Out-of-turn promotions of 12 Sindh Police officers rejected

More than 30 police officers had been promoted out of turn.

Sindh Police. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

KARACHI:
The Supreme court has rejected the out-of-turn promotions of a further twelve officers from Sindh police on Tuesday, Express News reported.

More than 30 police officers had been promoted out-of-turn, out of which cases of ‘sensitive’ nature of 12 officers including the promotions of SSP CID Chaudhry Aslam, SSP Farooq Awan, Raja Umar Khitaab, Muhammad Fayyaz Khan, Amir Hameed, Wasif Qureshi, Rao Aslam, Usman Asghar, Nazhar Abbas, Ghulam Safdar, Niyaz Khooso and SP Ali Raza have been declined.


The officers had reached inspector and SSP posts as a result of out-of-turn promotions.

They had also been involved in corruption of Rs10 million from the Sindh government’s budget, Express News correspondent Shah Waliullah reported.

The Supreme Court had earlier fired about 100 policemen involved in out of turn promotions. Sindh police had earlier asked the Supreme Court for a month’s extension for the 12 policemen to carry on their duties in their new posts.
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