Staff Reporter
The leaves of all officers and personnel of Karachi Police were canceled on Monday with reference to COVID-19, besides deployment of young and fit personnel at 22 hospitals with isolation facility. In a high-level meeting convened by Additional IGP Karachi Ghulam Nabi Memon at DIGP South office, also decided that the aged or any officer suffering from illness will not be posted at the hospitals. SSPs have been directed to ensure deployment of the under-training staff who has been relieved from training academies following Corona virus emergency. The meeting also ordered police department officials to remain polite but very firm in taking action against violations such as functions at marriage hall, holding of temporary bazars etc. The DIG Security would raise manpower of at least 1000 officers out of his security units.