Empowering women: Sindh govt to recruit 1,000 female cops

Police department will advertise positions of 1,000 female constables soon.

KARACHI:

More women's police stations will be established in five districts and 1,000 female police officers will be recruited, said Sindh minister for women development and special education Rubina Qaimkhani at a press conference held at her office on Wednesday.

She announced the establishment of police stations in five districts. "The police stations will be established in Thatta, Umerkot, Sanghar, Nawabshah and Khairpur," she said, adding that the fresh appointments of officers will be conducted on the basis of merit. She also said  that trained female police staff will be posted at the new police stations.

"Apart from this, my department will also launch centres with women's counters to facilitate the issues faced by women in various districts," the minister said.

She also lauded the efforts of Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, saying that he was taking a keen interest in redressing the issues of women in Sindh.

Sindh police IG Ghulam Haider Jamali also addressed the press conference.

He said that they will advertise for the positions of 1,000 female police constables soon.

A meeting was held between the police department and the women development department before the press conference. Among other issues, female empowerment was on the meeting's agenda.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26^th, 2014.