LAHORE: Okara District Coordination Officer Saifullah Dogar was made an officer on special duty (OSD) on Tuesday reportedly on the directions of the chief minister who got angry with him after finding poor arrangements in Ramazan Bazaar during his visit to the city on Monday.

Our Okara correspondent said the chief minister arrived at the Mahboob Alam Chowk Ramazan Bazaar without protocol. He expressed his displeasure over the poor arrangements and quality of various items.

Upon his return to Lahore, the chief minister removed the DCO, the correspondent said.

However, official sources in Lahore informed Dawn that Mr Dogar, who is the son-in-law of Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Javed Aslam, was on leave and had been relieved of his duties as Okara DCO on his own request.

He had applied for ex-Pakistan study leave around 10 days ago, an official said.

Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2014