IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan met with a delegation of Punjab Bar Council at Central Police Office.
Inspector General of Police Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan has said that lawyers community is very important section of the society and Punjab Police will ensure every possible step for supremacy of law and justice in this regard.
He said that suggestions forwarded by the lawyers for security of courts and offices would be taken into consideration and coordination of RPOs and DPOs with members of Punjab Bar Council would be improved in order to resolve the issues faced by the lawyers.
He expressed these views during a meeting with a nine-member delegation of Punjab Bar Council at Central Police Office here today. The delegation included Vice Chairman Punjab Bar Council Farhan Shehzad, members Punjab Bar Council Farooq Khokhar, Irfan Sadiq Tarar, Irfan Hayat Bajwa, Chaudhry Babar Waheed, Miss Rushda Lodhi, Mazhar Mehmood Bhatti, Kamran Bashir Mughal and Senior Advocate Rana Kashif Saleem.
During the meeting, Vice Chairman Punjab Bar Council Farhan Shehzad said that Punjab Bar Council is bringing all its members together on one platform and developed mechanism for a new digital bar code card system which is aimed at discouraging fake lawyers. By this bar code card system, no person at the pretext of a fake lawyer can harass police or staff of other departments. Farhan Shehzad further said that joint sessions would held to further improve coordination between lawyers and police investigation officers. He also briefed IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan about the concerns of lawyers community and implementation of 7ATA.
(Handout No. 227)
Osama Mehmood
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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