ISLAMABAD : Interior Minister Senator A.Rehman Malik on Tuesday said that role of police force is vital for maintaining law and order situation in the country.
Addressing the passing out parade of the 36th batch specialized training programme of the Assistant Superintendent of Police held here at the National Police Academy (NPA), he stressed the need to have conducive attitude towards the common man.Rehman Malik asserted that the role of police is very different from the central para military forces as police is made to suit local people and they operate within the society.He said police modernization is required not only in terms of better infrastructures, equipments and arms but also in attitude and approached of police system.
“It requires to be more human and respectful of citizen‘s liberty and dignity, he elaborated adding public should feel safe when they see police”, he said.
The minister also lauded and praised the police for its hard work and dedication in the very challenging task of maintaining law and order in the country.
Commandant NPA, Syed Shabbir Ahmed said that overall 5,000 officers of various law enforcement agencies of the country which include ANF, IB, PAF,Rangers and Police have been trained in the academy.
He said that NPA is working on revamping of National Training Policy,developing a module on ‘Interviewing Women and Children victims of violence’ with the help of non-government organization (NGO) ROZAN and conducting training needs analysis of District Police Officer with the collaboration of ICITAP.
The minister reviewed the smartly turned out parade and awarded trophies among distinguished cadets.
The coveted prize of all round best ASP was given to ASP Capt.® Tariq Walait, who also won the prize of best in Academics and best in discipline, the passing out batch consisted of 37 officers, including four lady officers. APP