Major reshuffle in SHO’s appointment policy

SHOs of two police stations were suspended during a surprise visit


​ Our Correspondent December 07, 2019
PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE

LAHORE: The appointment policy of Station House Officers (SHO) in Lahore has witnessed another major shift.

The recently reshuffled 22 SHOs by newly incumbent DIG Operations Lahore Rai Babar Saeed also included sub-inspectors.

Earlier, CCPO BA Nasir, after taking charge in June 2018, had strictly followed the policy of appointment of inspectors as SHOs. He held that Police Order (2002) asked for inspectors as SHOs.

Interestingly, a large number of sub-inspectors have served as SHOs of the majority of important police stations.

Nasir’s policy had not only invited criticism from this pool of SIs but reportedly few senior police officers, members of his team, had also expressed reservations. However, he was stuck to this policy.

After his transfer, the recent reshuffle has only a few names from SIs as SHOs. The recent transfers seemed to be the trickle-down effect of massive overhaul Punjab Police went through a few days back. IGP, CCPO Lahore, DIG Operations among other senior police officers were transferred and posted.

Two days earlier, Babar had suspended SHOs of two police stations ie Wahdat Colony and Green Town during a surprise visit at night.

Recently, six SPs were also transferred and posted. Inspector Shahbaz Ahmed has been transferred from Police Lines to SHO Police Station Wahdat Colony, Sub-Inspector Muhammad Akram Khan from police lines has been appointed as additional SHO Green Town Police Station, Sub-Inspector Taimoor Abbas from Police Lines has been appointed as additional SHO Nawab Town. Inspector Sohail Ikhlaq has been transferred from Police Lines and deputed as SHO Lohari Gate, Inspector Syed Intikhab Hussain has been transferred from SHO Batapur Police Station to SHO Shadman while Incharge Chowki Sabzi Mandi Nishtar Colony Sub-Inspector Yasir Bashir has been deputed as additional SHO Data Darbar. Sub-Inspector Waqar Hussain Bukhari has been appointed as additional SHO Police Station Shadbagh, Sub-Inspector Mohammad Akmal Khalid has been appointed additional SHO Police Station Samanabad and Inspector Nosher Alam has been appointed SHO Quid-i-Azam Industrial Estate.

SHO Police Station Factory Area Inspector Farooq Asghar Awan has been appointed as SHO Police Station Batapur, SHO Kahna Inspector Mohammad Aram has been appointed as SHO Police Station Factory Area, SHO Police Station Baghbanpura Mohammad Ateeq Dogar has been posted as SHO Police Station Kahna, Inspector Qamar Abbas has been appointed as SHO Baghbanpura, Sub-inspector Mohammed Tanveer has been posted as additional SHO Shera Kot.

SHO Lohari Gate Inspector Saifullah Khan, SHO Shera Kot Inspector Mohammad Azhar Naveed, SHO Police Station Shadman Inspector Mohammad Ali, SHO Police Station Data Darbar Inspector Chaudhry Sajid Nazir, Additional SHO Nawab Town Sub Inspector Ishtiaq Ahmad, SHO Shadbagh Sub-Inspector Khalid Mehmood, SHO Samanabad Inspector Raza Zakir and SHO Quid-e-Azam Industrial Estate Inspector Zulfiqar Ali Bhuta has been asked to report to the Police Lines.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7th, 2019.

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