LAHORE: Chief Traffic Officer Liaquat Ali Malik has dismissed from service four wardens and awarded other punishments to 21 more for “breaching the official secret”.

The action was taken against them in the light of an inquiry report which held the 25 wardens guilty of “serious charges”.

Four wardens dismissed from service were directly involved in leaking the secret information of VVIP movement amid high security threats to the high-profile personalities, an official told Dawn.

Nasir, Mahmood, Rizwan and Saqib had a Whatsapp group on their mobile phones to disclose the secret movement of the VVIP personalities. They used to pass on information of VVIP movements with the identity of the personality on the Whatsapp to their colleagues, creating potential risk of reaching the state secrecy to the anti-state elements.

It was a grave violation of the law of land and intolerable in all circumstances, he said, adding that this serious matter was accordingly probed by the SP ranked officer.

During inquiry, some calls made by the traffic wardens pertaining to the breach of official secrecy were also traced, which further alarmed the higher authorities.

The SP had recommended strong action against the traffic wardens held guilty of security risk.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2018

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