KARACHI: Ban on police recruitment to be lifted soon: Rauf
KARACHI, Sept 4: Sindh Home Minister Abdul Rauf Siddiqui has said that the ban on recruitment in police department would be lifted in the next two weeks saying that people would be provided jobs on merit ensuring transparency in the process.
Speaking to journalists at his office on Saturday, the minister said that the recruitment in police department would help reduce unemployment in the province.
He was of the view that the ban should not be imposed on recruitment in the police department because increase in strength of police force was must to curb criminal activities and maintain law and order.
Mr Siddiqui said that suggestions of substantial increase in salaries of police personnel were under consideration and expressed hope that their salaries would soon be increased equal to that of Punjab police.
"Police department is being organized on modern lines to deal with major threats," he said adding that a separate hospital is being established to provide better health facilities to police personnel.
The minister said that patrolling of police parties was being intensified in cities and areas of interior Sindh to ensure protection to lives and properties of people.
He said that the maintenance of law and order and protection to lives and properties of people would be kept supreme at all cost.
"All efforts are being taken to ensure rights of minorities in the interior of province and protection to their worship places so that they can feel secure and enjoy their rights," he added.
TERRORISM REDUCED: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that incidents of terrorism have registered a significant decline in Sindh as a result of effective action and strategy by law enforcing agencies for which credit goes to Sindh Police and Rangers.
He was talking to Ahmed Bin Sultan Al-Asri, Dr Hasan A. Attar and Jamil Abdul Wahab Abdussalam, the consul-generals of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain respectively at his office here on Saturday.
The minister informed the consul-generals about special security measures taken for diplomatic missions and embassies. He also briefed them about traffic movement and police performance.
The diplomats expressed satisfaction over maintenance of law and order and appreciated the government efforts in this regard.
They told the minister that they considered Pakistan as their second home and would continue to cooperate for its development and progress.
The meeting stressed on exchange of delegations of police officers between four countries to share their latest knowledge and experiences. Such exchanges would help establish a strong and coordinated system of policing in each country. Emphasis was also laid on utility of mutual contacts for the control of crimes.
Rauf Siddiqui said that the world had become a global village and every country should have a coordinated system with each other. -PPI/APP
