LAHORE:A seven-member delegation of the United State Institute of Peace (USIP) on Friday met
Inspector General (IGP) Police Punjab Faisal Shahkar at Central Police Office.
The delegation included Executive Director Parliamentary Commission for Human Rights Shafiq
Chaudhry, Country Director USIP Adnan Rafiq and Programme Manager Komal Dilshad among
others.
In the meeting, establishment of Women Police Council, it’s mobilization, aims and objectives and other professional issues were discussed.
On the occasion, the IGP said that female officials were a very important part of the department
so they were being given equal opportunities for leadership representation, including departmental promotion, posting on important seats.
He said in other big cities, including Lahore, Faisalabad, and Multan, women were being appointed
as SHOs in police stations, while the establishment of women police station in Gujranwala would also be implemented soon.
The IG said that recently it had been decided to include two senior women officers as members
in the Punjab Police Executive Board and the aim of this initiative was to provide adequate representation
in the board.
DIG Operations Waqas Nazir, DIG Headquarters Rai Babar and DIG Training Kamran Adil were
also present.