Rawat police witness major reshuffle

Pindi SSP Ops dispels impression of political interference

RAWALPINDI:

Rawalpindi SSP Operations Hafiz Kamran Asghar has transferred 68 cops from Rawat police station and its adjacent police chowkis and check posts and replaced them with new appointments.

The officials including Sub Inspectors (SIs), Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs), Head Constables and Constables remained posted at Rawat police stations, Industrial Area police Chowki and others for six months or more.

Some cops who managed their reappointments at the same places despite completing their time duration have also been transferred in a sudden move.

Numerous social media reports became viral about a local MPA of Gujar Khan that on his intervention the Punjab police chief changed the entire staff of the Rawat police station.

When The Express Tribune contacted a senior police officer to know about the reality, he said that the rotation policy was the reason for the transfer of officers and officials. The officer cleared that these reshuffles were not influenced by any complaints from influential politicians.

SSP Asghar said that the policemen, who had been stationed at the Rawat police station and its adjacent check posts for six months or longer or for the second and third time, had been transferred. The measure was taken to prevent the officials from engaging in irrelevant activities by exerting influence in the area during prolonged stays.

The SSP emphasised that this rotation process was a standard procedure and that such officials would be reshuffled from other police stations in the Rawalpindi district as per the rotation policy.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 30^th, 2024.