A mob burnt down more than 150 Christian homes in Lahore earlier this month. PHOTO: ABID NAWAZ/ EXPRESS
Mohammad Amlesh was made the new CCPO who will serve as the 16th police chief of the city.
Saleemi was previously serving as Sargodha’s regional police officer and had taken over from Additional IG Aslam Tareen.
The Supreme Court, while hearing the suo motu case of the mob attack on Wednesday, had held the CCPO responsible for not stopping a mob from burning down more than 150 Christian homes in Joseph Colony in Lahore.
The court had questioned the Punjab government regarding the steps taken against the inspector-general of police and the CCPO.
The judges were further distressed when the CCPO himself admitted that the system had indeed failed to keep houses from being torched.
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Shahbaz and Nawaz need to be replaced too.
Umer, my friend .. you are so lost in the world of internet :-)
and what about the Punjab govt. It should be replaced also. It easy to make police scapegoat. Shahbaz sharif may have done wonders for "lahore", but they cannot put all the blame on police. Either he should leave or take action against people who actually belong to PML(N).
Actually he got off just after 16 days after an appeal even when it was wholly his fault to kill a man while texting, and yet he is unhappy about his treatment. This guy is amazing.
Removed from the post of Lahore CCPO and made Gujranwala CCPO or DIG?
This is proof of the result of politicisation of the police all over Pakistan.