Kohat gets its own CTD police station

IGP Ansari inaugurates building; says objective is to eradicate terrorism

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police (IGP) Moazzam Jah Ansari on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Kohat.

Kohat Regional Police Officer Tahir Ayub, District Police Officer Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisrani, SP Operations Bilal Ahmad and CTD SP Fazal Wahid were also present.

The IG expressed satisfaction over the functioning of the CTD police station in Kohat and visited different sections of the station.

He reviewed the internal and external security and inspected the CCTV monitoring system.

He said that policemen were responsible for protecting the lives and properties of the people and dealing with different challenges, including terrorism.

He said that several measures were being taken for the development of infrastructure and providing honorarium to police employees.

He said that the objective of the CTD police station in Kohat region was to eradicate terrorism and militancy from the area and to cope with other natures of crime.

He said no leniency would be given to those found guilty of taking law into their own hands and stern action would be taken against criminals.

Later, he chaired a performance review meeting in the Kohat Police Club. He was briefed about the law and order situation in the region, police performance and actions taken by the CTD in various cities of the Kohat region.

He said, “We can achieve the goal of a crime-free society by imparting information about the main reasons behind the happening of crime.”

He said a man who was subjected to harassment, child abuse or other psychological misdeeds often found an escape root by indulging in criminal activities, adding that proper steps for eradication of these social evils could help reduce crime ratio and decrease burden on prisons.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 26^th, 2022.