Pakistan and Britain are exploring ways and means to further strengthen their existing co-operation in war on terror, said Mohammad Shoaib Suddle, director-general, Police Bureau, here on Sunday.
To explore the possibility of enhancing mutual co-operation between the Police Forces of Pakistan and the Metropolitan Police on issues relating to terrorism, corruption, economic crime, organised crime and cyber crime, Suddle told APP here on Sunday following his many meeting with senior officials of the Metropolitan Police.
Pakistani and British Police, he said, were already sharing intelligence to check threat of terrorism, but if there were some loopholes these could be bridged through co-operation.
Britain had also offered Pakistan to help it set up a Crime Academy, most probably in the federal capital, but the final decision has yet to be taken by Islamabad in this regard, said Suddle, the only senior police officer, who has a PhD degree.
Suddle has already visited the British Crime Academy at Handen a few days back, and discussed with the authorities concerned various aspects of the said project.
Under this project, the Metropolitan Police will help Pakistan in training, and will provide some equipment to bolster its capacity to fight terrorism and investigate cases.
Suddle was also given a shield of Metropolitan Police by its Commissioner Sir John Stevens.
He said Pakistani Police was resource-strapped which needed to be provided to improve its performance.
The emphasis should be on producing the specialists because the challenge of policing in the 2lst century was totally different.
He said with the recent reforms brought in Police, things were being steered towards the right direction which would help overcome the difficulties being faced by Police in Pakistan.
On illegal practices in immigration, he said the main airports had been provided with latest equipment to check them. An automated finger-print identification system and machine readable passports have been installed at the airports and seaports to check such practice.
These steps supported by a new law against human trafficking would make it very difficult for those, who were indulging in the illegal practice, he said.
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