Emphasizing the need of introducing comprehensive reforms in police system, to mould it according to the aspirations of the people, the Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Thursday said that reformation of police system is a priority of the government.
"The main purpose of reforms in police and other government sectors is to provide prompt relief and justice to the people," he said, adding: "Supremacy of law, promotion of merit and transparency as well as elimination of corruption is our important mission."
The Punjab chief minister said that public trust on the police will be restored through sustained reforms. The Punjab government has already constituted a high-level committee for the purpose of police reforms and this committee would soon present its recommendations to the government, he said.
He added that provision of justice and ensuring the rule of law is the responsibility of the state as a judicious social order is imperative for accelerated socio-economic development. We would go to the last extent to ensure the implementation of law, he added.
The Punjab CM maintained that the PTI government is pursuing a vibrant policy for establishing a society having its foundations on the norms of the justice. "We will ensure the supremacy of socio-economic justice and rule of law at every cost and Pakistan will be transformed according to the vision of founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a country where justice will prevail," he said.
Moreover, Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken notice of illegal occupation of the house of a citizen by a local PTI chairman Khalid Mahmood Dogar and has sought a report from the RPO Sheikhupura.
He has directed that the said house should be got vacated and a report be submitted to the CM Office by providing justice to the bereaved citizen. He directed that legal action should be initiated against the responsible persons and added that land grabbers will not be tolerated. Indiscriminate action should be continued against the land grabbers and no pressure should be tolerated in this regard.
He said that implementation on the policy of zero-tolerance should be continued against the squatters. Land grabbing is a social nuisance and its elimination is very essential. Effective action is being done against land grabbers in the whole of the province, he said.