Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Complaint Cell of Islamabad police haveefficiently disposed of 341 applications received under section 22-A during theongoing year, said the officials on Wednesday. They said that following orders of the courts to reviewcomplaints filed under section 22-A, the Cell disposed of 341 out of 486applications.It is to mention here that a special complaint cell wasconstituted by the Inspector General of Police under supervision of DIG (Operations)to look into the cases received at police stations under section 22-A.Additional SP Islamabad Farhat Abbas Kazmi was nominated as SP Complaint Cellwhile Zonal SPs and DSP (Legal) are among its members. SP complaint cell sitstwice a week to listen the complaints of the aggrieved parties. Additional SP Farhat Abbass Kazmi said the committee received486 complaints during the ongoing year of which 341 were disposed of. He saidthat orders were made for registration of FIRs on 85 complaints while promptaction was ensured on 15 complaints to avoid law and order situation. He said that complainants agreed to compromise with theirconsents on 256 cases of civil nature while 145 complaints are being reviewedby the committee. Show Cause notices were also issued to 14 police officersover sluggish approach and dereliction of duties. Kazmi said it is top priority of police to address publiccomplaints and no laxity would be tolerated in this regard. Islamabad police,spearheaded by IGP Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman is making every possibleeffort to provide relief to the citizens, he added.
