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Champions Trophy 2025: A Pakistan Ranger commando stands guard exterior the Gaddafi Stadium.© AFP
In an unprecedented transfer, over 100 policemen of Pakistan’s Punjab Police have been dismissed from service for refusing to carry out assigned safety duties in the course of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025, police stated on Tuesday. The dismissed personnel had been related to varied wings of the police pressure. In response to an official of the Punjab Police, greater than 100 police officers and officers have been faraway from their positions for being discovered absent from responsibility on quite a few events, with a number of others refusing to carry out their assigned duties in the course of the Champions Trophy.
“The police officials were assigned to provide security for teams travelling between Qaddafi Stadium Lahore and designated hotels but either remained absent or outright refused to take up their responsibilities,” he stated.
The official stated IGP Punjab Usman Anwar has taken discover of the matter and ordered strict motion towards the cops in query. “There is no room for negligence when it comes to the security of international events,” he stated.
Although there isn’t any official phrase on why the dismissed police personnel refused to carry out their assigned official duties, a number of native media reviews counsel that the sacked cops had been feeling overburdened because of longer responsibility hours.
The Pakistan cricket crew has already been eradicated from the Champions Trophy following its humiliating defeats to New Zealand and India.
In the meantime, Federal Data Minister Attaullah Tarar has dismissed reviews a few attainable terror risk to the Champions Trophy match in Pakistan.
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