By Mustafa Ali
Lahore:Inspector General of Police Punjab, Dr. Usman Anwar’s mission , to provide shelter to the families of police martyrs is underway uninterruptedly, In continuation of this mission, a ceremony was held at the Central Police Office to distribute apartment files to the families of 20 police martyrs. Punjab Police spokesperson said that the families of police martyrs will be provided with residential apartments in Lahore and Islamabad. The construction of these apartments is progressing rapidly, and upon completion, they will be available for the martyrs’ families to reside in.
For the construction of homes for the families of 9 martyrs who embraced martyrdom before 2017, additional cheques worth Rs. 4.5 million were also distributed. Each of the 9 martyr families received cheques of Rs. 500,000. IG Punjab said that residential plots have already been provided to the families of 701 martyrs of Punjab Police who laid down their lives before 2017. Punjab Police has provided Rs. 61 million from its own resources for the construction of houses on these plots. Dr. Usman Anwar said that the police martyrs are honored for their unmatched sacrifices. Police martyrs are our pride, and addressing the challenges faced by their families is a top priority. Foreign scholarships are being provided for higher education of the martyrs’ children, and agreements have been made with renowned educational institutions for quality education. Additional IG Punjab Sultan Ahmad Chaudhary, Additional IG Welfare & Finance Imran Arshad, DIG Welfare & Finance Ghazi Muhammad Salahuddin, and AIG Welfare Abdul Rahim Shirazi, along with senior officers, attended the ceremony.
