Hajj balloting held at CPO

A ballot was held at Central Police Office, Lahore today to nominate Punjab police officers and officials to help and guide Pakistani pilgrims during Hajj 2017.  60 Officers and officials from Grade 09 to 17 were selected after the draw.  The draw was held under supervision of Add: IGP Establishment, Capt. (R) Arif Nawaz while DIG Establishment-II, Salman Chuadhry,  AIG Admin Zubair Dareshak and AIG Discipline, Shahzad Akbar were also present at the occasion. Thousands of candidates from all units of Punjab Police, including Traffic Police, Elite Force, Punjab Highway Patrol, Investigation, Training and Counter Terrorism Department, across Punjab had applied to be “Moavineen-e-Hujjaj”, out of which 60 lucky winners aged between 25-45 years with education not less than Matric were selected through a transparent process. With collaboration of The Ministry of Religious Affairs, selected officers and officials will go to Saudi Arabia to help and guide Pakistani pilgrims during Hajj. 

(Handout No. 72)

Source: Director Public Relations, Punjab Police.

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Press Release Date: 
Monday, April 24, 2017