KARACHI: A lady police official outshone hundreds of her male colleagues as she graduated from a police academy and got distinction in tough physical training as well as in the subject of law, an official on Saturday said.
Rani Khan, who was recruited as a police constable in the Karachi Police, passed out today on the 89th passing out parade at the Saeedabad Police Training College. Out of 658 constables and assistant sub-inspectors of police, Khan topped in the physical training as well as law.
“She excelled in hours-long physical training, that besides being physically tiring, also included assembling and disassembling of assault weapons,” Mohammad Adil, a police official at the training college told Gulf News.
“She also held distinction in the subjects of law,” he said.
Women are discouraged in Pakistani society to join police force, with only a marginal number of female officers representing the police department.
Besides, regular police recruits, officials from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Islamabad police were also the part of the training.
Provincial home minister Sohail Anwar Khan, in his felicitation address, stressed upon the passing out police officials to adhere to their oath of responsibility and ensure safety and security of citizens.
He also recalled the services of martyred police officials, who were killed in the line of duty in the ongoing operation against the militant, terrorists and outlaws. He said he respected the sacrifices of the police and held out assurance to families of the martyred police that they would not be left out.
The home minister further said the present Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh police was being upgraded and was being manned with more professionals, besides improving logistics and training.
Khan said actions were being taken against corrupt and irresponsible elements within the department, as a regular accountability process. His remarks about corruption came in the aftermath of the paramilitary Rangers’ crackdowns on the civilian offices to probe financial corruption.
The Pakistan People Party (PPP) government in Sindh had resented the move, saying the Rangers were exceeding from their assigned mandate of weeding out terrorism, and other crimes.
Earlier in his welcome speech, Gulam Haider Jamali, inspector general of Sindh police, said the new batches of police were being trained on modern lines with a special focus on training them about counter-terrorism whereas the subject of human rights was also made a part of the training curriculum.
