ISLAMABAD: Special allocation has been made for police stations of Islamabad in the budget 2016-17 to fulfill their needs towards effective policing.
The demand about resources was forwarded by Islamabad police to Ministry of Interior which was formally approved by Ministry of Finance for allocation, the official source said. The sources also said that new police station, Faizabad police station, was also proposed which would increase number of police stations from 22 to 23. The Ministry of Interior had given the approval to the district administration of Islamabad for a new police station with the purpose to combat crime effectively and resolve public complaints on immediate basis. According to the official source, the new stations will be set up at Faizabad while three other police stations have been recently established at Shamas Colony, Noon and Karachi Company.
The official also said that Ministry of Interior had also enhanced the budget for the Islamabad police for maximum resources to existing as well as newly established police stations. The jurisdiction of existing Margallah police station has been divided after establishing Karachi Company police station. It is covering sectors E-9, F-9 and G-9. The Shams Colony police station has the jurisdiction of H-11, H-12, I-12 and H-13 which is sharing the burden of Sabzi Mandi police station. The newly proposed Faizabad police station would cover H-8 and I-8 sectors which come in the limits of Industrial Area police station. Interior Ministry source said that private building may be hired for other new Faizabad police station.
