The meeting of Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON held at Parliament House under the chair of Senator Senator Hilal-Ur-Rehman on Wednesday inquired the implementation status of the observation /recommendation of the Standing Committee made in its meetings dated 14-September, 2021, 29th March, 2022 and 27th September 2022 on the matter of shoulder promotion of Police Personal in Merged Districts.
The committee also inquired on the point of public importance raised by Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi referred to the committee for report regarding shoulder promotion of Police Personnel who were posted on higher post/rank from their actual post /rank and deputed as DSPs, SHOs, additional SHOs etc in merged districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa along with the detail of their actual post/scale , present posting, qualification , training /exam compulsory or the holding post , personal profile on incumbent, District wise.
The committee was briefed that after merger of erstwhile FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, a phase wise absorption process of Levies/Khasadars into KP Police was initiated. During the absorption process, it came into knowledge that in the whole Ex-FATA there was no officer of the rank of DSP or equivalent. The official briefed that gazetted ranks of regular Police could not be absorbed in FC due to the specific norms, traditions and peculiar kind of administrative milieu in erstwhile FATA region and such deficiencies could only be bridged by allowing shoulder promotions of EX- Levies and Khasadars to continue discharging duties in higher ranks till promotion of officers from the lower ranks.
