RAWALPINDI - Counter terrorism strategy of law enforcement in Rawalpindi would continue, as per the national policy and its sensitivity, with the improved modus operandi. "We have to protect our people at any cost from the brain-washed terrorists in the given circumstances," said City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Rao Muhammad Iqbal in an exclusive interview with The Nation. However, DIG Rao Iqbal agreed to the viewpoint that counter terrorism was a complicated strategy that changes time to time as the terrorists adopt novel methods to accomplish their nefarious activities. "Still you never surrender in a war, therefore, we could are duty bound to counter designs of the terrorists," he maintained with a tone of will and vigour. "People would feel a change after my assuming of the office that they would find me and my force at their service round the clock," he diplomatically answered the question about his way of policing as compared to his predecessors. To a question on the Police Order 2002, Rao Iqbal said, it was an effort to modernise the police system in Pakistan. However, he pointed out that in many countries including India and UK, there were even older systems were in place. Talking about corruption, he said, absolute eradication of the menace was not possible. "However, we could minimise it by facilitating the staff as happened in the successful experience of Motorway Police," he said. "If you give them handsome salary and reasonable work-hours, only a few of them would tend to corrupt," he added.   Asked about additional responsibility of VIP security especially for the Islamabad Airport being located in Rawalpindi jurisdiction, he said, "we never compromise public security for these special duties. He rejected the impression that police compromised general law and order duty for preoccupation of VIP security duties. "For this purpose, extra police remain present in the police lines and they have no other duties except their deployment on the security of VIPs and on special occasion," he added. However, he admitted that police stations have been facing staff crunch. "We are enhancing police force in the Police Stations accordingly but gradually," he added. "Recruitment is a lengthy process but the government is trying to fulfil the requirement of these police stations," he maintained.