122 cops withdrawn from security of ‘VIPs’ in Balochistan

Policemen will now be assigned general duty to maintain law and order in the province

QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Tuesday recalled 122 constables who were deployed with the ‘VIPs’.

The constables have been deployed with senior government officials, former and current police officers and with serving secretaries.

They were deputed with Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Senator Sarfraz Bugti, Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Central Secretary General Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, former federal minister Naseer Mengal, former caretaker chief minister Allauddin Marri, former provincial ministers Dr Hamid Achakzai, Jaffar Mandokhail, Majid Abro and Dr Ishaq Baloch.

Additional IG Police and Commandant Balochistan Constabulary had also ordered retrieval of constables from provincial secretaries Hafiz Abdul Majid, Qamar Masood, Saleh Baloch, Zahid Saleem, Shehryar Taj.

These men will now be assigned general duty to maintain peace and order in the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 9^th, 2019.