By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: Capital Cops have signed an agreement with a renowned educational institution for quality education to the children of the employees against affordable fees.
A ceremony to this effect was held at the Police Lines Headquarters here on Thursday in which AIG General Khalid Rasheed signed the agreement with the KIPS College. College principal Khawar Mahmood Khokhar represented the educational institutions chain in the agreement. The police took the initiative on the directions of IGP Islamabad Qazi Jamil-ur-Rehman so as to ensure quality education to the children of policemen.
Under the agreement, children of in-service, retired and martyrs would be able to avail the offer. As per the agreement, children of martyrs will be able to get education without any fee while a total of Rs 25,000 concession would be given to the children of serving and retired policemen on annual tuition fee.
The principal of KIPS College Khawar Mehmood Khokhar while addressing the participants said that sacrifices of Islamabad police martyrs would be remembered forever and termed the incentive a humble gesture to support their families. Chief Guest Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG Headquarters) Islamabad Kamran Adil thanked the management of KIPS College for this agreement who, he said, were contributing a lot for quality education.
He said that welfare of Islamabad police is their top priority while equal education and health facilities would be provided to each policeman whether from officer or lower cadre.
“It is our responsibility to ensure the welfare of families of those policemen who sacrificed their lives for our better future,” the DIG remarked. He said the police was busy in providing relief to its employees in whatever possible way which he believed will boost morale of the force.
The department had earlier taken several initiatives for the welfare of the employees including signing agreements with the educational institutions as Islamabad Science School and College, Nicon Group, Air Foundation School System, and The Smart School.
