PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Nasir Khan Durrani has ordered reorganisation of the jurisdiction of the capital city police with immediate effect.

A statement issued here on Friday said that a decision in that regard was taken at a meeting of the Police Policy Board the other day to improve policing and ensure effective supervision.

In the reorganisation, Peshawar has been divided into four divisions and 13 subdivisions. The four divisions are cantonment, rural, Saddar and city. Cantonment division has further been divided into three subdivisions, including town, Hayatabad and cantonment; rural division into rural, Chamkani and Regi; Saddar into Badhaber and Saddar and city division into city, Hashtnagri, Gulbahar, Faqir Abad and suburb subdivisions.

Likewise, police stations town and Tehkal would come in the jurisdiction of subdivision town, police stations Hayatabad, Pishtakhara and Tatara in limits of Hayatabad and police stations east cantt, west cantt, Gulberg and Michni Gate in jurisdiction of cantonment.

Similarly, police stations Mathra and Daudzai will fall in the jurisdiction of rural subdivision, police stations Chamkani and Khazana in Chamkani and police stations Regi, Nasir Bagh and Regi Model Town in Regi.

Moreover, police stations Badhaber and Sarband in Badhaber subdivision and Mattani and Urmar in Saddar. Police stations Khan Raziq Shaheed and Shah Qabool will come in the limits of city subdivision, police stations Hashtnagri and Kotwali in Hashtnagri, Gulbahar and Phandu in Gulbahar, Paharipura and Faqirabad in Faqirabad and Agha Mir Jani Shah and Bana Mani in suburb subdivision.

Published in Dawn September 24th, 2016