ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: More than 600 police officers were disqualified in the English language capacity test conducted by the United Nations Selection Assistance Team for deployment in peacekeeping missions here on Wednesday, it has been learnt.

A total 1,213 applicants, including 120 females, from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), motorway police and regular police of the four provinces ranking from head constable to superintendent appeared in the test which started at the Police Lines Headquarters in Islamabad on Tuesday.

The four-member UN team conducting the test comprised Ms Victoria, Mr Eyas, Ms Francis and Mr Murat. Two of the team members are from Ghana, one each from Turkey and Jordan.

During the first day of the test on Tuesday, nearly 300 applicants were disqualified in the English reading test, while their number rose to over 600 on Wednesday as they could not qualify the English language listening and report-writing test.

One of the applicants, who is associated with the Rawalpindi district police said: “Today's English listening and report writing test was very difficult during which majority of the applicants could not qualify.”

Deputy Superintendent of Police Rawalpindi Iqbal Kazmi, who was one of the applicants, said: “It is an opportunity for the police officers to learn and also a game of luck. It would be a new experience to be deployed with the UN peacekeeping missions.”

The four-day assessment covers English language capacity, driving competency, shooting and weapon handling capacity and final interview.

Clearing the UNSAT assessment test has been mandatory for police officers who are to be deployed in any UN peacekeeping mission for one year.

Of the 1,213 applicants, 130 belonged to Islamabad while more than 40 police officers, including SP headquarters Israr Abbasi and the station house officer of women police station inspector Ms Bushra are in the race from Rawalpindi.

Others from the Rawalpindi police are chief security officer of RPO Chaudhry Zahoor, DSP Iqbal Kazmi, SP highway police Afzal Kausar, inspector Babar Shaujaat, inspector Raja Shakeel, SHO Airport Waqar Nisar and SHO Banni Nisar Khan.

Senior Superintendent of Police Islamabad Yousuf Malik, DSP headquarters Tahir Malik, AIG establishment Zubair Saddiqui, SP traffic Mir Waiz, DSP Malik Naeem and DSP Imtiaz Khan were also contesting the test.