Pindi police get hospital
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Punjab police will establish three more hospitals across the province for providing free healthcare to its personnel, Punjab IGP Inam Ghani said while and inaugurating Shaheed DSP Masood Ahmed Hospital at Rawalpindi Police Lines.
The health facility has pathological lab too besides medical, child and gynaecologist would be available to provide treatment to the families of policemen, officials told IGP Inam.
The IGP also inaugurated Police FM Radio 88.6 and planted a sapling under on-going plantation campaign.
During his visit to Rawalpindi Police Lines, Headquarters and inaugurated different projects recently completed to facilitate police personnel. He also laid floral wreath at police martyrs monument and prayed for the departed souls of the martyred police personnel.
Inam paid tributes to the sacrifices rendered by police martyrs while protecting the people. Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Imran Ahmar, City Police Officer (CPO) Muhammad Ahsan Younas, District police officers of Jehlum, Chakwal, Attock and other senior police officers were present on the occasion.
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Later, addressing the police personnel at Irshad Shaheed Auditorium the IGP said that all, from constables to IG, are police officers. Now, the word 'mulazim' for constables would not be used, he added.
He directed the police officers to ensure registration of FIR as soon as possible as the police is bound to register an FIR without any delay. He said, "Welfare of police personnel is foremost priority of my policy.
"IG Inam Ghani informed that police department would set up three state of the art hospitals in Punjab to provide medical treatment facilities to the police personnel and their family members.
He instructed the police officials to deal with the citizens politely as their attitude would help improve image of police.
He directed the police officers to take indiscriminate and strict action in accordance with the law against land grabbers, drug peddlers, gangs and other anti-social elements.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 29th, 2020.