KPK remained victim of terrorism for long time: Nasir Durrani

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Peshawar, (Online): The Inspector General of Police KP Nasir Khan Durrani has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has remained a victim of terrorism for a long time.
The people of the area suffered a lot and development has been negatively affected. Police, Army and other LEAs remained at the fore front in the war against terrorism and militancy and rendered numerous sacrifices along with people of this province.
He was speaking on the occasion of Yum e Shuda of police at Nishtar Hall Peshawar. He said that since 2002, 1278 Police Jawans have embraced Shahadat while 2475 got injured. Despite being under-equipped and under-resourced the KP Police has shown astonishing courage by foiling 1035 incidents of terrorism. These sacrifices made the KP Police regain the confidence of the general public.
He further added that the threat of terrorism has recently been reduced due to strenuous efforts of police and operation Zarb-e- Azab by Pak Army in FATA.
However the long and unmanned border with Afghanistan makes policing difficult in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Similarly terrorist attacks and fragile security situation in Afghanistan has a direct bearing on peace in KP.
The IGP lauded that the formalization of professional capacity building initiatives of KP police like Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU), Canine Unit and specialized schools like School of Investigation, School of Tactics, School of Intelligence, School of Public Disorder and Riot Management, School of Information Technology and School of Explosive Handling through a legal framework for sustainability was of significant importance for the future development of police.
This Law would also ensure transparency in police process like recruitment through NTS, promotion through Public Service commission and public representation in police procurement.