Islamabad (Staff Report): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday ordered an immediate inquiry into the murder of Superintendent Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar.
In a twitter message, the prime minister said that he has ordered the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to coordinate with Islamabad police in holding an inquiry immediately.
The PM said that Minister of State for Interior Shahryar Afridi has been tasked to oversee it with an urgency and present the report in this regard.
Have followed the shocking tragedy of the murder of SP Tahir Khan Dawar & ordered KP govt to coordinate with Islamabad police in holding an inquiry immediately. MOS Interior Shahryar Afridi has been tasked to oversee it with an urgency & present the report to me.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 15, 2018
SP Dawar had gone missing from Islamabad on October 26 after leaving for a walk in Islamabad’s G-10 area where he lived with his family.
On October 27, his family received a text message sent from his mobile phone claiming that he was well and would be back home soon. The disappearance of Dawar was reported to the K-P police that contacted Islamabad police and an FIR was also lodged.
On Wednesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) information minister Shaukat Yousafzai said that the dead body of the slain Superintendent of Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar is expected to be handed over to Pakistani authorities on Thursday.
According to Yousafzai, a KP Police delegation had waited at the Torkham border crossing all the day but they were unsuccessful He did not mention the reason of the delay as the authorities were expecting to receive the dead body on Wednesday.
The Afghan foreign ministry also confirmed the recovery of Dawar’s body in a press release issued by the Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson’s office.
“The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed Pakistan Embassy in Kabul that a body was found by locals in Dur Baba district of Nangarhar Province, yesterday.The Afghan side has confirmed that the service card of Superintendent of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Tahir Khan Dawar has also been recovered with the body.”
The statement added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in close contact with the Afghan Embassy while the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul has also been in touch with the Afghan Foreign Ministry since Tuesday night.
