LAHORE: Inspector General of Punjab Police Inam Ghani said that maintaining law and order in the society and ensuring protection of life, property and property of citizens along with establishing writ of the state is the primary responsibility of Punjab Police and it will continue to take steps on priority basis and if any government agency needs help in government matter then Punjab Police will extend it's cooperation and assistance wherever it is needed. He further said that land mafia and occupation groups which deprive the citizens of valuable capital through illegal housing schemes do not deserve any concession and Punjab Police in collaboration with other government agencies would do its utmost to curb such oppressive and lawless elements. He further said that clear instructions have been given to the police teams in all the districts for immediate action as per the law on references of government agencies under which Punjab Police would provide all possible support and co-operation in dealing with such references. He expressed these views while talking to the officers while presiding over a meeting on operations against illegal housing schemes and occupation land mafia groups in collaboration with other government agencies at the Central Police Office here today. During the meeting, IG Punjab was apprised of the actions taking place in the last two days.
Additional IG Operations Sahibzada Shehzad Sultan while briefing IG Punjab said that during the last two days, 856 FIRs have been registered on the references of development authorities, municipal corporations and other government agencies and out of the 856 FIRs registered by government agencies also include references which were filed over the years. He further said that FIRs have been registered on 1 reference of 2009, 8 reference of 2012, 3 references of 2013, 2 references of 2014, 28 references of 2015, 63 references of 2016 and 126 references of 2017. He further said that before processing the references, coordination of all higher ups of concerned government agencies have been ensured. IG Punjab while directing said that operations should be continued on a regular basis against the occupiers of government and private properties and illegal housing schemes and a weekly progress report of these operations should also be sent to the Central Police Office. He further said that legal action should not be delayed on the references of government agencies so that the process of accountability of law-breaking elements from the society could be further improved and expedited and where any police officer or official was found negligent in co-operation with government agencies, there should be no delay in the proceedings against them.
(Daily Notable)
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