Editor
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad Police Department has develop into a haven for junior officers, with quite a few senior officers sidelined. This shift has led to a scarcity of officers within the federal capital, leaving senior positions akin to DIG Security and SSP Investigation vacant. To compensate, extra costs have been assigned to SPs, and two ASPs have been given the tasks of SPs. Despite their seniority, junior officers are being awarded extra roles.
Sources throughout the police division have advised The Express Tribune that different senior officers are reluctant to affix the Islamabad police. Officers from DIG to SP are at present holding positions with extra costs.
DIG Operations Ali Raza, a Grade 19 worker, reportedly holds a better grade cost. Senior officers in Islamabad are reportedly unwilling to work underneath Ali Raza since his appointment as DIG.
Similarly, SSP Operations Arsalan Shahzaib can also be holding an extra grade cost. The development of assigning extra costs to SPs and DSPs has develop into prevalent, with Shehzad Akbar now appointed as SP City. Junior officer Ali Raza, specifically, has been given two important positions regardless of his rank. He is now serving as each Industrial Area SP and Dolphin SP.
Additionally, DSPs in Islamabad are being promoted to SP roles, with DSP Hakeem Khan receiving an SP cost. This preferential remedy of juniors over senior officers has raised considerations among the many senior ranks. Former SSP Operations Mustafa Tanveer and Malik Jameel Zafar haven’t been assigned any essential roles within the Operations Division.
Sources point out that former DIG Headquarters Hassan Raza and different officers have been unwilling to work underneath the present IGP. The discontent has additionally prolonged to the rank and file of the police, with dissatisfaction amongst DSPs, SHOs and different personnel concerning DIG Ali Raza’s administration.
