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Rawalpindi’s Regional Police Officer (RPO) Syed Khurram Ali has decided to take a 15-day leave, a day after Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha made serious allegations against the Chief Election Commissioner and other officials. As Chatha’s claims have increased calls for an independent audit of poll results, the city’s senior police officer opted for a 15-day leave, stating that he and his family members were leaving for a week-long visit to the United Kingdom.
Amid the new controversy, some social media users connected Chatha’s revelations of election rigging to RPO Rawalpindi’s leave; however, his office clarified that RPO Rawalpindi had applied for leave before the election but did not receive immediate approval.
Read more: Jappa Replaces Chatha as Rawalpindi Commissioner
In the wake of the allegations, Rawalpindi Commissioner Chatha has been transferred and instructed to report to the Services and General Administration Department. Simultaneously, Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Director General Saif Anwar Jappa has been given an additional charge as Rawalpindi commissioner. Jappa has rejected all allegations made by his predecessor regarding irregularities in the February 8 general elections. He emphasized that the commissioner’s role during the polls was strictly limited to coordination.
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