THIS refers to the letter on the Punjab police uniform (Jan 4). NAB should probe into this multi-billion rupee scandal of changing the Punjab police uniform. The new uniform is unimpressive and policemen wearing it look like babus.

The money spent on the new uniform could have been used to meet other pressing needs like improving the condition of police pickets, traffic signboards and housing for the staff.

What surprises me the most is that media never highlighted this unnecessary change and wastage of public money. A poor country like Pakistan cannot afford to waste billions of rupees on such unnecessary experiments.

The Supreme Court chief justice is requested to take notice of this grand scale wastage of public money.

Maqbool Nisar Ali Beg

Islamabad

Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2019

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