Revamping standards: Plan to restructure Central Police Office approved

IGP Sukhera says initiative will improve coordination standards

LAHORE:

IGP Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera has approved a plan to restructure the Central Police Office (CPO) at a meeting in the city, a statement issued on Tuesday said.

The initiative has been taken to enhance capacity building, facilitate collaborative decision making, improve administrative standards and enable the formulation and execution of effective policies.

Six posts have been renamed under the plan. The post of Add IGP Punjab has been renamed Establishment Add IGP, the R&D Add IGP as Operations Add IGP, Discipline and Internal Investigation DIG as Establishment-I DIG, Establishment DIG as Establishment DIG II, Career and Planning Add IGP as Complaints Add IGP and R&D Deputy Director as Legislative Business Add IGP.



IGP Sukhera said the decision to revamp the CPO had been taken solely to improve coordination standards at the office. He said the development would enable the office to monitor official proceedings, improve handling of pending cases, expedite investigations and ensure quick disposal of business. IGP Sukhera also ordered clerks’ jobs to be given to with upright and dedicated officials. He was informed that staff at the CPO Accounts Branch was being replaced on his order. IGP Sukhera directed Training AIG Muhammad Usman Khattak to introduce four courses at all training schools and colleges. The subjects he identified were investigation, riot-handling, security and clerkship.

He directed officials to expedite completion of DSPs’ annual confidential reports. IGP Sukhera said officials filing falsified ACRs of delinquent DSPs would be held accountable. He also directed to collate the data of all proclaimed offenders in cooperation with the National Database and Regulatory Authority and the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB).  Progress on the procurement of new armoured personnel carriers, water cannons and helicopters for the force was also reviewed at the meeting.

Welfare and Finance Add IGP Sohail Khan, R&D Add IGP Rai Altaf Hussain, Training Add IGP Khattak, PHP Add IGP Javed Islam, Investigation Add IGP Tariq Yasin, R&D DIG Ghulam Dogar, PHP DIG Salman, Establishment DIG Nawaz Warraich were present.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 12^th, 2015.