LAHORE: Lahore High Court chief justice on Thursday ordered the Punjab police inspector general to ensure opening of all the blocked thoroughfares in the provincial metropolis closed in the name of security.
Disposing of three writ petitions filed by Chaudhry Farooq Ahmad Janjua and Chaudhry Muhammad Ishaq Khokhar and the suo motu proceeding on the matter after hearing IG Traiq Saleem, Capital City Police Officer Pervaiz Rathore, SSP (Operations) Muhammad Shafiq and AIG (Legal) Chaudhry Ahsan in his chamber, Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif observed that he appreciated security measures on those roads where the offices of police department and other sensitive agencies were situated, but convenience of public at large should be seen first and given preference.
Earlier, the IG proposed opening of the closed roads only for light traffic but the chief justice rejected the proposal. He undertook to give all possible facilities to the people on the roads closed for security purpose later on.
The CJ had taken a suo motu notice of the newspaper reports on closure of roads for security and summoned the police top brass, observing offices of the IG, CCPO and SSP (Operations) have become ‘no-go areas’ in the name of security.
The reports had mentioned cement blocks had been placed in front of the IG office and the road between Government College Ground and IG office had been totally closed for traffic. The road between IG office Chowk and Civil Secretariat Chowk had also been closed. Moreover, half of the road in front of CCPO office, from Rescue 15 building to the Chief Minister’s House, had been blocked. One-way traffic had been introduced on Queen’s Road, from Lawrence Road to Faisal Square, on Shahrah-i-Quaid-i-Azam.
It was further pointed out in the newspaper reports that one side of the road in front of the office of SSP (Operations) in front of Islamia College Civil Lines had been completely closed. The road between Government Muslim High School and District Courts had also been closed.
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