ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq has suspended five NA security officials including the sergeant-at-arms, days after PTI parliamentarians were arrested from the house premises.
Taking a punitive measure, the Speaker has suspended Sergeant-at-Arms Muhammad Ashfaq Ashraf, a BPS-20 officer, for a period of 120 days over negligence in the security of the Parliament House.
According to an office order issued by the NA secretariat today, “During the period of his suspension, Sergeant-at-Arms will be entitled to draw pay and allowances as admissible under the applicable rules.”
In a separate notice, the suspension orders of four other security personnel were also issued for 120 days, allowing them to draw pay and allowances as admissible under the applicable rules.
The suspended security staff included a Security Assistant Waqas Ahmed (grade-14 official) as well as three junior security assistants (grade-9 officials) — namely Obaidullah, Muhammad Waheed Safdar, and Muhammad Haroon