Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has given a four-week deadline to police for reducing crimes against women and children, warning that officers found negligent of duty will be removed.
The deadline was issued as Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz chaired a special meeting in Lahore on Thursday regarding law and order situation in the province.
The meeting was attended by Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Abdul Kareem, and all RPOs and DPOs via video link. A detailed briefing on law and order related to each division and district was given during the meeting.
The chief minister directed the tops cops that action against the criminal elements must be expedited as the culture of hooliganism will be not be tolerated in Punjab.
Maryam Nawaz expressed her anguish over the soaring crime numbers against women and children, gave a four-week deadline to eliminate crimes against women and children, improve law and order.
The chief minister warned the relevant police officer will be removed if the law and order situation does not improve.
Among her key directives, she expressed concern over the law and order situation in Rawalpindi Division and ordered the police to stop wheat smuggling from all districts, especially the provincial border areas.
Maryam Nawaz said that the culture of hooliganism will not be tolerated in Punjab, no one will be forgiven and all-out action should be taken to eliminate drugs.
The chief minister also ordered to intensify anti-corruption campaign in police and prompt action be taken against involved officials.
Maryam Nawaz expressing no-confidence in traffic management directed the police to take definite action against overspeeding.
She also ordered police to take pre-emptive action and recover illegal weapons across the province while ensuring ban on camera glasses and other spy devices.
The chief minister directed the police to conduct routine patrolling across the province, issuing directive to provide bikes and other facilities to Dolphin Force personnel in Lahore for patrolling.
She directed the police officers to personally reach the Tableeghi Ijtemah organizers to facilitate them.
She also directed all RPOs to hold weekly meetings on all types of crimes and submit performance reports of the concerned DPOs.
Maryam Nawaz took a detailed briefing on every serious crime including the Multan incident in which a young boy was crushed to death by car-riders.
The Punjab IGP gave a detailed briefing on the overall law and order situation across the province, highlighting trend of decreasing overall crime rate in the province.