Shahryar Afridi vows to bring SP Tahir's killers to justice

Dunya News

The Minister of State told that an FIR was registered in Ramna Police Station.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi  vowed on Thursday that the killers of Superintendent of Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar would be brought to justice.

Speaking in Senate, he revealed that Dawar was kidnapped from Islamabad and shifted to Afghanistan via Mianwali and Bannu.

The Minister of State told that an FIR was registered in Ramna Police Station, Islamabad on November 28 regarding disappearance of the martyred police officer.

He asserted that the previous government had installed about 1,800 cameras in the federal capital under safe city project, but unfortunately, over 600 of them are non-functional.

The minister said not a single camera is able to capture recognizable pictures of vehicles and dubious people. He urged the House to initiate an inquiry into the safe city project.

The House also offered fateha for the departed soul of martyred SP Tahir Khan Dawar. Senators paid rich tributes to SP Tahir Khan Dawar and demanded of the government to unearth the mystery behind this incident.

Earlier, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in his ruling asked Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain to tender apology for the harsh language he used against opposition members in yesterday’s sitting of the House.

He said the members should refrain from using harsh language against their fellow senators. Taking the floor Leader of House Shibli Faraz said that running business of the house is responsibility of both the treasury and the opposition benches.

The opposition parties also staged walk out from the house over remarks of Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary.