ZUBAIR QURESHI
Special Assistant to the Prime Minster (SAPM) on Accountability, Minister of for Interior, Barrister Shahzad Akbar on Monday handed over 388 Medicated Coronavirus Protection Body kits to Inspector General Police for distribution among police officers and jawans, who were performing duties in federal capital. Addressing the handover ceremony at the Police Headquarters on Monday the State Minister lauded the services of law-enforcers of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration and held police officials were playing frontline role in the ongoing war against coronavirus. “We salute the e f fo rts o f the ICT police in fight against coronavirus. The way ICT police, rangers, and local administration are serving the people is commendable” he said. He also appreciated the Islamabad police for donating blood for thalassemia patients to overcome acute blood shortage due to lockdown. “The objective of the visit to police line was to keep the morale of police official up,” he said adding that the role of traders’ community in fight against deadly coronavirus was commendable. He said that Islamabad police was taking every possible step for the safety of the Islamabad citizens. Speaking on the occasion, In- spector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan said the police management was taking care of police officials’ health who were performing duties at various point of the federal capital. Police was also in forefront in donating bloods to thalassemia patients. “With the grace of Allah Almighty not a single case of coronavirous had been reported in police officials in the federal capital,” he added. The IG said that Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) operations was monitoring the situation in the city and working for improving morale of the police.
