More suspensions and transfers of officials are expected in the provincial prisons department. PHOTO: FILE
According to a notification, superintendent central jail Peshawar (acting IGP K-P) Khalid Abbas (BS-18 officer of prisons) was asked to report immediately back to the establishment department.
The notification named Zakir Hussain Afridi (BS-19) as Abbas' interim replacement IGP prisons K-P on his existing pay and scale.
Likewise, officer of prison department Aizaz Ahmad (BS-18) was named as the new superintendent central jail Peshawar. He is currently the superintendent of Mansehra jail .
A day earlier, DI Khan DSP Central Prison Ghulam Rabbai was suspended and DPO Khalid Sohail was made officer on special duty with immediate effect.
Nisar Marwat was appointed as the new DPO of DI Khan by K-P IGP Ihsan Ghani. Marwat assumed charge of his office on Wednesday.
Inspector General Police (IGP) Ihsan Ghani had already suspended SP Elite Force Tauheed and DSP Elite Force Behram Khan and 25 other members of the force for their incompetence during the militants attack at the DI Khan jail.
More suspensions and transfers of officials are expected in the provincial prisons department.
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This is not a punishment at all. If you want real punishment? Demote him to the lowest level and force him to come on duty even if he resigns a thousand times. Strip him of all the privileges. Do this today and you would not have this issue again for a thousand years to come.
He has been rewarded not sacked.................being made OSD is that you get to do nothing with pay and benefits intact.
Will the near-by brigade commander get a court martial for twiddling his thumbs while the jail burned and request for help unanswered?
@gp65: Answer to all of your questions, I feel horrible. However, I do think that this tragedy will be a precursor to the long awaited showdown against militants.
So now the KPK government is waking up from deep slumber after so much chaos and loss of many precious lives!
Was anyone in army punished for lack of response during Abbotabad and Salala? Was anyone in ISI sacked for intelligence failure in Mehran base? Why punish only the police? Why not the provincial interior minister?
Not just suspensions but a thorough inquiry be done to find out who was involved: we must prosecute and punish the culprit, the insiders, if we want to get anywhere...
This is a good start. I would expect more sackings once the investigation commission report is published in 15 days.
Sacking is not enough. Those who are responsible for the glaring security lapse should be tried for criminal negligence.
making OSD doesnt mean being sacked. correction ET