Former Punjab inspector general (IG) Kaleem Imam on Sunday rejected the report prepared by National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) chief Mehar Khaliq Dad Lak on the Pakpattan incident.
NACTA chief Mehr Khaliq Dad Lak in his report had stated that Imam “acted as a rubber stamp” by transferring former Pakpattan district police officer (DPO) Rizwan Gondal on a directive issued from the chief minister’s office.
The former Punjab IG submitted his response before the Supreme Court countering the allegations levelled against him by the NACTA chief. Imam raised several questions to the above-mentioned statement and the report in general, saying that “calling an officer in charge of the 5th command post a ‘rubber stamp’ raises a big question mark”.
“Khaliq Dad Lak’s report regarding my role in the incident is based entirely on assumptions,” he has stated. The former Punjab IG said that Gondal had failed to apprise him of the complete account of the incident and that it was during the investigation into the misbehaviour of police officials with Khawar Maneka’s daughter that the DPO was transferred. Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Buzdar had also rejected the report on the transfer of police official.
Published in Daily Times, October 8th 2018.
