IGP tells force to work for public protection.

LAHORE -- Inspector General of Police (IGP) Shoaib Dastagir said on Saturday that protection of citizen's property and lives and to uphold the rule of law was the primary responsibility of police force so all officers and officials, especially stationed in field, should perform with more zeal and passion utilizing modern technical developments as geo-fencing and forensic science for the elimination of criminal elements, says a handout.

He said that police teams should improve their performance to control hike in crime rate. He said that to stop incidents of robbery, dacoity and murder and other crimes, police working should be improved in the supervision of senior officers and weekly reports of police actions must also be shared with the Central Police Office.

He expressed these views while addressing Sub-divisional police officers (DPOs) and station house officers (SHOs) of Faisalabad region and talking with media correspondents at police lines of Faisalabad.

On the occasion, Faisalabad Regional Police Officer Raja Riffat Mukhtar, City Police Officer retired Capt Muhammad Sohail Chaudhary, district police officer (DPO) of Toba Tek Singh Waqar Shoaib Anwar, Jhang DPO M Hassan Raza Khan, Chiniot DPO Syed Hussnain Haider along with other officers were present.

He directed the force to deal land grabbers and criminal elements...