Mahmood Khan terms maintenance of law and order as one of the top priorities and prime responsibility of his govt

PESHAWAR, February 4: An important meeting to review the overall law & order situation in the province was held here on Friday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair. The meeting took stock of the overall law & order situation in the province including Newly Merged Districts. The chief minister while expressing his concerns on the increasing incidents of law & order in the province, has directed the relevant departments and entities to make coordinated and concerted efforts under a well devised strategy to curb such incidents. The forum also discussed and reviewed various factors behind the increasing incidents of law & order in the province and took important decisions to improve the overall situation to a satisfactory level by taking action against criminals and miscreants elements.
Chief Secretary Dr. Shehzad Bangash, Inspector General of Police Muazam Jah Ansaari, Principal Secretary to CM Amjad Ali Khan, Secretary Home Khushal Khan, Representatives of 11 Corps and other Civil and Military officials attended the meeting.
The forum has decided to further strengthen the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and to extend it to the district level, and the relevant police officials were directed to submit workable proposals to this effect.
Similarly, the forum has decided to immediately setup a special cell under CTD to effectively curb the incidents of extortions in the province, and the concerned authorities were directed to take steps for the awareness of general public regarding the aforesaid cell. Besides, it was also decided to have an effective mechanism against the facilitators and abettors and miscreants. The forum underlined the need for integrated efforts at national level to eliminate incidents of law & order in the country on sustainable basis and directed the concerned authorities to ensure close coordination between the federal and provincial governments in this regard
The meeting also discussed the matters pertaining to improve criminal justice system and to update the existing system of prosecution and investigations in accordance with the needs of modern era. Similarly, concerned authorities were directed to review security plan of the ongoing mega developmental projects in the province and to take necessary steps to make it fool proof. -PR