Faisal Shahkar was appointed as the Chief of Punjab Police in place of Rao Sardar before the election of Chief Minister.

 Development Commission in this meeting of the Provincial Assembly to elect the new Chief Minister Communicus Shortley

July 22, 2022


Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Rao Sardar on Friday resigned as the provincial police chief ahead of the crucial assembly session to elect a new chief minister.

After his resignation, Faisal Shahkar, an officer of BS-22 of the Police Service of Pakistan, has been appointed as the new provincial police chief, the Establishment Division said in a notification.

According to Suraks, Roo Sardar along with his colleagues proceeded from the subsequent councils, reports Express News.


According to sources, Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz appointed and transferred all the RPOs and 32 DPOs of his choice after taking over the reins of the province in April this year.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has repeatedly warned of legal action against Punjab police officials who allegedly launched a brutal crackdown on PTI workers during the party's 'Azadi March' in May. will be done

Amid the strong possibility of PTI-PML-Q joint candidate Pervaiz Elahi becoming the new provincial chief executive of Punjab, many top police officers were ready to step down, sources said.

Earlier today, Elahi approached the Supreme Court against the appointment of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) at home during the upcoming Chief Ministerial elections.

The Muslim League (Q) leader, who is also the Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, approached the court against the letter written by the Deputy Speaker to the IGP and Chief Secretary regarding the deployment of security forces inside the House and on the premises of the Assembly. Referred.

In his petition, Elahi claimed that Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari intends to interfere in the election process and his letter to deploy security in the Punjab Assembly shows bad faith.

He said that the IG Punjab should be prevented from going to the provincial assembly...

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