1,500 Jawans martyred combating terrorism: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IGP

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Salah-ud-din Khan Mehsud has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police has been combating terrorism for last 10 years; so far more than 1500 'Jawans' have sacrificed their precious lives in this battle, he reiterated his pledge that the war would be fought with vigour, zeal and professional spirit. This, he said, while giving policy statement to media in a briefing held at CPO Peshawar on Monday which was his first interaction with media after assuming the charge of his office on Friday.
The police chief pointed out terrorism incidents cannot be ruled out in spite of major successes and achievements against terrorists. He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the front line province in the war against terror and added that Pak Army and Frontier Constabulary were conducting operations in tribal areas while the police force was engaged as a front line force in settled areas and maintained that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police was bearing the major brunt of terrorism as compared to other police forces of the country.
The police chief further informed that police Act 2017 envisaged capacity building and best training of the police force, better service delivery to the public and vowed that with the active support of the government police will start implementation of the new Act as soon as possible so that police and other institutions could start functioning under the Act.
He informed that all units of the police established for the better service of the people including Dispute Resolution Councils, Police Assistance Lines, Police Access Services, Safety Commissions and Complaint Authority would be further improved as per the need of the people.
The IGP also informed that though the performance of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police was satisfactory to a great extent yet more improvement would be brought through continuous better training, strict supervision and providing latest equipments to the force. He said that no one was above the law and every one would be equally treated without any discrimination.
He further added that internal administration of police would be fully independent where police welfare would be given due attention as well as reward and punishment will go together in the force. The IGP also informed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police as usual would try for better co-ordination with all government institutions including media in the ongoing war against terrorists and other criminals and the co-ordination will be further improved with the passage of time.