By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younas on Friday held third online-katchehri on Facebook to give the residents direct access to the police high ups as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, a police spokesperson said.
He said that the IGP Islamabad responded to the public queries via Facebook live comments, WhatsApp messages and phone calls from 11:00am to 01:00pm.
Thousands of the citizens watched the online-katcheri and appreciated this step of the IGP Islamabad adding that the citizens also asked to continue it. Speaking to the citizens, the IG Islamabad said that the police were striving hard to redress public issues as early as possible. He said the purpose of such initiatives was aimed at bridging the gap between police and the public.
IGP told that Islamabad police have launched whatsapp service to ease its public adding that people can get information about all police related information through 03342874287.
During online katcheri, people from across Pakistan put their proposals before the IG. Most of the issues were related to traffic, delay in registration of FIR, activities of land-grabbers, drug-peddlers etc.
The Capital Police Chief also shared recent initiatives taken by the Islamabad police to facilitate its public. He also gave permission to the disable players for sports activities in the police ground. Citizens, especially overseas Pakistanis, appreciated the online kachehry platform.
