The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior on Wednesday was apprised that not a single house robbery case has been reported since December 18, in the capital.
Briefing the committee which met with Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz in the chair, about law and order situation in the capital, IGP Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younas said street crimes and car lifting incidents witnessed 70 per cent decrease.
He said FIR has already been registered against four officials of Islamabad police who opened fire at three students of Matric. The accused police officials were behind the bar and departmental inquiry has also been initiated against them, he said.
The IGP highlighting sacrifices of the police department said two police officials have martyred and 11 sustained injuries during terrorist incidents during the last two months.
He said despite shortage of manpower, the police was making all out efforts to provide safe and peaceful environment to the citizen. He said martyrs of police were not yet given Shuhada Package in last three years.
The committee recommended that salaries of Islamabad Police should be brought at par with Punjab and KPK police. Abdul Qadir said judicial reforms should be brought as conviction rate was only 5 per cent. He was of the views that street crimes were increasing due to inflation.
