BAHAWALPUR: The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) will set up a regional sample collection centre at the police’s crime scene unit office in Bahawalpur.

This was disclosed by Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sadiq Ali Dogar, who inspected the Bahawalpur crime scene unit office here on Saturday.

According to RPO’s Public Relations Officer Saqib Ajmal, during his visit Mr Dogar said that in the PFSA’s regional-level unit would be responsible for collecting the crime evidence samples of all the cases registered in different police stations across Bahawalpur region for laboratory analysis.

The RPO said that after the establishment of the PFSA collection centre in Bahawalpur, the police officials would not need to travel all the way to Lahore for samples analysis, saving their time and official resources.

The step, he added, would help eliminate the inordinate delay in the completion of police challans for their submission to the respective courts.

The RPO stressed that the crime scene evidence was crucial to meet the legal requirement in the court trials and ensure convictions in cases of heinous crimes.

He expressed the hope that the PFSA centre at the regional level would help resolve issues being faced by the investigation officers.

SPORTSWOMAN HONOURED: Lodhran Deputy Commissioner Agha Zaheer Abbas Shirazi awarded a medal to national-level Taekwondo player Ms Shazia Faiz.

Ms Faiz, serving in Pakistan Air Force (PAF), belongs to Lodhran. She won two bronze medals in separate categories in the 15th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship held in Rawalpindi on July 25, in which 12 teams from across the country participated.

DPR Nauman Masood told Dawn by phone that now Ms Faiz was preparing to participate in the upcoming G-2 Taekwondo international event to be held abroad in November. He added that Ms Faiz also trains girl students in Taekwondo in the schools of Lodhran district.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2022