PROVINCE REPORT
PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi on Wednesday announced a major increase in salaries and welfare benefits for police personnel, saying the new pay package would exceed expectations and ensure that KP Police salaries become better than those of other provinces.
Addressing a ceremony at Governor House where allotment letters for residential plots were distributed among the heirs of 54 police martyrs, the Governor said compensation for police martyrs and personnel injured in the line of duty would also be enhanced.
Members of the Advisory Council, Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Fakhare Alam Irfan, Inspector General of Police Zulfiqar Hameed, senior police officers and families of the martyrs attended the ceremony.
The Governor distributed plot allotment letters to the heirs of 54 police martyrs, ranging from constables to DSPs, and announced that financial assistance would be provided for the purchase of houses instead of plots for the children of police martyrs.
He also announced a special financial assistance package for families of police personnel whose parents, spouse, children or siblings are killed in terrorist incidents.
He further announced financial support for the families of police personnel who die due to causes other than terrorism, police encounters or law and order duties, besides approving a special marriage grant for daughters of police martyrs.
Governor Kundi directed the authorities to establish an effective mechanism for providing free education to the children of police martyrs through the support of Zamurd Khan’s Sweet Homes and banks under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes.
He also directed that recruitment against vacant posts be expedited to overcome the shortage of police personnel, reduce the workload on serving officers and ensure adequate manpower for the protection of the public.
