additional IGPs, capital city police officer, RPOs and other department heads were directed to consider the DSPs on number 1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29 and 32 of the seniority list for posting as SPs in future.
The two on the top have recently been posted as SPs. “The posting of juniors while ignoring such large number of seniors is in clear violation of the policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which claims to be doing all the postings on merit. This also speaks volumes about the merit being followed on postings at senior level,” said the source.
Some DSPs believe the IGP and KP government should dismiss them from service of they are such incompetent. “These ignored DSPs argue that how they reached to this level if they are such incompetent. Some want to be dismissed if they are such useless for the force,” the source said.
Though the notification of their posting says they are posted as acting SPs, these officers are enjoying all the official benefits of permanent SPs. “They are heading the force of an entire district or the investigation wing of the district. They are living in designated houses and enjoy all the protocol of their postings,” said the source.
The source added that majority of them are wearing the ranks of SPs, which is clear violation of the directives of the apex court against shoulder promotions. Still, many deputy inspectors general, SSPs, SPs and officers of other ranks are wearing ranks of senior positions against which they are working due to shortage of senior cops.
A senior police officer at the CPO admitted that junior DSPs were recently posted as directors/SPs of various schools. “Since nobody was willing to be posted there, we offered it to juniors who are posted as directors now,” said the officer.The official added that the IGP KP has recently issued a list of 100 DSPs, directing all the concerned officers to post only from among them if needed for posting as SP.