Source: Dawn.Com
RAWALPINDI: Police officers selected to head special squads for the security of former prime ministers Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf have reportedly refused to join the duty terming the move unlawful. Some of them have gone on medical leaves, it has been learnt.
Just one day before the end of the term of the PPP government, the then prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf ordered an “unprecedented security protocol” for himself and his predecessor Yousuf Raza Gilani.
“The former prime ministers have also asked for two police mobile squads and one mobile squad of Rangers for the security of their wives,” a senior police official said. “Such a large number of police personnel cannot be reserved for private persons and their wives,” he added.
Each police squad comprises 75 policemen and is led by a superintendent of police, two deputy superintendents and four inspectors.
One SP and two DSPs were selected for the security of former prime minister Gilani during his stay and movement in the federal capital territory and his hometown of Multan.