Pakistani authorities have suspended nine officers at Harappa Police Station (located in Sahiwal district, Punjab province) after they organised a flower-petal farewell for a colleague who had himself just been suspended for misconduct. Station House Officer Majid Ashfaq was dismissed on 27 August following findings that he accepted bribes to protect a suspect in a sexual assault and blackmail case, but the following day his fellow officers held a reception in his honour on police premises — an event captured on video that subsequently went viral. District Police Officer Usman Tipu ordered the suspensions, stating that glorifying unprofessional conduct or defiance of superior orders would not be tolerated within what he described as a disciplined and self-accountable force.