Police clearance a must for hiring security guard

LAHORE
LAHORE Police have devised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the appointment of private security guards in the City and special pro formas have been provided to the police stations for the purpose.
DIG operations said that no private security guards could be hired without having police clearance. All the private security companies and persons can hire a security guard after submitting the complete record of hired security guards, CNIC and pictures to the Security Branch at DIG Operations Office.
After the joint decision of CCPO Amin Wains, DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf, SSP Operations Muhammad Baqir, SSP Investigations Rana Ayyaz Saleem, SSP Security Liaqat, SP CIA Umer Virk and other officials, SOP forms have been forwarded to the 84 police stations.
According to the forms, all DSPs and SHOs have been directed to collect the data about the hired security guards and submit it at the DIG Operations office. To get the security clearance certificates of the guards, it is mandatory to mention about the political and religious affiliations of the persons and the company with which his weapon was registered.
loudspeakers: Saddar Division Police have confiscated 200 loudspeakers and amplifiers from dozens of mosques and seminaries in the last two days.
According to press release issued here on Friday, police also arrested and registered cases against 20 suspected persons belonging to various banned outfits and recovered weapons in huge cache from their custody.
It is worth mentioning here that during the past week, Lahore Police have arrested over 2,000 persons for violating Loudspeaker Act and Tenant Law, selling blasphemous literature and CDs and spreading religious hatred.
OPEN COURTS: Senior police officers have said the National Action Plan needs to be implemented with immediate effect in order to tackle terrorism effectively.
They expressed these views while addressing the complainants at open courts held in different mosques throughout the city on Friday.
According to a press release, DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf said the purpose of holding open court was to solve the problems of people at their doorsteps.
arrested: FIA on Friday claimed to have arrested six proclaimed offenders in Gujranwala and Lahore.
They included Yasir Ameen, Mirza Amir Naveed, Aurnagzeb, Mohsin Sheraz, Manzoor Abbas and Ghulam Abbas. All were wanted in different crimes.