SC reinstates Ghulam Muhammad Dogar as Lahore police chief

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 06 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday reinstated CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, suspending the verdict of the Federal Service Tribunal (FST), Islamabad of upholding his removal from a post by the federal government.

With the reinstatement of CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, the JIT which was formed to investigate into an assassination attempt on life of Chairman PTI Imran Khan has again become active. 

It may be recalled that a two-member bench of the Federal Service Tribunal (FST), Islamabad had suspended an earlier decision of reinstating Lahore Capital City Police Officer Ghulam Mahmood Dogar and ordered to constitute a larger bench to hear the case.

The FST had suspended the operation of the order passed by the learned bench-III of the tribunal on Nov 10 regarding the suspension of Additional IGP Ghulam Mahmood Dogar. The notification of suspension of Mr Dogar issued by the Establishment Division on Nov 5 has been upheld, creating a controversy over the legal status of the JIT Mr Dogar is heading to probe the Wazirabad shooting incident.