Traffic, crime: Separate police force for Ring Road
Personnel for the special force – above grade 14 – will be inducted
LAHORE:
The Lahore Ring Road will have a special police force to control traffic and check crime. This was decided on Wednesday in a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at his camp office at Minar-i-Pakistan. The proposed special police force will be part of the Punjab Police, however, there won’t be any inter-departmental transfers. All the hiring will be independent. Personnel for the special force – above grade 14 – will be inducted through the Public Service Commission while the rest of the staff will be recruited by a committee. It was also decided that traffic management on the road will be monitored through a control room. In addition, two weigh bridges will be constructed on entrances to the Lahore Ring Road.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2012.
The Lahore Ring Road will have a special police force to control traffic and check crime. This was decided on Wednesday in a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at his camp office at Minar-i-Pakistan. The proposed special police force will be part of the Punjab Police, however, there won’t be any inter-departmental transfers. All the hiring will be independent. Personnel for the special force – above grade 14 – will be inducted through the Public Service Commission while the rest of the staff will be recruited by a committee. It was also decided that traffic management on the road will be monitored through a control room. In addition, two weigh bridges will be constructed on entrances to the Lahore Ring Road.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2012.