A major development took place in the Pakpattan District Police Officer (DPO) Rizwan Gondal transfer case when a respondent in the Supreme Court’s suo motu notice, Ahsan Jameel Gujjar, on Tuesday submitted an unconditional apology to the court for his “unwarranted participation” in the official matters.
Giving a written apology, Gujjar said that he had gone to the meeting to present Khawar Maneka’s perspective to the police officers.
He assured the SC that he will do his best to keep his behaviour is always in accordance with the law. “I am a law-abiding citizen and believe in the rule of law,” he said in his written apology.
Earlier, Gujjar was critcised for being in a meeting held at Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar’s office in August, for which the CM had also summoned DPO Gondal and the Sahiwal regional police officer.
The meeting had been called to seek an explanation from the two police officers for two events in Pakpattan that had led to altercations between Khawar Fareed Maneka, a senior Customs officer and local influential, and the Pakpattan police.
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, on numerous hearings of the suo motu case, had asked on multiple occasions in what capacity Gujjar had been present for the meeting.
Gujjar, considered a family friend of the Manekas, had previously stated that he was in the meeting to represent the Maneka children as their “guardian”. However, the court had contested the claim of guardianship, noting that the Maneka children’s own parents are alive.
“However, if his participation is considered unwarranted, he expresses his utmost remorse upon the same and he seeks unconditional apology from this Honourable Court,” read the letter submitted to the court.
