Tag: Officers

Stakeholders hail PCS officers promotion

LAHORE - Promotion of 15 Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officers to BPS-19, 20 and 21 in a provincial selection board (PSB-I) meeting on Monday is a "small step in the right direction" to address grievances of provincial officers, stakeholders told Pakistan Today.
The PCS Officers Association has been vying for their demands including faster promotions to higher grades. The association has held several meetings with the cabinet committee chaired by Senior Advisor to the CM

PCS officers reject Punjab govt’s ‘rightsizing’ policy

LAHORE - The PCS Officers Association has rejected the policy of "downsizing" and "rightsizing" by the Punjab government and termed the move an attempt of the district management group to block their promotional aspects.
The Provincial Civil Service (PCS), the Provincial Secretariat Service (PSS) and the Provincial Management Service (PMS) officer bearers took the decision after a meeting on Monday chaired by its president Rai Manzur Nasir. All 50-members of the executive

FIA DG, Sindh IG among nine contractual officers reported to...

ISLAMABAD - The Establishment Division on Friday submitted to the Supreme Court a list of nine senior law enforcement officers who are employed on a contractual basis. These officers include Sindh Inspector General of Police Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khatak BPS 22; Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed BPS 21; Intelligence Bureau Karachi Director Tariq Jamil; Larkana DIG Deen Muhammad Baloch; Sindh DIG Khurram Gulzar; Lahore AIG Railways Akhtar Hayat; Nadir

PU officers suspended for not taking action against IJT

LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) administration on Friday suspended its Estate Officer (EO) Muhammad Shokat and Assistant Security Officer Muhammad Shokat on allowing Islami Jamiat Taliba (IJT) to hold programs inside the varsity.
IJT activists also protested against the PU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran after the Friday prayer, chanted slogans against the VC on disturbing their functions and claimed they were 'innocent' while VC was 'revengeful'.
According to PU

Punjab govt transfers various officers

LAHORE - The Punjab government on Tuesday transferred a number of officers. Fakharuz Zaman Ali Cheema, deputy secretary, Information, Culture & Youth Affairs Department has been transferred and posted as general manager finance & administration, Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA), on deputation basis against a vacant post. Gulzar Ahmad, district officer (Revenue), Nankana Sahib, has been transferred and posted as senior administration officer in office of the

Former London Police officers call on IGP

LAHORE - A two-member London Police delegation called on Punjab Police Inspector General (IGP) Javed Iqbal at the Punjab Central Police Office (CPO) on Monday for establishing a new command and control system.
The delegation consisting of former London Metro Police chief of operations Tariq Ghafoor and Dr Amanat Hussain has a vast experience of establishing command and control system in London and Dubai, UAE.
The delegation would stay in Lahore for three weeks. Keeping in

CEC promotes all grade-16 and above officers

ISLAMABAD - Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza on Friday promoted all scale-16 and above officers of the commission.
The Election Commission of Pakistan spokesman said on Friday that the decision was taken in the public interest and for smooth functioning of the organization. Finance Division's Office Memorandum, dated the July 25, 2000, authorised the chief election commission for such decisions, the spokesman said.
Election Commission of Pakistan

LDA DG transfers officers

LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Director General (DG) Umer Rasul on Friday transferred and posted a number of officers. Akbar Nakai, director coordination & implementation has been transferred and posted as LDA Secretary seven other sponsors relieving Socrat Aman Rana, Director DG's Headquarter of additional charge of the said post.
Khalid Mahmood, LDA director education has been transferred and posted as director coordination & implementation. Asad Ameer, director,

PCS officers’ demands will be honoured: Khosa

Lahore - Senior advisor to chief minister Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa assured the office bearers of the Punjab PCS Officers Association on Tuesday that all their demands accepted by the government will be 'honoured', Pakistan Today has learnt.
The decision was taken after a meeting of a delegation of PCS Officers Association with the chief minister's cabinet committee consisting of Zulfiqar Khosa, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, Additional Chief Secretary Sami Saeed, Secretary Services

18 judicial officers transferred

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Monday notified postings and transfers of the following 18 judicial officers including six additional district and sessions judges, two senior civil judges and nine civil judge-cum-judicial magistrates, in the public interest.
The additional and district sessions judges are: Malik Muhammad Iqbal from Taunsa Sharif to Jalalpur Pirwala, Syed Faisal Raza Gilani from Lahore to Sahiwal, Haji Ahmad from Sahiwal to Lahore, Khaqan Babar from Lahore to

CSB promotes 65 officers to BPS-21

ISLAMABAD - The Central Selection Board (CSB) on Friday promoted over 65 bureaucrats from BPS-20 to BPS-21.
The officers included 34 from the District Management Group, 11 each from the Police Service and Secretariat Group and the remaining from the Military Lands and Cantonment Group, Information Service Group, Foreign Service, Audit and Accounts and the Postal Service.
Nasir Durrani of the Police Service and Shabbir Anwar of the Information Group are also among those

LHC CJ issues show-cause notice to 2 judicial officers

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Friday issued show-cause notices to two judicial officers including Nankana Sahib Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Saleem and Bahawalnagar Civil Judge Shahzad Raza for trying to influence him for their promotion and posting.
The LHC CJ directed them to explain their positions on being guilty of misconduct and directed the judicial officers to file their replies within a week.

Benazir murder case – former police officers sent on judicial remand

RAWALPINDI - An Anti-Terrorist Court on Wednesday denied the Federal Investigation Agency's request to extend the physical remand of former police chief of Rawalpindi Saud Aziz and former Superintendent Police Rawal Town Khurram Shahzad in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The former police officials, who were arrested for alleged negligence of duty over the 2007 assassination of former prime minister, were produced before the court on Wednesday. The FIA had requested the ATC to

LHC CJ transfers judicial officers

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Thursday transferred eight judicial officers including six Punjab additional district and sessions judges and two senior civil judges.
The transferred additional district and sessions judges included Muhammad Younas Aziz from Ferozewala to Bhakkar, Muhammad Azam from Lahore to Dera Ghazi Khan, Mian Ghulam Hussain from Dera Ghazi Khan to Pattoki, Manzoor Hussain from Pattoki to Kabirwala, Sana Khan Attique

Two MI officers gunned down

KARACHI - The bodies of two Military Intelligence (MI) officers were found in Baloch Para of the Bhains Colony area in Quaidabad on Thursday.
Sukhan police told Pakistan Today that the locals informed the police about the two bodies after which they were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. Witnesses told the police that they heard gunshots and later saw a white Toyota Corolla leaving the area.
Hospital sources told Pakistan Today that both victims were

CJ wants LHC officers, lower staff to be punctual

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry has warned officers and lower staffers of the court of strict action if they violated punctuality. Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry Wednesday undertook surprise visit to the offices of the court to check the overall performance of the staff.
During the visit the CJ said lethargic, unpunctual and irregular officers/officials have no room in the establishment of the LHC. He said punctuality in the judiciary is the

SC summons NAB courts presiding officers on 11th

LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) monitoring judge on Friday called a meeting of all presiding officers of accountability courts of Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar at the SC Building, Islamabad on December 11. Progress of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)-related National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases pending in accountability courts would be discussed in the meeting.
According to sources, attitude of judges having close relations with NRO beneficiaries would