High-level meeting presses review of 36,000 weapon licences. PHOTO: ONLINE
The Punjab government has decided to redesign its police force on the model of Turkish police which had arrested 40 army generals for plotting a coup, The Express Tribune has learnt.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the restructuring of the provincial police force at the PML-N Secretariat in the Model Town neighbourhood of Lahore.
A new system was proposed and approved with the resolve to table a draft of the new police act in coming sessions of the Punjab Assembly. Currently, 177,000 policemen cater to a population of 100 million in Punjab. In Turkey, 200,000 policemen are responsible for the security needs of 60 million people.
The meeting participants pressed for an increase in the police budget informing the Sharif brothers that Turkey set aside $7.5 billion for the police, while the Punjab police’s annual budget was $0.75 billion.
The meeting decided upon a number of measures to enhance law-enforcement, while urging review of 36,000 weapon licences on a procedural basis to check weaponisation.
Firstly, police force in the province would be equipped with modern electronic devices for surveillance. The prime minister directed the acting IGP, Khan Baig, to chalk out a comprehensive strategy, while keeping in view optimum utilisation of modern technology and coordinated intelligence for better policing.
Secondly, the Punjab police would be bifurcated where policemen related to security affairs will function separately from those in the public service. Police units such as Elite, Mujahid, 15 and police personnel serving as police stations’ staff would comprise the public service category, which will function under a separate command. Following Turkey’s model, the service duration of police officers should be increased from six months to two years.
Also, strong accountability system within police system to be established where corrupt, lazy and incompetent officers to be punished like summary trial.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 23rd, 2013.
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Since the mode, is from turkey, it must be halal. Is Pakistan trying to be turkified since the arabization projects consequence have turned unpleasant? People seems to have no self respect. If they learn proper history instead of the bin Quasim nonsense, they will develop enough knowledge about their own history that they would look down upon those who they are looking up to now.
Turkish Model ++++++++++++++ Oh such misleading headlines I was imagining a Turkish looking Veena Malik........................
@sami khan: If an idea works well somewhere, people tend to follow the same model. This is not begging but just common sense. Look at how well the Metro Bus Service works in Lahore. The Turks themselves copied the idea from Columbia. Good ideas should be followed from anywhere if it improves services for citizens. As for Afghanistan, it has the most corrupt institutions in the world, including police. You should really see how Afghanis live in the West where most come as asylum refugees and just live on state khayrat or welfare since they don't work. Look at facts before you comment. I think the Punjab government has made a good decision.
@sami khan: Mr. Sami Khan, why dont u move to Afghanistan. And r u saying afgan police is better than turkish, british or american. out of curosity which part of world or century u live in
Very well done Punjab government. We are proud of you.
slave mentality. always like to follow others. can never be a leader. beggars. have no self pride and no wish to lead the world. Turkish model is not a good model.they have one of the worst brutal police forces. Turkey follows UK/USA and you follow Turkey. what a shame. believe me Afghans are thousand times better than you. they have so much self pride even after years of war and destruction.