— Dawn
— Dawn

DERA GHAZI KHAN: The district police officer (DPO) provided protocol and handed over his office to a child patient of Thalassemias to fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer on Monday.

Hamad Raza, son of Manzoor Hussain, of Tahir Town, has been suffering from the disease since his birth. He wants to become a police officer. When the DPO became aware of his wish, he arranged a visit of the child to his office.

Police, led by DPO Assad Sarfarz, brought Hamad from his house in to the office. The child, smartly dressed in mini-uniform of SSP, was received at the office with official protocol.

Guard of honour was presented to Hamad who also offered Fateha at the monument of martyrs of police.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2019

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