CCPO Lahore, DG anti-corruption removed after Elahi takes office.

LAHORE -- CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana, DG Anti-Corruption Abdul Jabbar and DPO Jhang Sardar Ghias Gul Khan were relieved of their duties 'with immediate effect' on Wednesday morning, according to a notification issued by the government of Punjab.

Kamyana and Jabbar were also asked to report to the Intelligence Bureau (IB), while Sardar Ghias was directed to report to the Cabinet Secretariat in Islamabad.

Reportedly, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was annoyed with Kamyana over the police's heavy-handedness in dealing with PTI supporters when they participated in the 'Azadi March' to the capital in May, a month after the no-confidence motion sent former prime minister and party chief Imran Khan packing.

Sources also say that many corruption cases against PTI leaders, including former chief minister Punjab Usman Buzdar and Farhat Shahzadi alias Farah Gogi, a close friend of the ex-first lady Bushra Bibi, were lodged as Abdul Jabbar had taken charge as DG anti-corruption.

The move comes...