LAHORE: The Punjab police chief has set a target of Rs2 billion to collect from the police projects this year for the welfare of the personnel after screening test reports suggested that 500 staffers were suffering from heart, liver, kidney and other diseases across the province.

The test reports were compiled recently when IGP Dr Usman Anwar ordered screening of the field police force.

He said that the health welfare funds of the Punjab police employees had been increased.

He said that the police department was spending more than Rs1.4 b for the welfare of the force through the income it was getting from various police projects.

Dr Usman Anwar gave a target to the police officers concerned to collect Rs2 billion through the police projects to spend more funds on the health police employees.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2023