Law, order not satisfactory, needs improvement: CM Buzdar
LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar says the law and order situation is not satisfactory and it needs improvement.
Presiding over a meeting held at Civil Secretariat here on Monday to review the law and order situation, the chief minister issued guidelines to divisional commissioners and regional police officers for improving the law and order situation and providing relief to the general public, says a handout.
Buzdar said: “The Sahiwal incident is tragic and sympathies of the Punjab government are with the family of deceased Khalil. The family will be fully taken care of.”
He said the commissioners and RPOs would have to deliver by working in the field and police and the administration would be strengthened. “You will be fully supported for providing relief to the masses. You should perform your duties with confidence and problems of the people should be solved on a priority basis.”
The chief minister directed to continue indiscriminate operations against land grabbers and added that commissioners and RPOs should solve the problems of the people by holding open courts in their respective districts. He directed that the field situation should be personally monitored by visiting hospitals and educational institutions.
He directed to continue campaign for the arrest of proclaimed offenders. “There is a room for further improvement in police system. Instead of showing jugglery of figures, practical steps should be adopted to bring about improvement. There should be an effective system of [police] patrol and there is also a need to change the overall attitude of the police.”
Usman Buzdar said inter-departmental coordination should be further improved and recruitment process in police department should be completed at the earliest adding that police would be provided with more resources.
The chief minister directed to hold an inquiry against the medico-legal doctor for altering the medical report of murder of a child after molestation in DG Khan. He said deficiencies in prosecution system should be removed so that criminals might not escape punishment.
He directed the commissioners to monitor the canal desilting campaign, saying the provincial ministers are also being deputed to oversee the activity.
Law Minister Raja Basharat, the chief secretary, ACS (home), inspector general of police, respective secretaries, divisional commissioners and RPOs attended the meeting.
Published in Dawn, January 22nd, 2019
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Seems like a serious fellow with the good of the people foremost in his mind.
Bravo...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
Whenever something tragical happens then government realizes. Sir,if law and order is not satisfactory due to that particular incident then what about other areas like traffic, hospitals,clean drinking water, prices, beggars in the city, educational conditions,kite flying, electricity,are all these satisfactory. Wisdom lies in taking steps before hand.
the Govt is not satisfactory, needs improvement.
If law and order not satisfactory then blame yourself. What have you done to improve it?
There is no room for improvement. The entire house needs improvement from top to bottom. So, go for it and make ruthless changes that we can see!
@Gordon D. Walker, You are a true PTI lover!
Poor performance so far. Buzdar has to deliver, as people compare his performance with Shahbaz.
Whose job it is to make any improvements in the system? If you are unfit for the job, leave the post for someone else who can take on the responsibility for accomplishing the task and get it done.
Collecting taxes means an end to private security guards companies and providing security will become the responsibility of state. Which does not seem to happen for the time being.
Chief Minister Muhtaram! All you said about the Sahiwal incident is laudable and appreciable but one thing strikes strange and beyond belief. Muhtaram! It is reported that you have shown an extreme Generosity and big-heartedness by allocating a sum of Rs 20 million as compensation for the 4 victims of this heinous act. Do you know Muhtaram that the sum allocated is not coming from your personal pocket so that you can feel the pain. It will come from Pakistan’s exchequer which means from the taxes paid by those poor fellow citizens more than half of whom cannot even afford a single square meal a day. You will be cutting 1/10th of a rupee each person from his day’s income. Does that look a fair game and a very generous and big-heartedness on your part? This compensation is Rs 5million per person plus the other privileges which their children will be provided with. Pakistan is a country of poor people whose wealth is not even a hundred thousandth of yours. They also need care to be taken of not only the generous and big-heartedness’s indulgence.
@Gordon D. Walker, A desi PTI troll from Canada!
To maintain law & order and improve police efficiency, please decentralise police and establish Independent Police authorities at divisional level with their own budgets and crime reduction targets. This would improve police efficiency and ensure accountability. Relieve District Administration from overall law & order responsibility which is the police function all over the world except the sub-continent.
PTI is criticizing their own government. Someone should wake them up that they are not in the opposition anymore. They have full authority to change.
Enough! Enough! experiment of Buzdar failed. It will be safe to say that Murad Ali Shah is the best performing Chief Minister. Sind is the best performing province. Buzdar must resign.
CM Mr. Sardar Usman Buzdar, please note that Punjab is difficult to rule and your inexperience shows that you are unable to control. Please for the sake of law. better to resign this is not in your hand to run this provinces. Justice for Sahiwal children/
Your governemnt is catatonic and fast asleep.
@L.Ahmad, In 5 months are you serious....you cant build a stone built house for tje poorest if poor, please be practical in your thoughts, or is this another one of the sheep's who follow comments just for the sake of it.....