Police complaints redress system enforced in Punjab
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE: With a deadline of seven days for the registration of first information report (FIR), the Police Complaints Redressal mechanism has been enforced all over Punjab. For this purpose, Inspector General of Punjab Police Amjad Javed Saleemi has appointed district complaint officers (DCOs) at all the districts, including Lahore, to hear complaints of citizens for registration of FIRs. The appointment of DCOs has been made in the light of a decision taken by Police Reforms Committee (PRC) constituted by the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan in 2018. The committee had submitted its recommendations at a high-level judicial meeting regarding police reforms last month with the sole purpose...