Inspector General of Police Punjab Inam Ghani has sai
d that the process of punis
hment and reward is of paramount importance in the police service.
Therefore, all command officers should ensure transparent, merit based process of punis
hment and reward free from any haste and a regular inquiry into the matter should be made mandatory before a subordinate is given major Punis
hment so that the punis
hment given on conviction and guilt cannot be removed from another platform and he can never be part of the force again. He further sai
d that large penalties for minor errors and irregularities could lead to low morale of the force and therefore the disciplinary matrix formulated by the Central Police Office should be taken into conside
ration while giving punishments and officers who give Major punis
hment to subordinate staff without regular inquiry should be made answerable for this by sending explanatory letters to such officers. He further sai
d that if the Appellant Authority deems it necessary to re-investigate a matter (Denovo Inquiry) then a regular inquiry officer should be appointed and time frame should be fixed. He further sai
d that by November 10, all RPOs, DPOs should complete the audit of their offices and inform the Additional IG Establis
hment about the latest status of appeals filed by the officials, show cause notices issued to them and decisions to be taken in this regard. He further sai
d that Additional IG Establis
hment should get certificates from all RPOs and DPOs while RPOs and DPOs should get certificates from their subordinate staff that they have the actual number of appeals filed by officers and the latest status of show cause. He directed the Additional IG Ope
rations to upgrade the feature in the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) through DIG IT which must have timely update record of appeals of all officers and personnel and decisions taken on them. He further sai
d that the Appellant Authority should ensure that all the appeals filed by the officers are decided in a timely ma
nner and explanatory letters should be written to the officers who are delaying the appeals of the police personnel. In case of unsatisfactory response, departmental action should not be avoided against them. He gave these instructions while giving instructions to the officers during a meetin
g held at the Central Police Office regarding the punis
hment of the force.
During the meeting, the IG Punjab was apprised of the latest situation regarding the punishments being meted out to the force for various irregularities and mistakes in all the districts of the province this year. IG Punjab directed the officers that the Central Police Office should play its supervisory and monitoring role more effectively for further improvement in the punis
hment system so that all matters could be handled more efficiently. Additional IG Establis
hment Azhar Hameed Khokhar, Additional IG Ope
rations Sahibzada Shehzad Sultan, DIG Establis
hment 1. Sharaq Kamal Siddiqui, DIG Establis
hment II Maqsood Al Hassan, DIG Safe Cities Authority, Kamran Khan, DIG Ope
rations Sohail Akhtar Sukhera, AIG Ope
rations Ghazi Salahuddin and CTO Lahore, Capt (R) Hamad Abid and other officers were also present.