Deputy Commissioner makes ‘irresponsible’ statement

RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: A show cause notice will be issued to Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Imran Hamid Sheikh after he stated that his administration has prepared 1000 coffins in case of emergency on July 25 (the day of general election 2018).

In the video footage that went viral, the deputy commissioner was seen talking about the preparedness of the Peshawar district administration to deal with an emergency during the general election 2018.

At one point in the video, he said that the administration has prepared as many as 1,000 coffins for any emergency.

KP Chief Minister former Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Tuesday took notice of the “irresponsible statement” of the Peshawar DC.

In a notification issued by the CM House Secretariat, the provincial government said government officials were earlier forbidden to give statements on policy matters.

“The deputy commissioner’s video statement is a distasteful joke to spread fear and panic in voters,” the notification reads.