CHITRAL: A services’ centre established in the police lines here has helped bridge the public-police gap.

Talking to reporters here, Lower Chitral acting district police officer Abdul Sattar said different facilities were made available at the Khidmat Markaz.

He said it consisted of six different sections, including command and control room, Ababeel Squad control room, licence section, traffic education section, police assistance lines and gender response section.

He said the command and control room kept watch on a vehicle entering the district from the Lowari tunnel till it reached the city, thus enabling the police to identify any suspected person arriving here from other districts.

DPO says centre bridges public-police gap

Mr Sattar said the command and control room established last year had helped reduce the number of thefts and robberies in the city after the culprits were successfully traced with the help of CCTV cameras.

He said the Kalash valley of Bumburate had already been connected to the control room to provide foolproof security to the tourists.

He said the control room of Ababeel Squad mobilised its riders to the trouble spot to give a brisk and rapid response in accidents, disasters and crimes of different nature.

DPO Sattar said the gender response section had proved a great source of relief and consolation to the women in distress or victims of domestic violence. “Since the inception of this facility, the number of suicide cases among women has reduced drastically.”

He said the aggrieved women dashed to the centre without hesitation because a woman officer along with her supporting woman constable was deployed there.

RESULTS CHANGED: Result of the election for president of Chitral chapter of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has allegedly been changed to hand over win to the losing candidate.

This was claimed by Zaheer Baber, a supporter of Kamal Abdul Jamil, one of the contenders for the president’s slot.

He told Dawn that the Electoral College consisted of the presidents of football clubs registered with PFF, and there were 13 registered clubs in Chitral having the right of vote.

He said presidents of the clubs participated in the voting process through WhatsApp, claiming that seven had voted in favour of Mr Jamil, but the results were altered.

He said to their utter surprise and dismay, a notification was issued declaring Ejaz Ahmed the winner with seven votes.

He said Mr Jamil had filed an appeal against the results, and requested for vote recount.

Published in Dawn, April 4th, 2024