claimed there was an understanding between the two parties that the Punjab government would give preference to the ‘wish’ of PML-Q in posting of officers in police and district administration in its stronghold districts, particularly Gujrat and Mandi
Interior minister rules out talks with TLP amid clashes
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ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday ruled out talks between the government and the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as the group took a number of law enforcement personnel hostage in Lahore amid clashes.
Speaking to reporters, Rashid ruled out negotiations with the TLP and said most of Lahore’s motorways, the main thoroughfare Grand Trunk road, and linking highways were open for traffic, but revealed there were 192 areas where he said the group had gathered.
Rashid also said the “situation is a bit tense” in the vicinity of the TLP’s madrassa, where their headquarters is located in Lahore.
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Rangers stand alert at Daroghawala Chowk after an operation against workers of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan. White Star
LAHORE: Life returned to normal in Punjab after the police and the paramilitary forces early on Thursday uprooted another mega protest camp of the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) at Shangi Chowk of Ferozepur Road, the stronghold of the organisation.
The operation was professionally handled and the security forces not only had both sides of the road of the city cleared amid brief resistance but also arrested hundreds of activists of the TLP. It was the second last major protest venue for the TLP in Punjab. More than 500 hardened and violent activists of the organisation had staged a sit-in at the intersection.