PA secretary suspended after sons thrash traffic warden

E-Paper | March 20, 2026

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly secretary Rai Nawaz was sent on a one-month leave after his sons thrashed a traffic warden for issuing them a ticket for road violation.

Rai Nawaz was initially removed from his post and made an officer on special duty (OSD) by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif but later Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal sent the official on one-month leave following an inquiry conducted on the speaker's behalf.

According to police, the two brothers, both sons of PA secretary Rai Nawaz, allegedly tortured the warden when he fined them a day earlier in Lahore.

Both the accused, Rai Mumtaz and Rai Najam, were arrested following the scuffle and were presented before a local court today which released them on bail against sureties of Rs 50,000 each.

Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) filed an adjournment motion in the provincial assembly against the chief minister's move.

The PTI leader was of the view that the chief minister was not authorised to remove the Punjab Assembly secretary and questioned about what kind of justice was being dispensed where a father had to bear the punishment for the deeds of his sons.

Last month, a similar incident took place when Pakistan cricket star Umar Akmal entered into an altercation with a traffic warden in the same city.

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Awara

Mar 28, 2014 06:27pm

This is the punishment given to one of the Sahaba of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) by Hazrat Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) in time of his Khilafat. The sons acted on the merit that their father is PA Secretary, I doubt if they would do the same without their father's post in the government office. Well Done I hope they will do the same with higher ranking officials of the government office.,

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Ghazanfar

Mar 28, 2014 06:47pm

Chief minister should resign rather than suspending his officer for no reason... we are stll living in Mughal era

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jawed

Mar 28, 2014 07:25pm

jis ki lathi uss ki bhains,what proof do police/judicial need more? it is clearly evident in video,these kids of waderas(recent incident in sindh from Jatoi&Talpur family),jagirdar,and big shot they think and it is (unfortunately) that they are untouchable and impune to any law and thats why common masses hate them and we have social injustice**and as a result religious extremist organisation**they are fully exploiting for their own agenda that they are the one who can end people misery as others have failed.

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Sultan Alvi

Mar 28, 2014 07:42pm

The two brats of the Secretary, who actually committed the crime, should be dispensed exemplary punishment to stop this ugly menace.in our culture. We should also look at using flogging in public in such cases. There is no point in going after the father. If at all, the mother and father should be reprimanded for instilling such bad upbringing into these spoiled brats. Wake up Pakistan, we need proper justice here. Love from Toronto, Canada

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Sher

Mar 28, 2014 07:53pm

Both young men must be awarded minimum of 3 years sentence and shifted to Muchh Jail.

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Shah

Mar 28, 2014 07:54pm

Correct move by CM. If father is removed from higher post only then the sons can be convicted according to law. There is nothing funny this is Pakistan...

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Makael

Mar 28, 2014 08:02pm

Attacking a police officer should be a non bailable offence. Giving the police officers due respect is important for a society to function. If this incident had happened in any western country, the police force of that area would have converged on area within minutes. However, the system of our police is so bad that ironically the police can't even protect themselves.

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Abdullah

Mar 28, 2014 08:07pm

Their father is definitely to be blamed for this. Such sorry state of affair. What deeply saddens me in the kind of authority they seem to have in the whole situation.

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Pakistani

Mar 28, 2014 08:07pm

Thank god I don't live in Pakistan among such scum. The country is lost. None of these folks that break the law will ever pay for it. The poor will continue to suffer. The army will continue to be delusional. Our "leaders" will continue to be selfish, illiterate goons.

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syed

Mar 28, 2014 08:08pm

Unfortunately our mentality is not changed regardless of shahbaz or nawaz. The bottom line is no accountablity or justice ever served in our country.

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malik

Mar 28, 2014 08:16pm

Punjab Government should fight for the state employees. What a shame against the Punjab Government to see the employee beaten by the spoiled brat. Did u see the warden,s uniform was trashed by this stupid guy and how scared the police officer is?. He tore the clothes of the Chief Minister of Punjab and slapped on his Governance. Lets make the laws equal for all and apply on all. Also let the justice system have an opportunity to prove that you can serve the justice and lets prove u can serve the people of Pakistan who put u there.

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M. Asghar

Mar 28, 2014 08:17pm

Law has to be applied with its full force against these lawless thugs whatever, their background- yes, whatever, their background!

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nabil

Mar 28, 2014 08:27pm

They deserve severe punishment for grievouse bodly harm to policeman who are public servants and were just doing his duty, people like them have no respect for law. If this punishment is not awarded there could be very bad consequences.

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Eldrick Lal

Mar 28, 2014 10:00pm

This is our youth the future of tomorrow. Shame on these young lads. Send them to solitary confinement. No respect for the law and yet call themselves " we are proud to be Pakistani." That's why these youths cannot live in civilized nations.

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harris

Mar 28, 2014 11:24pm

In U.S.A the cop will put a bullet in their head for attacking him. Not respecting the traffic police and traffic laws is the signature of an undisciplined nation and their narcissistic elites. The father should be fired for his kids are living high on the powers of their father and themselves are worthless.

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tony

Mar 28, 2014 11:37pm

One thing is sure.these uneducated sons should be punished.look at poor trafic warden. Shame on these boys. Poor education and upbringing.

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Saad

Mar 29, 2014 12:50am

I would love it if someone gives these two boys a beating along with their father. Its this illiterate mentality that is ruining our country. If they can beat some one else's father for doing his job, I say we do the same to them. It shows their poor family background.

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pashtunyar

Mar 29, 2014 01:10am

Its not like these sort of things never happened before but two things have changed and for the better I suppose. One; Public pressure/opinion and a vibrant media tends to force the hands our elites (in this case khadime aala whose own daughter thrased a poor guy not so long ago and secondly, the mobil camera as a democratic equalizer! (No wonder why the govt doesnt lift the ban on youtube!)

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Faraz A

Mar 29, 2014 01:13am

The brothers should not only be booked for traffic violation, but also for "Assault on Police Officer" which is more severe than traffic violation

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Expat (usa)

Mar 29, 2014 01:50am

Only in Pakistan, try it in UK or US, it will be years before these spoiled brats would see day light.

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Syed

Mar 29, 2014 01:56am

haha, lagay raho Banana Republic

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Nadeem Chaudhry

Mar 29, 2014 02:01am

@Awara: Why do we have to insert hadeeth in every thing? Basic human decency would demand just behavior from anyone.

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Sarwat

Mar 29, 2014 02:53am

This is going over the edge. PA should have been suspended, sons should have been arrested and put behind bars. No one is above the law.

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Vikram

Mar 29, 2014 03:12am

Punish the sons for crime they committed? Why punish father if he did not do anything?

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Amjad Wyne

Mar 29, 2014 03:17am

What do they mean by one month leave - He should be fired forever and his sons should go to jail.

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omer khan shaheen

Mar 29, 2014 03:17am

3 to 5 years in jail!

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Asaf Maruf

Mar 29, 2014 03:55am

This should be severely condemned and yes the father is directly responsible for raising children who have no respect of law. These brats should be severely reprimanded and locked away. What a shameful day for us.

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Paladin

Mar 29, 2014 03:57am

As a former police officer, this disregard for the uniform makes my blood boil.

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Raja

Mar 29, 2014 04:05am

If police officer was assaulted in US, these 2 have been shot on the spot. No trial and sentence. What can leaders do, when the whole society has no respect for anyone or anything.

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irfan

Mar 29, 2014 06:40am

@Paladin: Police in Pakistan deserves more than this. No matter who thrashes them, I feel very happy when police is dishonored. I am not sure if you are a former Pakistani policemen, but if you were you would know how police treats people with no political power, they are the firouns of the time.

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illawarrior

Mar 29, 2014 07:05am

Why is the father is punished for a crime committed by his adult sons? Punish the sons, they are the ones who assaulted the parking officer

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Life

Mar 29, 2014 08:12am

Much has been said about if it was a country other than Pakistan .... just to keep all informed, people on this side of world are also humans and commit similar crime as people do in Pakistan though its not that often. This is not a justification rather a reminder.

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IKE

Mar 29, 2014 10:34am

Of course there are two opinions: 1. Father should not be punished because he is a different individual. 2. Kids did this because of their father's power. But for father's power kids should have not done it. Given law and order situation, CM did the right thing. Put your hand on the power base and they will correct themselves.

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illawarrior

Mar 30, 2014 07:14am

@Asaf Maruf: Sometimes even good parents end up with bad children. Parents are not the only influence on their children as they are growing up. Most of us know families where out of say 5 children, there is one bad one among the 4 good ones, even though they were raised exactly the same way by their parents. Even if this father had poor parenting skills, that is not a crime.

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Beverly

Mar 30, 2014 10:51am

This makes no sense. No need to suspend the father (PA secretary) Just have the Traffic Warden thrash the PA's sons the same way, and in public.

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syed

Mar 30, 2014 06:45pm

The fathers position should be demoted and the spoiled sons should have to apoligise in public and should get some real jail time as per law .If we dont repect the law then no one will .Those brats had the whole gang there beating the poor cop .In an other country the cop would have shot them and walked away

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Zeeshan

Mar 31, 2014 12:51pm

Did any one read the Opposition leader adjournment move over CMs appropriate action . this is tsunami party...party who was begging votes for years in the name of change...and all change i could see is protecting the secretary and his son.What a Shame PTI

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