Barracks retrieved from policemen to accommodate new recruits.

ISLAMABAD -- Hundreds of low ranking police officials had to vacate barracks at Police Lines Headquarters and Security Division's Headquarters where newly recruited officials will be lodged, Dawn has learnt.

Police Officers told Dawn that earlier, an order was issued on March 23, asking the officers and officials, who are deployed at other stations, but residing in police lines to vacate the barracks.

A day long deadline was given to them to vacate the barracks with the warning that their belongings will be thrown out, they added.

On the next day the belongings of hundreds of officials residing in the two police lines, located at H-11 and Red Zone were thrown out from the barracks, they said.

The police officials are helpless as majority of the police installations, having accommodation facilities are already overcrowded, they added.

The step was taken to arrange lodging for the newly recruited official to start their training, the officers said.

Earlier, DIGF Headquarters Islamabad in a letter addressed to Chief Commissioner Islamabad stated that ICT Police have recently recruited about 1,650 constables which shall undergo mandatory basic training recruit course.

ICT Police have insufficient training facilities and space at Capital Police College to accommodate all the trainees, it added.

Therefore, it is requested that Ministry of Interior may be approached on priority basis for provision of training facility at Shabqadar, Charsada of Frontier Constabulary to ICT Police for a period of four months for training of newly recruited constables, it said, adding that the ICT police employ its own trainers.

The officers said that the arrangement at the training facilities at Shabqadar, Charsada of Frontier Constabulary could not be made as the ministry refused to release funds for the training.

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