LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. Usman Anwar has said that according to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz orders, police teams should take immediate action on incidents of violence, harassment, acid attacks, abuses against women. While presiding over a meeting at Central Police Office, here on Saturday, he ordered for provision of driving training, licensing and policing facilities to female citizens on priority basis. He said the victim support officers should ensure full support to transgenders and victims and extension of employment of victim support officers would be based on performance. Dr. Usman said the transgender children should be sent to Tahafuz Darsgah in Lahore for education and accommodation and priority measures should be taken to end exploitation of transgender children. District police officers (DPOs), victim support officers of all districts participated in the meeting through video-link. Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Lahore Amara Athar informed the meeting about establishment of women police council in districts, its aims and objectives.
ASP Syeda Shahrbano said the scope of Tahaffuz Darsgah project is being expanded for protection, education and training of children. DIG Welfare Ghazi Muhammad Salahuddin and SSP Operation Ali Raza also expressed their views at the meeting. DIG Welfare Ghazi Muhammad Salahuddin, CTO Lahore Amara Athar, SSP Operation Ali Raza, AIG Welfare Amara Sherazi and other officers participated.
Moreover, Prosecutor General Punjab Farhad Ali Shah visited Central Police Office on Saturday and met IGP Punjab Dr Usman Anwar, and both jointly chaired a meeting, which was attended by all regional police officers (RPOs), city police officers (CPOs), district police officers (DPOs), district public prosecutors through video-link. Deputy Prosecutor Generals Sultan Akbar Chatta, Arshad Ali Farooqui, Ahmad Saeed, Usman Iqbal, Abdul Quddus, District Public Prosecutor Lahore Imtiaz Cheema were present in the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that direct coordination between the Central Police Office and the Prosecutor General Punjab would be made more effective. The prosecutor general Punjab and IGP Punjab signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) about the working standard operating procedures (SOPs). The IGP said all units including the police and prosecution had an important and equal role in the criminal justice system. A plan of action was finalised in the meeting to complete challans of the pending cases of the l ast four years.
