SC suspends notification of Islamabad IGP transferred ‘verbally’ by PM

Supreme court of Pakistan on Monday suspended the notification of transfer of IGP, Islamabad, Jan Muhammad after AG Anwar Mansoor informed the Supreme Court that  was transferred on the ‘verbal directives’ of PM Imran Khan.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar had taken notice of transfer of Inspector General of Police (IGP), Islamabad, Jan Muhammad allegedly after refusing to take action on the complaint of Federal Minister Azam Swati’s son and failing to pick calls from the minister.

The chief justice directed the interior secretary and the attorney general to appear before the court and explain the actual situation in this regard.

“I have heard the transfer was done on some minister’s order. The interior secretary should inform us why he was transferred,” Justice Nisar remarked.

“We have also heard the IG was removed because he refused to obey orders of a minister’s son,” the CJP observed.

According to details, the Shehzad Town police have filed an FIR against several people for allegedly letting their animals into the farm of Federal Minister for Science and Technology Azam Swati’s son and quarrelling with his servants, snatching weapons and holding them hostage.