IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar released more than 83 lakh rupees for the treatment of 36 officials.
Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has been taking priority measures for the health welfare of the police force. IG Punjab said that the recovery of the officers and personnel who were injured in the mission of countering robberies, robbers and criminals is my first priority.
On the instructions of Dr. Usman Anwar, funds were released for the medical treatment of the officials in the committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Additional IG Welfare Riaz Nazir Gara. DIG Welfare Ghazi Salahuddin, DIG Establishment Dr. Inam Waheed Khan and DIG Headquarters Humayun Bashir Tarar attended the meeting. Spokesman Punjab Police said that TSI Adnan Haider, Constables Asif Shahzad and Mohammad Ayub was given 10 lakh rupees each for treatment, constable Amir Mehmood 05 lakh, injured constable Shakhawat Ali, Asad Iqbal, Tariq Mahmood, Sabir Ali and Muhammad Aslam 03 lakh each, DSP Muhammad Usman, Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Asghar and Constable Amir Sohail were given two and a half lakh rupees each for treatment, injured head constable Sarfaraz Ahmed, Constable Muhammad Abid 03 lac, Inspector Muhammad Riaz, sub-inspector Abdul Jabbar, constable Irfan Elahi, Habib ur Rahman, Asad Ullah were given one and a half lakh per person, similarly eight officials were given Rs.01 lakh per person and 07 officials were given 50 thousands rupees each.
IG Punjab directed that the police personnel who got injured during the performance of their duties and dangerous missions must be taken care of and there should be no delay in payment of their medical expenses.
(Handout No. 345)
Syed Mubashar Hussain
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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