IGP gives plots papers to families of 16 martyrs

LAHORE : Inspector General Police (IGP) Punjab Dr Usman Anwar Sunday gave ownership papers of plots to families of 16 police martyrs of Sahiwal region who embraced martyrdom before 2017.

Senior police officers, including RPO Sahiwal Mehboob Rasheed, DIG Welfare Ghazi Muhammad Salahud Din and AIG Welfare Sajid Khokhar also attended the ceremony held at the Central Police Office.

The families of 16 police martyrs of Okara, Pakpattan and Sahiwal districts of Sahiwal region participated in the ceremony.

On the occasion, the IGP said the Punjab Police is arranging the plots for the construction of houses for all the families of 1,378 martyrs who embraced martyrdom before 2017, So far, plots have been arranged for the families of 588 martyrs, 430 have been received ownership documents while plots are being arranged for the families of the remaining martyrs.

Inspects police offices’ construction

Inspector General Police (IGP) Punjab Dr Usman Anwar Sunday visited various offices and police stations of Lahore and inspected construction works.

The IGP inspected PS Shafiqabad and SDPO office Shafiqabad, DIG Welfare Ghazi Muhammad Salahud Din and other senior officers also accompanied him.

The IGP inspected under-construction building of the DIG Operations Lahore office and received briefing from officers. On the occasion, the IGP said the office of the DIG Operations Lahore will be state-of-the-art equipped with modern facilities.

He also visited the buildings of Gulberg PS, Ichhra PS, DSP CIA Ichhra office and reviewed construction work. Later, the IGP reached at Special Initiative Police Station and SDPO office of Model Town and reviewed construction works. He said after police stations, SDPO offices are being upgraded to facilitate citizens.

On the occasion, the IGP directed the supervisory officers to complete the pending work under their supervision as soon as possible.

Releases Rs1.7m for cops’ medical expenses

Inspector General Police (IGP) Punjab Dr Usman Anwar Sunday released Rs1.7 million more for the medical expenses of cops of various districts, including Lahore.

The IGP gave Rs100,000 to Ghazi Constable Asif Ali of Lahore Police for medical expenses and Rs500,000 to injured constable Saqlain Nawaz of DG Khan Police for treatment, Rs500,000 to wounded ASI Arshad Hussain of Rahimyar Khan.

Attock Police's Ghazi Constable Sajid Ali Khan was given Rs500,000 for treatment, Ghazi Constable Saeed ur Rehman from Attock was given Rs100,000 for medical expenses.