Reward money distributed among traffic cops

Karachi

In a ceremony held at the Sindh Police Headquarters in Garden on Monday, the home minister, Sohail Anwar Sial, distributed a sum of Rs112.5 million among 5,376 retired and serving personnel of the traffic police, as well as the families of 32 martyred traffic cops.

In an issued statement it said, the prize money was disbursed on the basis of good performance of present, former and deceased personnel of traffic police as recommended by three committees constituted by the Sindh inspector general of police.

 The money was distributed among 3,900 serving officials and personnel of the traffic police, 1,444 other personnel who either retired from service of traffic police, or were transferred from service, or who passed away during last five years.

 Speakers said that the amount was distributed  due to the special interest taken by the inspector-general of police, the additional traffic IG and other relevant authorities of the Sindh government in resuming the distribution of prize money among traffic police personnel after a span of eight years.

Speaking on the occasion, the DIG of Traffic, Dr Amir Shaikh shed light on problems being faced by traffic cops and prevailing managerial issues in controlling vehicular traffic on major roads of the city.

IGP Ghulam Hyder Jamali, Additional IG Traffic Police Sindh Khadim Hussain Bhatti, Additional IG  Counter Terrorism Department Sanaullah Abbasi and other senior officials of the police service attended the ceremony.