ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Saturday lauded the contributions and sacrifices of the police force for maintaining law and order in the country, underscoring the need for change in attitude to improve upon the image of force.
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar was addressing the 7th annual conference of former Inspector Generals of Police (AFIGP) who had served the police force for decades. The annual event was organized by the Association of Former Inspectors General of Police (AFIGP).
The prime minister while expressing his deep appreciation for the police force for maintaining internal order, said that it was a sacrosanct duty and no society could afford chaos as anarchy was unacceptable.
He said the police force was the custodian to protect them from that anarchy and had been serving as the frontline force from sepoy to officer to protect the society. The caretaker prime minister referring to the functioning of the force, suggested that they required deep introspection as to how to further improve the situation and the image of force.
“Changes can come with change in attitude and not by mere changing the uniform,” he opined. Appreciating the sacrifices of police force, the prime minister said that they owed a lot for this force and particularly referred to the sacrifices of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan police besides other provinces.
Recollecting the sacrifice of Shaheed Commandant FC and IGP KP Safwat Ghayur, he said that he had hardly seen an iconic figure like Safwat in the country. “If he had been alive, he would have been my leader and I would have been his follower,” he added.
The prime minister observed that two noble professions in the country were mistreated including nursing and police, adding that they needed to rebrand them by providing resources and infusing confidence in them. That brand was more important indicating that self-esteem associated for doing any sort of job was significant, he added. He said the police force cleaned the filth and dirt from society and were the chosen and noble ones as they were protecting their children.
