Some 1,200 retired soldiers have joined the Sindh police with more than 1,000 to be deployed in the city alone in a move to enhance manpower of the law-enforcement agency amid growing security challenges and the ongoing targeted-operation in Karachi, according to media sources.
It is for the first time that the law-enforcement agency has recruited ex servicemen for the post of constables.
“We have been allowed to hire a total of 2,000 retired personnel of the armed forces by the provincial government,” said the newly-appointed Sindh IG Iqbal Mahmood while speaking to Dawn . “So far, 1,200 have already been hired and the process for [hiring of] 800 [other constables] is on. Among the 1,200, 120 have been deployed in Khairpur and the rest of them will serve in Karachi.”
He was sure the move would help police in many ways, as the growing security challenges and ‘consistent policing efforts in Karachi’ required a much larger force than the existing one. The recruitment would also help ease pressure on the overburdened strength, he added.
