On Tuesday, Chief Justice Muhammad Ibrahim of the Peshawar High Court acknowledged that police officials were being recruited through bribery. He revealed that even at his own residence, four out of five personnel have been hired through corrupt practices.
The chief justice made these remarks during the hearing of a case involving violence by the superintendent of police (training) against a retired sub-inspector. Chief Justice Ibrahim, leading a two-member bench, questioned the SI about the nature of the dispute between the two officials. The sub-inspector replied that the superintendent of police had assaulted him because he possessed evidence of corruption and bribery in the recruitment process.
Acknowledging the prevalence of bribery in police recruitment, the chief justice noted that it was indeed true that officers were being hired based on bribes. He went on to disclose that even in his own residence, the majority of the personnel—four out of five—had secured their positions through illicit means.
In a somewhat sardonic tone, Chief Justice Ibrahim suggested that had the superintendent of police shared a portion of the bribes with the sub-inspector, the altercation might have been avoided.
The court granted both parties the opportunity to reconcile mutually, warning that if an agreement was not reached, the court would proceed to decide the matter.
Pakistan Urges Afghanistan to Extradite TTP Leader in Wake of Cross-Border Suicide Bombing
Meanwhile, Pakistan urged Afghanistan to extradite the banned TTP leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur in connection with his group’s role in the recent suicide bombing in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to sources.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Afghan Charge d’affaires in Pakistan, expressing a strong protest against the involvement of Afghan nationals in terrorist activities in Pakistan. Pakistan called on the Afghan government to prevent its territory from being used for cross-border attacks.
Following a suicide bombing in Bannu that resulted in two fatalities and ten injuries, including soldiers, the Inter-Services Public Relations had reported the incident a day earlier.
According to ISPR, on November 26, 2023, a motorcycle-borne suicide bomber, affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group and later identified as an Afghan national, detonated himself near a security forces convoy in the Bakka Khel area of Bannu.
