By Uzma Zafar
Islamabad: Inspector General Police (IGP) Islamabad, Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan Monday directed the force to improve performance to control crime in the Capital city.
The Capital Police Chief presided over a meeting here to review two months of performance of the officers. He reprimanded the officers showing weak performance.
Akbar Nasir Khan asked the officers to evolve a comprehensive strategy for prevention of crimes, elimination of drugs.
Registration of First Information Reports should be ensured on priority whereas action should be intensified against unregistered vehicles. The scope of search operations and snap checking should be enhanced throughout the district to identify the crime pockets, said IGP.
DIG Operations, SSPs, SPs, SDPOs and SHOs attended the meeting.
IGP Islamabad further said that establishment of new police stations will help further improvement of the efficiency of police stations.
He also reviewed the impact of the centralization of the Eagle Squad. The IGP said all officers should adopt effective strategies against serious crimes in their respective areas, negligence in this regard will not be tolerated.
The campaign against beggars should be accelerated, especially their facilitators should be identified and arrested. “Negligence in duties will not be tolerated,” the IGP warned.
Tissue culture to help increase banana yield
ISLAMABAD: The introduction of tissue culture technology can increase the yield of the banana manifold by producing disease-free plants in Pakistan.
The enhanced field of bananas is essential for rural development and food security. The tissue culture is the best way to produce bananas. The plants produced through the new technology remain true to form and unaffected by pests and diseases.
The role of the banana in food security can be gauged from the fact that it is an essential food supplement for 400 million people and the primary source of daily energy for 600 million people across the globe.
Dr Muhammad Iqbal, a principal scientific officer at National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), told WealthPK that tissue culture is the only way to guarantee that the newly planted banana plants are free of roundworms, viruses and pests. –INP
