Khyber Pakthunkhwa recruit 2800 SPU cops to protect CPEC projects

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KP to recruit 2800 SPU cops to protect CPEC projects, Chinese

April 17, 2018
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The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has decided to recruit around 2800 security personnel for Special Protection Unit (CPU) KP raised to protect multibillions dollars China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and Chinese nationals, who are working in different areas of the province.
A senior official in Home and Tribal Affairs Department KP told APP on Monday that KP Government has recently approved a proposal of recruiting around 2800 policemen for SPU KP with a special mandate to safeguard CPEC related projects and its routes besides Chinese nationals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The official said around 22462 security personnel drawn from police force and other law enforcement agencies were already inducted in SPU while about 2800 would soon join them for which their recruitment process will commence soon.
The force would consist of around 5,262 security personnel against whom strong 2462 cops were already drawn from police and other formations of law enforcement agencies in the first phase while about 2800 be directly recruited in second phase. The new security personnel after selection would be deployed in all those areas of province, where the CPEC projects are being executed and Chinese nationals were performing duties freely. Various issues related to allocation of funds for newly recruited security personnel for pay

 

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CPEC security beefs up in KPK


PAR Apr 17, 2018 0 CPEC News

The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has decided to recruit around 2800 security personnel for Special Protection Unit (CPU) KP raised to protect multibillions dollars China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and Chinese nationals, who are working in different areas of the province.

A senior official in Home and Tribal Affairs Department KP told APP on Monday that KP Government has recently approved a proposal of recruiting around 2800 policemen for SPU KP with a special mandate to safeguard CPEC related projects and its routes besides Chinese nationals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The official said around 22462 security personnel drawn from police force and other law enforcement agencies were already inducted in SPU while about 2800 would soon join them for which their recruitment process will commence soon.

The force would consist of around 5,262 security personnel against whom strong 2462 cops were already drawn from police and other formations of law enforcement agencies in the first phase while about 2800 be directly recruited in second phase.

The new security personnel after selection would be deployed in all those areas of the province, where the CPEC projects are being executed and Chinese nationals were performing duties freely. Various issues related to allocation of funds for newly recruited security personnel for payment of their salaries, weapons, residences, weapons, others expenditure have been discussed with relevant authorities.

The official said the force has its own chain of command purely tasked to guard CPEC projects and Chinese nationals in the country. A separate cell was set up for the daily monitoring of security of CPEC projects and investment-related activities across the province, the official said, adding such force was already established in Punjab, Balochistan and Gilgit Baltistan.

He said this special force was set up in line of the directions of the federal government to provide extensive security cover to CPEC projects and Chinese nationals. To a question, the official said work on National Action Plan (NAP) was successfully underway in KP and incidents of terrorism had significantly reduced in the province during recent years owing to successful policies of the government and sacrifices of security forces.

Under NAP, he said the government had raised the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in KP to counter terrorism on modern and scientific lines. CTD had conducted thousands of targeted search and strike operations against outlaws, terrorists, militants, suspects other criminals and seized huge cache of detonators, explosives besides arms and ammunition and registered cases.

The official said actions against illegal Afghans immigrants were also taken by KP police under NAP and detained thousands of suspects under 14 Foreign Act. Strong action against misuse of loud-speakers was also taken and FIR was lodged against violators besides seizing thousands of loud speakers.

While observing zero tolerance against hate speeches, police apprehended violators and seized hate materials under NAP. To prevent hate and provocative speeches, the official said a 23-member Ulema Board comprising religious scholars of all schools of thoughts was constituted to promote harmony, brotherhood and tolerance in society under NAP.

Schools of investigations were strengthened in the province to bring culprits under clutches of law. Religious seminaries were registered besides starting of formal education to help its students to compete with students of modern educational institutes in future.