Govt requests ECP to retain Islamabad police IG and DC ahead of polls

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal government has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to retain Islamabad Police Inspector General Dr Akbar Nasir Khan and Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon, sources said on Thursday.

The request was made by Secretary Interior Aftab Durrani, who met with ECP Secretary Umar Hameed to discuss the transfer issue of the two senior officials, according to the sources.

They said that the interior secretary argued that the police IG and DC Islamabad should not be changed as the general election was near.

The ECP has already appointed DC Islamabad as the returning officer for the capital.

PM Office seeks names for replacement of Islamabad police IG, DC

The sources added that the ECP would soon take a final decision on the request of the interior secretary.

Earlier, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar had asked the Establishment Division to send a panel of names for the replacement of the Islamabad police IG and DC.

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On the other hand, the ECP has turned down the federal government’s proposal to appoint DIG Police Babar Sarfaraz Alpa as the new IG of Islamabad poloice, sources said on Thursday.

According to the sources, the ECP had asked the secretary Establishment Division to send a new panel of names to the caretaker prime minister, who will then submit his preferred name to the ECP for approval.

Babar Alpa, who is currently serving as the Regional Police Officer (RPO) of Sheikhupura, was the government’s choice for the top police post in the federal capital, but the ECP rejected his nomination.