Capital police chief calls for strategy to prevent crimes

Islamabad Police Inspector-General Dr Akbar Nasir Khan has called for thrashing out a comprehensive strategy to prevent crimes in the capital city.

Chairing a meeting on Sunday held at the Central Police Office, he reviewed the crime situation at the divisional level and each officer presented their report. While issuing directions to the officers, the police chief said that all officers adopt comprehensive strategies to prevent crimes in their respective areas.

Safe city monitoring should be implemented at the police station level to help SHOs trace any criminal elements at the earliest, he said.

He instructed that the SHOs should spend time in the police stations and bring the cases to a logical conclusion as soon as possible.

The Islamabad police inspector-general said that a special plan should be made to eliminate serious crimes, especially street crime, and special attention should be paid to the elimination of drug trafficking, especially in educational institutions.

The details of the buyers of stolen goods should be collected, he ordered.

“Autopsies should be carried out on dead bodies and the crackdown on illegal weapons should be accelerated.”

He said that more personnel are being provided in police stations and that special campaigns against offenders should be continued and they should be brought to justice.

He emphasised that the challans of the under investigation cases should be completed as soon as possible and submitted in court. In the meeting, IG Islamabad heard the problems of all the SHOs and said that their problems will be solved on a priority basis. He said that all officers should improve teamwork, and perform their duties faithfully.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 4^th, 2023.