IG Punjab Dr Usman Anwar awarded cash rewards and commendatory certificates to 50 employees from constables to inspectors here on Thursday. The awards were given to Inspectors Aamir Iqbal, Qamar Sajid, Ijaz Rasool, Zahid Saleem and Muhammad Raza, including officers and personnel in CCPO Office, Investigation, Operations and CIA. The IG ordered the officials to speed up the process against drug eradication and said that daily intelligence-based operations were being conducted to eradicate drugs in the vicinity of educational institutions and hostels. Dr Usman Anwar directed that special measures should be taken to bring the suspects involved in motorcycle and vehicle theft to justice and patrolling of Dolphin, Peru and patrolling forces should be extended.
DIG Headquarters Humayun Bashir Tarar, DIG IT Ahsan Younas, AIG Discipline Ahsan Saifullah and other officers were also present during the ceremony.
Moreover, a ceremony was held at the Central Police Office by IG Punjab Dr Usman Anwar to honour retired DSPs of Punjab Police.
During the ceremony, the IG Punjab thanked retired officers for their valuable services to the police department. He said Punjab Police would continue to benefit from the experiences and recommendations of retired officers for the improvement of administrative matters. Dr Usman Anwar shared that various projects were underway for well-being of retired officers, personnel, and their families.
The IG Punjab also awarded commemorative shields to former DSPs. Additional IG Welfare Riaz Nazir Gara, Additional IG Establishment Raja Raffat Mukhtar, DIG Headquarters Humayun Bashir Tarar, DIG IT Ahsin Younas, DIG Welfare Ghazi Muhammad Salahuddin, AIG Logistics Ismailur Rehman Kharak, and other officers were also present.