Islamabad-Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman on Saturday directed police officials to hold open courts across the city to ensure early redressal of public complaints and adopt effective policing to resolve public issues, curb crime and bridge the gap between police and public.
The task to hold open courts has been given to all Zonal SPs and it has been directed to provide maximum relief to the people. Following directions of IGP Islamabad, SP (Rural) and SP (Saddar) would hold open court at Lehtrar Road on December 5 at 12pm and Karachi Company on December 5 at 10:30am, respectively.
As per vision of Prime Minister of Pakistan, IGP Islamabad directed police officials to provide justice to people at their door step and enhance coordination with public. SP (City) Rana Abdul Wahab held open court at Sitara Market on Saturday which was attended by SDPOs, SHOs of the areas, members of civil society organisations and conciliatory committees, traders and notables of the area.
SP (City) said that people should identify the elements in the police or in their surroundings supporting the anti-social activities so that action could be initiated against them. He urged people to cooperate with police in curbing crime and identifying criminal elements.
The officer said that police have the responsibility to take care of the people and police officials should be informed in case any personnel demands bribe for or delays registration of cases.
He said that policy of free registration of crime has been adopted by Islamabad police while effective action is underway against land mafia, drug pushers and other anti-social elements. Rana Abdul Wahab said that police succeeded to ensure effective policing in the area through public cooperation. He said that disciplinary action would be taken against those policemen involved in sluggish policing.
He also directed the police officials to ensure interaction with respected people in their respective areas and resolve public grievances through prompt action.
On the occasion, he listened to the problems of the people and issued directions to immediately resolve them.
The people of the area lauded this step of Islamabad Police and hoped that their problems would be resolved on priority basis.