LAHORE: The government on Tuesday appointed Ehsan Sadiq the new additional inspector general of police for south Punjab.

Sadiq, a BS-21 officer, had headed the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in a fake accounts case lodged against PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and six others by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

He was serving as additional director general of the FIA’s Economic Crime Wing when he was appointed as head of the JIT in 2018.

Established on the directions of the apex court, the JIT investigated the 2015 case regarding alleged fake accounts and fictitious transactions conducted through 29 ‘benami’ accounts in various banks.

Sadiq was an officer on special duty (OSD) before the Punjab government appointed him head of the South Punjab Police Secretariat through a notification issued on Tuesday.

He was transferred from the FIA in October 2021 to the Intelligence Bureau for posting. However, he was not given any assignment in the IB and had to wait for five months to get further posting.

The officer said Ehsan is a batch mate of Azam Khan, principal secretary to PM. Sadiq served in Punjab as regional police officer (RPO) and district police officer.

The slot in south Punjab had fallen vacant after the retirement of Zafar Iqbal.

Published in Dawn, March 23rd, 2022