RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said the police force is rendering yeoman service for the protection of life and property of the people, maintenance of discipline and law and order, curbing of crimes as well as the terrorism.

He was addressing the passing out parade of third batch of 286 sub-inspectors completing their training from Police College Sihala today. As many as 19 females were also among the passing out batch. The Chief Minister gave away awards to the probationer sub-inspectors showing best performances during the training. He appreciated professional capabilities exhibited by the police to show the quality of its practical training and professional competence.

Earlier, the Chief Minister inspected the parade and a smartly turned out contingent of the police saluted the chief guest.

Addressing the function, the Chief Minister said that new blood is being included in Punjab police today. He congratulated the passed out sub-inspectors, their parents and the families and expressed the satisfaction that highly educated youth and women are amongst them. He said the purpose of making the police an efficient force through an investment of billions of rupees is aimed to facilitate the citizens, employees and business community so that their life, property and honor could remain fully safe and secure.

He said 1400 brave sons of Punjab police have embraced martyrdom in the line of duty till today and added that PML-N government has given full support to the mega plans devised by the armed forces of Pakistan to eliminate terrorism during the last more than four years. The whole nation is eying the people involved in policy making as the police have also given sacrifices against terrorism in four provinces, he added.

The Chief Minister regretted that rich is becoming richer while the poor is going poorer and observed that it is not the country envisioned by Quaid and Iqbal. There is a need to bridge the divide between poor and the rich as we have failed to introduce a system to give rights to them during the last 70 years. Let’s collectively change this archaic system and introduce a welfare system in the real sense, he added.

He said Pakistan is needed to stand on its own by getting rid of foreign loans and if we follow the approach of self-reliance, then our country could become a great state. If we want the country to move further, then beggary should be avoided, sacrifices should be given and tax should be paid. The national wealth should not be looted and the natural resources should be spent on the welfare of the common man, he added. He said Pakistan is a strong country which is full of the wealth of natural resources and it has also emerged as the stronger nation militarily.

Shahbaz said that blood of the martyrs is asking the people from different walks of life that the purpose for which they have shed their blood should not go down the drain. He said that we all have to play our role for the security, safety and strengthening of the country for which our forefathers and the workers of Pakistan Movement had rendered their lives to secure this piece of land in the South Asia for us.

He said we do not need financial aid and rather we should get rid of this habit. He said we can come up to the expectations of the nation by performing our duties honestly and diligently. Instead of getting aid from anybody, we shall emerge as a self-reliant nation by using our own resources, he said.

Earlier, IG Police said in his address that a comprehensive reforms program is underway in the police. He said IT based 8787 police complaint centers have also been set up to address the complaints. Commandant Police College Sihala presented address of welcome.

Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Provincial Minister Jahangir Khanzadza, Parliamentary Secretary Ch Sarfaraz Afzal, IG Police Punjab Cap. Arif Nawaz Khan (retd), Members of Assembly, high officials of police and their family members were present on the occasion.