KARACHI: Inspector General of Motorway Police Salman Chaudhry said on Monday that his department was going to induct 2,600 personnel in the current year.

He said this while speaking at a meeting, chaired by Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon, here at the Central Police Office.

He informed the meeting that the prime minister and federal government were serious for protection of the highways and motorways.

He said that for fresh recruitment testing centres would be established in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana and Shaheed Benazirabad.

He asked the Sindh police to provide security for the proposed testing centres. IGP Memon asked the DIG-Training to provide reasonable security to the testing centres.

He said that blocking roads and highways in the garb of protests would not be tolerated and criminal cases would be registered against those found responsible for such acts.

Published in Dawn, April 23nd, 2024