TOBA TEK SINGH: Toba DSP suspended

Published February 29, 2004

TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 28: Punjab IGP Syed Masood Shah on Saturday suspended Toba DSP (Headquarters) Malik Sarfraz on various complaints.

An official disclosed that DPO Saad Akhtar Bharwana had apprised IGP during his visit to Toba Tek Singh that the DSP was involved in misappropriation of funds of police lines mess, misbehaviour with the public and absence from Muharram duty.

He also said that an inquiry would also be initiated against the DSP.

CASE: Kamalia police on Saturday registered a case against its SHO Mehr Nasrullah Khan, SI Rafaqat Bajwa and naib muharrar Sarfraz Hussain for illegally arresting a woman and her two daughters and torturing them in police station after unclothing them.

The case has been registered on the orders of the Lahore High Court on a writ petition filed by Manzooran Bibi. The complainant pleaded that she and her daughters were arrested to force them to produce before police her son Munawar Hussain who was wanted by police in the murder case of landlord Mehr Hasan Kathia. No arrest has yet been made.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....