F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said an effective policing system was inevitable for the country’s prosperity as peace and rule of law were prerequisite for wealth creation and attracting investment.
“The police is supposed to ensure law enforcement. The law enforcement does not mean to put only poor vendors in jail. You should rather be lenient to them but strict to the powerful law violators,” the prime minister said.
He was addressing the inauguration of Eagle Squad with 100 well-quipped patrol bikes for strict vigilance against street crimes across the Federal Capital while being in constant connectivity with the Islamabad Safe City headquarter.
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Inspector General of Police Islamabad Jamilur Rehman and Senator Faisal Javed attended the event, besides the police officials, who simultaneously performed their duties of monitoring the city’s streets and roads through cameras installed across the city.
As per details, the Rs 29 million project also consisted of training 500 police personnel who, while being on duty, would carry primary weapon of MP5 and Glok Pistol 9mm as the secondary weapon.
The bike patrol would also be equipped with LTE sets, and could be GIS mapped and GPS based positioned.
The prime minister said if someone violated law, the police must take action regardless of his position “even if he is Imran Khan.”
He said only the societies with rule of law could prosper and repeatedly cited the Hadith calling for uniform laws and indiscriminate action against the criminals. The prime minister, who later inaugurated the Eagle Squad, said in 1960’s Pakistan was progressing fast and enjoyed respect among the comity of nations but it was undermined when the rule of law was compromised.
He assured the Interior Ministry of all-out support to further upgrade the Safe City project what he believed would also save the manpower, who, otherwise, had to bear harsh weather conditions while being deputed at check posts. He said Eagle Squad was a better way to check the street crimes and again assured of extending resources for the project.
He said a country with peace and rule of law always attracted investment and led to wealth creation.
He said it would create a good impression for the country when the foreign investors would witness a good police and protected environment in the Federal Capital.
