That is as regards to the report “Cops suspended for ‘stopping choose from utilizing foggy motorway’” (Dec 1). Legal professionals, judges and law-enforcers (police) are anticipated to be extra law-abiding than the widespread man. This places extra accountability on them to be function fashions for all residents.
Nevertheless, based on the information, an anti-terrorism courtroom choose not solely violated the legislation blatantly, however confirmed vanity and highhandedness when confronted by law-enforcement officers.
The choose, alongside along with his police squad, crossed the barrier forcibly at Muridke interchange to get on to the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway, which was closed for site visitors owing to fog.
Two officers of the Nationwide Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) stopped the choose on the subsequent interchange and challaned him for crossing and coming into the closed motorway.
As an alternative of apologising and admitting his mistake, based on the mentioned report, the choose threatened the 2 officers that he would maintain “the courtroom on the motorway and begin proceedings towards the patrolling officers beneath terrorism sections for stopping him”.
Little doubt, automobiles that carry out emergency duties, like police, judges, ambulances and fireplace brigade can soar purple mild, overspeed or use the improper lane in an emergency scenario, however when a highway is closed resulting from fog, one can solely endanger one’s personal life and that of the others.
To make issues worse, the choose wilfully disobeyed the law-enforcers and threatened them with motion beneath terrorism costs. Such an motion can’t be justified.
Underneath part 81(c) of The Nationwide Highways Security Ordinance, 2000, police officers are additionally empowered to arrest any one who wilfully disobey or impede any lawful order. Quite the opposite, the 2 police officers had been suspended for performing their obligation as per orders.
This incident is an ideal instance of vanity, misuse of public workplace and abuse of energy.
The upper judiciary must conduct an neutral inquiry into the matter.
SAIRA AHMAD
TOBA TEK SINGH