Punjab gets new IGP, chief secretary

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet green-lighted Tuesday the appointment of Rao Sardar as the new inspector general of police (IGP) Punjab and Dr Kamran Ali Afzal as the chief secretary.

The approval came during a meeting of the cabinet with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair. Separate notifications regarding their appointment were issued, shortly afterwards.

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Sardar, who previously served as Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) director general additional IG, replaces the outgoing IG Punjab, Inam Ghani who was appointed as the province’s top cop last year in September.

Whereas, former finance secretary Dr Kamran Ali Afzal replaced chief secretary Jawad Rafique Malik.

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Earlier, sources told ARY News that Chief Minister Sardar Usman Bazdar decided to replace the IGP and chief secretary.

The sources said the Establishment Division sent a summary to Prime Minister Khan, proposing three names for each post.

“The names of Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera, Kamran Afzal and Babar Hayat were mooted by the establishment division for the top office of Punjab’s bureaucratic hierarchy, while the names of Mohsin Butt, Rao Sardar and Zafar Iqbal have been proposed for the top slot of Punjab Police,” they said.