22nd Basic Elite Course Passing Out Parade was held at Elite Police Training School Bedian.

22nd Basic Elite Course Passing Out Parade was held at  Elite  Police Training School Bedian.

The participants in the passing out parade demonstrated other skills, including martial arts and firing practice.

The Elite Force is a very important part of the Punjab Police which has always upheld the image of Punjab Police with its courage and bravery.

Self respect of officers and officials working in field and offices should be cared about. IG Punjab.

Inspector General of Police Punjab Inam Ghani has said that Elite Force is a very important part of Punjab Police whose diligent and dutiful personnel always upheld the image of Punjab Police with pride by sacrificing their lives for the protection of lives and properties of the citizens  and suppression of anti-social elements.  He further said that the professionalism, sense of duty and unparalleled performance of the elite force is valued by the government from time to time which is why elite force personnel are always selected for the most sensitive positions or high profile duties and   it is a reflection of the unparalleled performance of the brave, the positive attitude and the love of duty.  He directed the personnel completing the 22nd Basic Elite Course to perform their duties with high professionalism, discipline, sense of responsibility and impartiality and play their effective role in building a peaceful society and   take special care to protect the self-esteem of citizens during the duty.  He emphasized that professional duties should be performed with utmost honesty and loyalty to the nation, country and state and dealing with the people while the police officers and personnel with their positive attitudes should sincerely serve and protect the citizens.  In this way , the overall image of the police will be  changed and the citizens will respect the police force with all their true  heart.  He further said that the elite personnel have established the high traditions of martyrdom, bravery and duty and the newly passed youths should not compromise on high professionalism by making them their beacon.  He further said that the shortage of nuffree in all the districts of the province should be met on priority basis and this force would be used only for the protection of life and property of the people. He expressed these views at the Elite Training School here today.  Addressing the elite personnel who have completed the 22nd Elite Basic Course in Bedian. 

Commandant Elite Police Training School Lt. Col. Faisal Hussain Khattak in his address said that the 22nd Basic Course includes 761 Punjab Police personnel from all the districts of the province under the supervision of expert instructors and senior officers of Elite Police for a period of six months.  The comprehensive training course provided modern professional training in accordance with modern requirements, especially special skills to deal with terrorism, and elite force commandos will come to the fore and prove to be a double-edged sword for criminal elements.  He further said that the trained personnel have been provided high quality professional training to cope with all kinds of challenging situations including martial arts, firing practice, thwarting terrorist activities and at the same time with a view to public dealings, special attention has also been paid to the character building of these commandos so that these young men can facilitate the citizens with their positive attitudes while on duty. During the ceremony, Elite force personnel conducted martial arts skills, firing practice and demonstrated  other professional skills to the participants at Shuja Parade Ground . 

IG Punjab distributed prizes among the elite personnel who showed excellent performance during the training. Among them, Waheed Ahmed was awarded CC-1 and cash prize for being selected as the best performer, while Omar Idrees was awarded CC-2 and cash prize for winning the race.  Mohammad Zahid was awarded CC-1 and cash prize for best shooting while Zulfiqar Ali was awarded CC-1 and cash prize for best in parade.  Giving prizes on the occasion, IG Punjab expressed the hope that by coming to the fore, elite personnel would play their full role in eradicating terrorism, occupation mafia, killings, sectarian riots and other serious crimes.  "Protecting the lives and property of the people should be your top priority as from now on you will be directly among the citizens in the discharge of your duties and the powers that the state gives us to carry out our responsibilities are in the hands of the people," he added.  In the passing out parade, Additional IG Training Kanwar Shahrukh, Additional IG Logistics Ali Amir Malik, Additional IG PHP Shahid Hanif, Additional IG Welfare Farooq Mazhar, Additional IG Operations Sahibzada Shehzad Sultan, Additional IG,  CTD Wasim Ahmed Khan, DIG Training Suleiman Sultan Rana, DIG Elite Riaz Nazir Gara, DIG Operations Sohail Sukhera, Commandant Elite Police Training School Lt. Colonel. Faisal Hussain Khattak and Deputy Director Training Major Asad Zaman Kayani and other officers   were also present.

(Handout No. 65)
Nayab Haider
Director Public Relations                                                  
Punjab Police

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Press Release Date: 
Friday, April 9, 2021