PESHAWAR
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Akhtar Hayat Khan has said that two new police administrative divisions have been created in the provincial capital to improve and internal discipline, command & control and make monitoring more sustainable.
Talking to a group of senior journalists here at the Central Police Office (CPO) on Friday, the newly posted KP Police chief said that law and order in the provincial capital is facing various challenges and the population of both Gulbahar and Faqirbad has grown manifold.
He said that people from different areas have started residing in the localities, which has further increased challenges relating to law and order. To meet these challenges, he said the creation of Faqirabad as a new division had become need of the hour.
The IGP said that a separate division of Faqirabad division with its own Superintendent of Police (SP) would make immediate response, effective command and monitoring possible in case of any incident.
Similarly, he said that Warsak locality is also of high importance relating to law and order in the provincial capital and some recent incidents have links with the elements entered to the city from this area.
He said that with the creation of the new Warsak Division will bring police stations of the bordering areas including Regi Model Town, Nasirbagh, Regi, Mathra and Machni Gate in better position. He said that giving all police stations of the bordering areas under the command of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) will bring improvement in the administrative affairs and supervision.
He said that the main objective of the establishment of these police level divisions is the prevention of crimes, running of the police affairs in a better manner and stopping attacks from sensitive localities.
Regarding the establishment of new sub-division, the IGP said that due to long distance from Sarband has been separated from Badbher Sub-Division and included with Pishtakhara and now a new sub-division in the name of Pishtakhara with police stations Pishtakhara and Sarband has been established.
He reiterated that the basic purpose of the process was the re-organization of Peshawar Police and in case of any incident bringing improvement in effective coordination among the senior police officers, quick response, beside building the grip of senior and junior officers on administrative affairs within their areas of jurisdiction and sustainable control on crime control.
