Journalists’ Colony: Police chief pledges to evict land grabbers

LAHORE:

Patrolling officers will be given motorbikes soon to improve the security situation at the housing society for journalists in Harbasnpura, said Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Aslam Tareen on Thursday.

In a visit to the Lahore Press Club, the city’s police chief said that the police would remove the land grabbers who had taken over plots in the journalists’ colony. He had been invited to the club by the governing body of the LPC, which allots plots to journalists in the society. Asked if the police had made any progress in catching the men or car involved in the hit-and-run killing of Obaidur Rehman following the Raymond Davis shootings at Qurtaba Chowk, he said it was up to the government to put pressure on the American Consulate to surrender the vehicle that ran over Rehman. He said he hadn’t heard rumours that he was about to be replaced.

Tareen asked journalists to advise the police on how to improve efficiency through positive criticism. He said Pakistan faced myriad problems which could only be combated through national unity and solidarity, in which the national press had a leading role.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2011.