Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad
Senator Hidayat Ullah on Thursday expressed resentment at the Home Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on receding from their own statement of considering levies personnel as police employees.
He said that by doing so they have dishonored the sanctity of the Upper House and backed off from their own commitment which they earlier made and was included as a part of senate committee recommendations.
Senator Hidayat Ullah also recommended to initiate an inquiry on the CPO KPK that on what basis he has drawn back from his statement. The Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions was held here at the Old PIPS Hall Parliament Lodges under the chairmanship of Senator Hidayat Ullah. The committee argued on the unjustified act of the Home Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on not absorbing the 23 police officers in police department after the FATA merger.
The committee debated that the issue was vetted upon in detail in March 2022 and assurance was given by the CPO for absorption of levies and khasadar officials whose retirement according to levies act has been due but still performing their duties, may be merged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police immediately and allow them to compete their service according to the Police Act. The Officials of the Home Department KPK conceded that the case of the Levies and Khasadars are pending subjudice before the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Service Tribunal therefore cannot be commented upon.
The committee chair remarked that the effected employees took the case to the Service Tribunal because this committee’s recommendations were not implemented and now the Home Department says that it will create legal implications. The chair said that Secretary Home Department KPK Akbar Ali was also present in the meeting in which CPO KPK gave written and verbal statement that the department will consider these 23 police officials as part of police and they will retire as police officer the Special secretary home Akbar Ali at that time did not oppose the statement of CPO KPK implying that all were agreed upon and that’s why committee has given recommendations.
