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Frontier Corps to vacate fort: CM - Police
foundation offers investment in province
PESHAWAR, April 14: The headquarters of the
Frontier Crops will be shifted from the Bala Hisar
Fort and the ancient monument of the Mughal era
will soon be handed over to the NWFP government.
According to an official handout issued here on
Tuesday, Chief Minister Akram Durrani told
representatives of the Police Foundation that
President Gen Pervez Musharraf had assured him
that the fort would be handed over to the
provincial government and the headquarters of the
Frontier Corps would be shifted to some other
suitable place.
An understanding to the effect of placing the Bala
Hisar Fort with the provincial government was
there for quite some time. However, it could not
be materialized due to bureaucratic red-tapism.
The chief minister, contained the handout, had
directed the authorities concerned to arrange a
meeting of the provincial governor and FC
inspector general, to expedite the handing over of
the fort.
The managing director of the National Police
Foundation, Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, Security Director
DIG Sikandar Shaheen and Humayun Khan were also
present on the occasion. The chief minister was
briefed on the activities of the foundation.
The officials of the foundation also showed
interest in investing in the transport, health,
social welfare and industrial sectors in the
province. The chief minister appreciated the
commitment of the foundation and assured that the
NWFP government would support the foundation.
He said that the MMA government had taken
unprecedented steps for the welfare of police and
heirs of martyred policemen which include increase
in salaries, allowances and special packages.
According to the package the heirs of the martyred
policemen would be entitled to receive complete
salaries and afterwards they would get family
pension, he added.
Similarly, directives had also been issued for
arrangement of plots for the heirs of the
policemen and steps had been taken for the
education of their children, he said, adding that
punishment and reward system in the police
department introduced by the MMA government had
improved the department's performance.
The chief minister said: "We are of the opinion
that the police should be provided with all
facilities so that they could protect property and
life of the people in a better way." Mr Durrani
said that during the recent passing out parade at
the PTC, Hangu, he had announced a number of
facilities for the centre.
He said that the NWFP was basically a poor and
backward province. In big cities modern facilities
in health and education sectors were available,
but in the backward and far-flung districts people
had no access to them.
The MMA government had worked out a comprehensive
policy under which modern facilities in health and
education sectors would be available in all the
districts of the province.
Welcoming the decision of the police foundation to
start bus service in Peshawar city, the chief
minister assured that the MMA government would
cooperate with the foundation. However, he
stressed that they should select the places where
the transport facilities were not adequate.
The DAWN
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