PESHAWAR
Regional Police Officer (RPO) Malakand Region, Sajjad Khan (PSP) has said that maintaining law and order in Malakand Division was a top his priorities and his primary responsibility as a regional police chief, saying the entire police force is playing his active role in this regard.
He expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of the Swat Press Club cabinet at his office in Saidu Sharif, Swat on Thursday.
The delegation met with RPO under the leadership of Swat Press Club’s Chairman Saeedur Rehman while, other members Shiraz Khan,Salim Athar, Ghafoor Khan Adil, Niaz Ahmad Khan,Fazal Khaliq Khan, Fazal Rahim Khan Lala, Hazrat Ali Bacha , Iftikhar Ahmed and senior journalist Fayaz Zafar were present on this occasion.
He added that protection to life and property of the masses was essential part of the police duty, thus, as a state institution all possible efforts will be made to achieve this goal.
He said that the journalistic community has an important role in establishment of public confidence and trust building through their voice and writings while, as the fourth pillar of the state, the media needs to discourage spread of false news by providing factual information and positive message in the heterogeneous masses.
During the meeting, the delegation congratulated the newly posted RPO on assuming new responsibilities in Malakand and discussed various matters related to policing and regional peace and law and order situation with him.
On this occasion, the RPO said that the state institutions, especially the police department, need full cooperation of the journalistic community in establishing a better law and order environment, elimination of social evils from society and improving better policing in the region.
He went on to say that journalists are like the eyes and ears of the society as the masses not only consume factual information and verified news by various journalistic means, but through them there is an element of self-accountability in the institutions as well.
He said that his effort as a regional police chief would be to adopt a quick information reception mechanism for journalists so that they receive on time vision and information in case of any incident.
He added that stern action will be taken against the elements involved in drugs and other social evils in the region while the whole police will play their role more actively.
During the meeting the journalists delegation expressed their full cooperation from the journalist community to the newly posted regional police.
