Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the strict implementation of law banning aerial firing at marriages and other social functions should be ensured.
He was presiding over a high level meeting held to review the law and order situation at Chief Minister’s Secretariat, on Monday. The meeting, which lasted for more than four hours, was attended by Member National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Member Provincial Assembly Col(R) Shuja Khanzada, chief secretary, inspector general of police, secretaries of Law and Information Departments, commissioner and district coordination officer, Capital City Police officer, IG Prisons, Regional Police Officers, district police officers and senior officers.
Shahbaz also took serious notice of aerial firing in the reception of Sheikh Tariq Rasheed, PML-N’s MNA in Multan and issued orders for taking strict action against the persons involved in this incident.
Meanwhile, Shahbaz directed that organised steps be taken for eliminating crimes and further improving law and order situation in Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Sheikhupura. He said Punjab police should take help from information technology for curbing crimes and further improving its professional efficiency. He said on the pattern Turkey, a system should also be evolved for compiling computerised data of those persons staying in hotels so that a vigilant eye could be kept on suspects.
He directed that necessary software system be developed for police with the cooperation of Punjab Information Technology Board which would help in saving the record of criminals. He said computerised identity cards of the prisoners in jails be prepared to keep a vigilant eye on such persons. Shahbaz said an effective system at government level be evolved for providing protection to the witnesses in courts. He said a forensic science laboratory had been set up in Punjab province which was helping in investigation of crimes on scientific basis. He directed IG Prisons to take strict measures for checking the use of mobile phones in jails. The CM said the role of investigation wing and prosecution is very important in awarding punishment to the persons involved in crimes. Therefore, these departments should be further activated so that people could be provided immediate justice, he added. The meeting was told on this occasion that the forensic science laboratory set up in Lahore was considered to be one of the most modern forensic laboratories of the world due to its equipments and computerised facilities. Earlier, Inspector General Police Haji Habib-ur-Rehman gave a detailed briefing to the meeting with regard to law and order situation and professional efficiency of Punjab police. The participants of the meeting put-forth various proposals for effectively controlling the crimes and further improving law and order.
