RAWALPINDI: Mediapersons on Tuesday boycotted a ceremony held to contract out garbage lifting in the city to a Turkish company in protest against the ban on their entry to a police station.<\/p>\n

The SHO of Sadiqabad, Abdul Sattar Khan, has displayed a banner outside the police station which says: \u201cJournalists can contact the city police officer for any information as they are not allowed to enter the police station.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, after the protest, the banner was replaced with another one which stated: \u201cIntercessors and touts are not allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former MNA Malik Shakil Awan and PML-N Rawalpindi president Sardar Naseem tried to convince the newsmen to cover the function promising that the matter would be taken up with Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.<\/p>\n

District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajid Zafar Dall also assured to look into the matter.<\/p>\n

But the protesting journalists stuck to their guns demanding the transfer of the SHO.<\/p>\n

But City Police Officer Humayun Bashir Tarar and Regional Police Officer Akhter Umer Hayat Lalika refused to accept the demand.<\/p>\n

According to the agreement, the Turkish company, Al-Bayrak, will lift the garbage from 63 union councils of the Rawalpindi city and Murree at a cost of $81.39 million.<\/p>\n

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RAWALPINDI: Mediapersons on Tuesday boycotted a ceremony held to contract out garbage lifting in the city to a Turkish company in protest against the ban on their entry to a police station. The SHO of Sadiqabad, Abdul Sattar Khan, has displayed a banner outside the police station which says: \u201cJournalists can contact the city police … <\/p>\n

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