Elite force for Chitral planned

Report Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: The police would raise an elite force with trained personnel to combat any act of terrorism, the district police chief said on Wednesday.
DPO Sher Akbar said the first batch of 102 junior officials and head constables from the district police had been sent to get training on modern scientific lines. He said that to keep pace with the needs of the coming days, the training of police force was inevitable.
He said that ideal situation of peace and tranquillity prevailed in the district and its maintenance was the prime duty of police, and it was possible only when its personnel were imparted extensive training and they were equipped with modern gadgets. He said that necessities of the police were being fulfilled.

EID MILAD: Conferences were held in mosques and community halls in the district on the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi on Tuesday.
Speakers on the occasion, highlighted the life of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and stressed the need to act upon the teachings of Islam to mitigate the sufferings of mankind.
The district administration had arranged a conference. Chitral DCO Motasim Billah Shah and intellectuals Dr Inayatullah Faizi, Professor Abdus Sami, Moulana Israruddin Al-Hilal and Tehsil Nazim Sartaj Ahmed Khan spoke on the occasion. They said that Islam stood for peace and amity and the central theme of its teachings was love for mankind and fraternity.