IGP KP awards police officers for professional excellence.

PESHAWAR -- The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akhtar Hayat Khan has said that police officers and jawans who excel in line of duty would be generously awarded and encouraged at every forum.

This, he said, while distributing cash and commendation certificates amongst the Peshawar, Haripur and Tank police officers and jawans at a ceremony held at Central Police Office (CPO) here on Wednesday.

It is worthy to mention here that Peshawar police during a crackdown had successfully traced and arrested several car-lifters, mobile snatchers, dacoits and recovered stolen items from their possession.

Similarly, Haripur police had also shown their best performance and exhibited exemplary bravery in a raid on proclaimed offenders involved in murders, attempted murders and kidnapping cases while Tank police have also exhibited extraordinary performance of valour and courage in two separate encounters against miscreants and eliminated the terrorist groups.

Addressing the ceremony, IGP Akhtar Hayat Khan appreciated the professionalism and hard work of the police teams in these cases. He said that tracing and arresting the real accused and recovering the stolen items spoke of the professional commitment and best policing of the KP police.

The IGP said that credit was equally going to the other law security forces, which extended much needed help to KP police and due to their best coordination even the...