Front Desks at the Police Stations would transform centuries old “Thana Culture” : Baligh-ur-Rehman

Lahore : Minister of State for higher education and interior Engineer Baligh-ur-Rehman has said that Government of Punjab’s modern and progressive initiative to operationalize the Front Desks at the Police Stations would transform centuries old “THANA CULTURE” which would meet the new requirements of community policing.

The Front Desks would not only dispose of the complaints and grievances of the citizens speedily but they would also promote people friendly police culture which would further bring citizens and police close together. He made these remarks while inspecting the working of front desk at Police Station KOTWALI, Bahawalpur City, here, today.

On this occasion Regional Police Officer Dr. Ehsan Sadiq; Additional SP Ghulam Murtza; Convener Citizen Police Liaison Committee Dr. Rana Muhammad Tariq; Members of CPLC which include:- Atif Aziz; Mian Shahid Iqbal; Jamshaid Kareem Khan; Javed Iqbal Chaudhry; Naseer Hashmi and Shahab Rehmani were also present.

During his visit at the Front Desk a police station assistant briefed the Minister of state Engineer Baligh-ur-Rehman regarding functioning of the Front Desk.

Regional Police Officer Bahawalpur Dr. Ehsan Sadiq while speaking on the occasion said that as many as 210 Police Stations in the Punjab Province have the facility of Front Desks. He further said that a total sum of 15 Front Desks have started functioning in Bahawalpur region which include:- 5 in Bahawalpur City and 10 in district Rahim Yar Khan.

“Front Desks initiative is a solid; progressive and humane intervention to mitigate the trust deficit between police and citizens. It would accelerate the pace of modernizing the conceptual and operational framework of Police to expedite redressal of grievances and complaints of the citizens”, Regional Police Officer said.

He further said that the process of computerization of the record of Police Stations is underway and these would be available online very soon.

Later, Minister of state Engineer Baligh-ur-Rehman and Regional Police Officer Dr. Ehsan Sadiq visited different sections of the Police Station.