Kundi seeks K-P police pay raise

The meeting was attended by Adviser to Governor on Home Affairs Kifayatullah Khan, Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Fakhr-e-Alam Irfan, Inspector General of Police Zulfiqar Hameed, Additional Chief Secretary Home Amjad Ali Khan and other senior police officials.

The IGP briefed the meeting on proposals for increasing police salaries, following which the governor instructed that a comprehensive summary be finalized and submitted without delay. The meeting also reviewed proposals to enhance the 2025 compensation package for police martyrs and injured personnel.

Among the recommendations discussed were replacing residential plots with cash financial assistance for the heirs of martyrs, providing financial support for the marriages of daughters of police martyrs, and establishing an endowment fund to meet the educational expenses of their children.

Agreeing with the proposals presented by the IGP, Governor Kundi directed the authorities concerned to expedite the preparation and submission of the summary for further action. Meanwhile, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has handed over 10 newly acquired Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police on the directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to support its ongoing counterterrorism operations.

In a message posted on X, Mohsin Naqvi said the vehicles were transferred in view of the prevailing security situation and the rising number of terrorist incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said the prime minister had directed the immediate transfer of the vehicles to help the provincial police carry out its operations against terrorism.