ISLAMABAD
\nThe Supreme Court on Thursday noted that there was political interference in Punjab police, saying the department was \u201cdeliberately\u201d deprived of training and powers, and stressed the need to impart training on police to improve the criminal justice system while hearing a case against the transfer and postings of police officers.
\nThe top court dismissed a plea seeking reinstatement of former Punjab chief secretary Kamran Afzal. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial heard the case.
\nDuring the hearing, a detailed report on the transfer and postings was submitted by the authorities concerned of Sindh and Punjab.
\nThe CJP remarked that according to the Punjab report, no inspector general had completed the one-year term since 2018.
\nHe noted that the tenure of some IGs was only a month.
\nThe top judge remarked that the tenure of IG was fixed for an effective leadership.
\nPunjab additional advocate general told the court that in 2017 the provincial cabinet had decided to change the police order.
\nHowever, he said, the IG could not give a briefing on the change in the police order.
\nThe CJP asked whether political impediments were the reason for not having a briefing for the last six years.
\nHe said that there was political interference in Punjab police and that the department was \u201cdeliberately\u201d deprived of training and powers.
\nThe top judge said that in a case, the court had to seek the assistance of (security) agencies for the recovery of girls who had been abducted for six years.
\nThe police need training, he said.
\nJustice Athar Minallah remarked that the report submitted by Punjab did not mention the reasons for the removal of IGs.
\nHe said the authority to make transfers lied with the executive, adding that they were accountable to people.
\nHe asked whether an action was taken against anyone if a transfer was done on the basis of performance.
\nThe CJP remarked that investigation officers neither had funds nor training, adding that police training was mandatory for improvement in the criminal justice system.]
\nThe court dismissed a plea seeking reinstatement of former Punjab chief secretary, saying the case was of \u201cindividual nature\u201d and was not in conformity with police case.
\nLater, the apex court adjourned the hearing of the case till the last week of March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Thursday noted that there was political interference in Punjab police, saying the department was \u201cdeliberately\u201d deprived of training and powers, and stressed the need to impart training on police to improve the criminal justice system while hearing a case against the transfer and postings of police officers. The top court […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-315875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n