SC directs Azam Swati to submit reply in IG Islamabad transfer case by tonight

Dunya News

The court has adjourned the hearing till December 5.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has directed Federal Minister for Science and Technology Senator Azam Swati to submit written reply by tonight in a case regarding transfer of Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IG) Jan Muhammad.

During the hearing, the top judge said that you must have seen the report of joint investigation team (JIT) over which, Swati’s lawyer sought time for the reply.

Moreover, the court has adjourned the hearing till December 5.  

It is pertinent here to mention that Islamabad IG was transferred over not picking telephone of Federal Minister for Science and Technology Azam Khan Swati.

The minister alleged that he called the high-ranked police official for 22 hours but latter did not bother to pick his phone.

The Supreme Court had later suspended the notification of transfer of Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IG) Jan Mohammad.