QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr. Malik Baloch suspended the services of Superintendent Police City Samiullah Soomro following a clash between guards of senior MPA Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and policemen at the entrance of the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday from entering into Balochistan Assembly.
Private armed men are not allowed to enter assembly premises as per the directives of speaker Balochistan Assembly Jan Muhammad Jamali.
However, justifying the suspension of senior police officer, Chief Minister Dr. Malik Baloch said that since Sardar Zehri had tribal disputes therefore his private security guards closely guard him.
Private security guards of the senior minister were entering the Balochistan Assembly premises in their private vehicles when police stopped them at the gate.
The policemen on duty objected to the weapons and private armed guards of Sardar Zehri’s guards following which hot words were exchanged between police and Zehri’s private guards.
Sardar Zehri entered Balochistan Assembly and voted for two general seats of Senate during the Senate polls held today.
Police men deployed in and outside the Balochistan Assembly staged a protest after the incident.
Chief Minister Dr. Malik Baloch and Speaker of Blaochistan Assembly Jan Muhammad Jamali later convinced the protesting policemen to return to their duties.
Speaker Balochistan Assembly had issued clear directives to policemen that “no armed person is allowed to enter the assembly premises”.
A police official who was part of the protest and did not want to be named told Dawn.com that today’s incident had affected the morale of policemen.
“Now we cannot stop any influential personality’s private guards after this incident”, he said.