PESHAWAR – The police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa need more special training, facilities and public support to counter militancy. Despite the challenges they have to face every day, the policemen have rendered valuable sacrifices in the war against terrorism. Late CCPO Malik Saad Khan, Abid Ali and Sifwat Ghayur were, to name the few, among those who laid their lives for restoring peace in terror struck parts of the country. The fact that the militants can attack the police in KP at will makes the latter more vulnerable because they are not trained on modern lines like armed forces.
It is the need the hour that the KP police should be equipped with modern weaponry and special combat skills. The KP policemen are also found complaining about their low salaries which they say is discouraging.
