LAHORE – Curbing crime from the society, increasing inspection and internal accountability, watching merit, discipline and training would alternatively lead to combat the terrorism, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Javed Iqbal on Monday. All ASPs should follow these priorities while entering into professional life, he added while addressing to 37 trainees of ASPs of 37th Common Batch including 3 female at CPO, today. On this occasion, Punjab Additional IGP Chaudhry Tanveer presented the welcome address.
Tanveer said he was proud to be the chief of the second largest force of the country. He hoped that the new ASPs would focus their attention on curbing crimes by establishing friendly relations between police and public. He said this would not only boost the confidence of people in the police but would enable them to have a sense of security. He said the thana has a pivotal role in the police system but officers should not misuse of power.
IGP maintained that the government was paying special attention towards organizing the police force on modern lines, under which it was being equipped with latest technology and training to ensure complete protection of the lives and property of people. He advised the ASPs that easy access of people to the police to the officers should be adopted on every level, under which the quick redress of people’s grievances was being ensured.
Addl. IG Operations, Punjab, Rafiq Hassan, Addl. IG Training, Punjab, Sarmad Saeed, Addl. IG Special Branch, Punjab, Nasir Khan Durani, and Addl. IG, Investigation, Punjab, Azam Joyia also gave detailed briefing to the ASsP of their wings. Later on, a shield was also presented to National Police Academy Deputy Commandant Malik Muhammad Afzal by the IGP.
