DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The safety element offered to former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur has been withdrawn, it emerged on Tuesday.
It’s price mentioning that whereas the safety element from Peshawar was withdrawn, the ex-CM has a police element from his native Dera Ismail Khan district. It was not instantly clear who ordered the withdrawal of the safety from Peshawar, with incumbent chief minister Sohail Afridi’s press secretary denying that orders to this impact have been issued.
In keeping with the sources, a 16-member safety squad assigned to Gandapur was recalled late final evening. The contingent comprised two jammer operators, eight gunmen and 6 drivers, who had been working in shifts. All personnel belonged to the police division.
Of them, 14 officers had been deployed for Gandapur’s safety, whereas two have been assigned to his brother, MNA Faisal Amin Gandapur.
Sources near the ex-chief minister stated that one jammer and one pickup service had been returned to the provincial authorities. The sources stated that Gandapur and his brother had personally spoken with the officer who had conveyed KP CM Afridi’s orders to verify and authenticate the withdrawal of the police escort.
In an announcement, Gandapur stated that at 11pm final evening, Afridi’s deputy chief safety officer (CSO) referred to as his safety personnel, saying that it was the CSO’s order to withdraw the safety.
“I had one jammer and one double-cabin automobile offered by the provincial authorities,” he stated, including, “There have been 14 personnel deployed with that automobile.”
“When these personnel knowledgeable me, I instructed them to pack up every part. That is the precise fact,” he stated. He said that even when this safety have been now restored, he wouldn’t settle for it.
“I need to inform the chief minister that there isn’t any must return this safety to me now. I don’t want it,” Gandapur stated.
In the meantime, in an announcement, the KP chief minister’s press secretary stated that there was no fact in reviews about Gandapur’s safety element being withdrawn by Afridi.
“No such choice has been taken, nor have any directions been issued to the related authorities on this regard,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Gandapur’s spokesperson, Faraz Ahmed Mughal, insisted that the withdrawal was initiated on the directions of KP CM Afridi. He stated the Chief Minister’s Workplace contacted the safety in-charge and directed that the element be withdrawn, including that Gandapur adopted the directives inside minutes.
Gandapur had beforehand confronted a number of safety threats, and a hand grenade assault additionally befell at his residence previously.
Official sources maintained that selections concerning safety deployment and withdrawal have been made in accordance with risk assessments and administrative necessities.
Political observers stated that the event was additionally important within the context of the latest variations between Gandapur and CM Afridi.
