IG Islamabad replaced for avoiding torture on marchers: sources
Government had ordered police to arrest Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri, sources told.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Inspector General of Police (Islamabad) Aftab Ahmad Cheema has been removed from post for not accepting government’s order to crackdown on protestors in the federal capital, sources told Dunya News.
According to the Ministry of Interior, acting charge of IG has been given to DIG Headquarters Khalid Khattak.
According to sources, the government had ordered police to arrest Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri. Afterwards, IG Islamabad Aftab Cheema had directed police to avoid torture on the long march participants.
Police officials are confused over government’s contradictory orders against the protestors, sources told.
As the news regarding IG Islamabad’s replacement surfaced, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed police have launched crackdown on PTI workers.
Police has begun crackdown on PTI workers and is again blocking roads in Islamabad. @SMQureshiPTI
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 21, 2014
IG Islamabad has been removed as part of govt s strategy to do crackdown on PTI - @SMQureshiPTI
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 21, 2014
Earlier, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that PTI has suspended negotiations with the government committee because their attitude is totally opposite compared to their dialogues call.
