Prime Minister orders full use of resources to strengthen law enforcement

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed that all available resources be used to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement agencies to ensure security of lives and properties of citizens.

According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, these remarks were made during an important meeting on the law and order situation in the country and the affairs of the Ministry of Interior, held under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Shehbaz said strengthening law enforcement institutions remained a top priority of the government. “All available resources will be used to ensure the protection of life and public property,” he said.

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He called on the authorities to strictly implement a zero-tolerance policy against corruption within law enforcement institutions.

“Corruption within law enforcement will not be tolerated under any circumstances,” he said.

The Prime Minister also directed that all recruitments in institutions under the Ministry of Interior, including the Federal Investigation Agency, should be done solely on the basis of merit.

“Recruitment must be transparent and strictly based on merit,” he added.

He further stressed the need to equip civil servants with modern training and skills to effectively deal with emerging security challenges.

“We must prepare our forces for evolving and modern security challenges through advanced training,” he said.

The Prime Minister also called for providing law enforcement agencies with modern equipment, advanced technologies and professional resources.

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During the meeting, the participants were informed that the jail under construction in Islamabad will become operational in September this year.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi briefed the meeting about the performance and future development plans of Federal Investigation Agency, Islamabad Police, National Cyber ​​Crime Investigation Agency, Federal Police, Capital Development Authority and other institutions under the Ministry of Interior.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Federal Ministers Ahsan Iqbal and Muhammad Aurangzeb, State Minister Talal Chaudhry, and law enforcement chiefs.

The remarks came hours after a blast in Sarai Naurang tehsil of Lakki Marwat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), where at least nine people, including two traffic police officers, were killed and 33 others injured.

Earlier today, the Interior Minister paid an official visit to the National Police Academy (NPA) in Islamabad, where he chaired a high-level meeting and reviewed several development projects aimed at modernizing police training in Pakistan.

During the visit, the minister inspected the under-construction multi-storey hostel and examined a model room, issuing directives to further improve and modernize the facilities.

He also set May 31 as the deadline for the completion of the elite police training school project, announcing that elite-level training for officers would now be conducted within the NPA rather than provincial institutions.

“We are moving elite training to a central, modernized facility to ensure uniform, high-quality standards across the force,” the minister said.

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The development follows a suicide attack on a police check post in Bannu in which 15 personnel were martyred on Sunday. A banned group, Ittehad Mujahideen Pakistan, belonging to Fitna al-Khawarijclaimed responsibility for the attack.

According to a report submitted to the city police office, the attackers rammed the checkpoint with a vehicle loaded with 1,200 to 1,500 kilograms of explosives before detonating it, leading to the death of 15 police officers.

The report said the explosion took place around 8:30 p.m., causing serious damage to the checkpoint building. He added that the attackers also attempted to storm the facilities in order to seize the equipment inside.

Authorities said the vehicle used in the attack was a loader rickshaw.