GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister has finally agreed to release Hussain Asghar from his post as the region’s police chief, a day after the Supreme Court gave an ultimatum to the former Federal Investigation Agency official.
Chief Minister Mehdi Shah said on Wednesday that he would release G-B Inspector General of Police Asghar after choosing his replacement from a list of prospective candidates sent by the federal government.
A few months back, the apex court had ordered for the reinstatement of Asghar to his previous post in the federal government where he had been investigating the Hajj corruption scandal. However, Shah had refused to release Asghar as the police chief saying that he had not been consulted before the orders were issued for the transfer. “I wasn’t against the Supreme Court but against the procedure that was adopted last time to get the IGP back from G-B,” Shah said, adding that his government would choose a suitable person from amongst the names forwarded to him for the post of IGP.
He said that when the IGP’s transfer orders were released without his consultation, he conveyed his reservations to the prime minister and asked if postings could be made without keeping the chief minister in the loop. “The prime minister said ‘no’,” he said.
On Tuesday, while hearing the Hajj corruption case, the Supreme Court ordered Asghar to rejoin the FIA within three days. Asghar was investigating the Hajj corruption case before he was abruptly transferred and appointed as the police chief of G-B last year.
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