The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the chief traffic officer to suspend a warden and take action against him for misbehaving with a judge of the Lahore High Court.
Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu visited the licensing branch of the CTO’s office on Monday to get a driving licence. The judge said that Mubashar, a warden, had misbehaved with him.
CTO Sohail Chaudhry and Warden Mubashar appeared before Justice Sidhu on Tuesday. The CTO said official protocol had been arranged for the judge at the main entrance but the judge had used another gate. The officer had misbehaved due to a misunderstanding. He said Inspector Ahsan Gondal had been suspended for this, he said.
Justice Sidhu observed that Mubashar was solely responsible for the misbehaviour and not the inspector. The judge directed the CTO to take action against the warden and submit a report on Wednesday (today).
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2014.