Hamza Shahbaz reached the court against the appointment and transfer of Chief Secretary, IG Punjab

PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz has approached the Lahore High Court to block the appointment and transfer of Inspector General (IG) Punjab and C...

PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz has approached the Lahore High Court to block the appointment and transfer of Inspector General (IG) Punjab and Chief Secretary Punjab.

 

Hamza Shahbaz files constitutional petition in Lahore High Court - File Photo: AFP

Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly and Chief Ministerial candidate Hamza Shahbaz has filed a constitutional petition in the Lahore High Court.

The Punjab government, Chief Secretary and IG Punjab have been made parties in the petition of Hamza Shahbaz.

The petition states that the resignation of Usman Bazdar as the Chief Minister of Punjab has been accepted, there is no cabinet in the province and no Punjab government has been formed.

He said that according to the law, appointments and transfers of IG and Chief Secretary could not be made during the elections.

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He said that at present the Chief Minister was going to be elected in the province and meanwhile the transfer of Chief Secretary and IG was being considered.

The PML-N nominee for the post of Chief Minister of Punjab has requested in the petition that the transfer of IG Punjab and Chief Secretary Punjab be stopped.

It may be recalled that Prime Minister Imran Khan had sacked the Chief Secretary and IG Punjab for allegedly failing to deal with deviant members of PTI in support of his nominee for the post of Chief Minister of Punjab, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi. Has been removed.

The federal government has decided to appoint Tahir Khurshid, former principal secretary to the Punjab chief minister, acting as acting secretary, National Food Security and Research Division, as chief secretary and Fayyaz Dev, CCPO, Lahore, as IG Punjab. However, a notification in this regard is awaited.

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The Chief Minister had insisted that he should catch the deviant members of PTI and ensure that they do not vote for the opposition chief ministerial candidate.

It is said that the Chief Secretary and IG Punjab refused to take part in the illegal process and the PML-Q leaders had demanded that the two be replaced.

Prime Minister Imran Khan during a Dobdo meeting at Governor House Lahore a few days ago had assured Pervez Elahi of all possible help before the election of the Chief Minister.

Sources said that the Chief Minister had sent two summaries to the Prime Minister to replace the Chief Secretary and IG Punjab.

The Chief Minister had nominated former Principal Secretary Tahir Khurshid, Yousuf Bashir Khokhar and Chairman Planning and Development Board Abdullah Khan Sanbal for the post of Chief Secretary. However, Abdullah Khan Sanbal had immediately requested to withdraw their names. Go

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Similarly, the Chief Minister had formed a panel and presented a summary for the appointment of new IG Punjab in which Lahore CCPO Fayyaz Dev, former IG Islamabad Amir Zulfiqar Khan and former Punjab IGP Inam Ghani. The names were given.

Meanwhile, an interesting debate on the reshuffle of top officials started when PML-N leader Khawaja Asif tweeted that the Chief Secretary and IG Punjab had arrested deviant members of PTI and at the time of voting for the Chief Minister. Has refused to take illegal action to disappear.

He also said that the Punjab government has asked the federal government to remove the existing people from these posts and appoint people of their choice.