ISLAMABAD: The five-year plan of the government of Balochistan to convert all its ‘B’ areas (that police do not operate in) into ‘A’ areas will likely be fully implemented by June 2009, official sources told Daily Times on Sunday.
The project, which would cost Rs 5.515 billion, aims to place the entire province under the control of one law enforcement agency (police) to improve law and order in the region. According to official sources, all districts of the province have been notified of the conversion process by the provincial government. They said that civil works for the construction of police stations; purchase of arms/ammunition; and transport facilities were underway.
Separately, the government has also announced plans to computerise the record of all police stations and provide online connectivity to police offices throughout the country. The project is also scheduled for completion by June 2009 at a cost of Rs 1,405.04 million.
Under the project, ‘Police Record and Office Management Information System’, all police stations would be connected to offices of district police officers, police headquarters and the main data centre at the National Police Bureau. All FIRs and investigative procedures would also be digitised.
The sources said that Lahore had 80 data centres; Karachi (126); Peshawar (40); Rawalpindi (39); and Quetta (21). tahir niaz
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