IGP orders daily review of Chinese nationals’ security plan

Sindh’s police chief on Thursday ordered daily review of Chinese nationals’ security plan. He also ordered that all the police officials deployed for the security of unauthorised persons must be returned to the police stations.

IG Ghulam Nabi Memon chaired a meeting at the Central Police Office (CPO) to discuss Chinese nationals’ security, appointments and transfers of SHOs, and kidnapping for ransom cases.

The meeting was also briefed about action taken against drug mafias, arrest of absconding and proclaimed offenders, police stations’ budget use, theft of vehicles, and arrest of police officials’ killers.

Memon said that Chinese nationals’ movement should be restricted, and their security plan should be reviewed on a daily basis, adding that their usual and unusual movements must be shared with the local police so that their security measures can be made concrete.

He said SSPs should devote the maximum time possible to their offices to ensure all steps are taken to solve the public’s problems. He also said the police officials engaged in the security of unauthorised persons should be placed at police stations’ disposal. All police security cases should be sent to the Threat Assessment Committee, he added.

The IG advised against SHOs’ unreasonable appointments and transfers, as control over the law and order situation depends on the long-term deployment of police officers.

He said that facilitators of Kutcha dacoits should also be caught, as they kidnap innocent civilians through honey traps and play an important role from transporting them to the ransom’s recovery.

He congratulated the Larkana DIG and SSPs for the ongoing operation as well as the successful operations against the Kutcha dacoits. He ordered all DIGs and SSPs to ensure action against the nexus of drug mafias under a systematic plan, and take all the necessary steps to prevent the registration of false cases by making free FIR registrations possible.

Earlier, Memon also chaired a review meeting on the performance and reforms of women & children protection cells (WCPCs) at the CPO. The gender crime & human rights AIG also briefed the meeting about the planned one-stop facilitation centres and special sexual offences investigation units.

The AIG said that the number of women police stations in the province is seven, while that of the WCPCs is 40, adding that women police stations and WCPCs would be converted into one-stop facilitation centres to provide quick and timely facilities.

The IG said that a detailed report about capacity and resources is required, including the jurisdiction and limits of women police stations. He said that a report should also be sent about the available women staff at police stations and the required female staff.

Women should also be assigned responsibilities of duty officers, officers and other office matters, he added. He stressed the importance of improving the role of women police stations and facilitation centres as well as making them people-friendly.