Pakistan Police
Pakistan: 1,072 constables among 1,480 KP cops died in last 15 years
Islamabad: As many as 1,480 policemen, including 1,072 constables, of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police were killed in suicide attacks, bomb blasts, target killings, encounters and ambushes in the past 15 years in the province, media reports said on Friday.
On the other hand, a total of 389 policemen were martyred in the province in 36 years, from 1970 to December 2006, reports Dawn News.
As per the official record of the police, 238 of them were constables, 28 head constables, 58 assistant sub-inspector (ASIs), 37 sub-inspectors (SIs) and two were inspectors.
Besides, during the period two deputy superintendents of police (DSPs), one assistant superintendent of police, one SP and one deputy inspector general (DIG) Abid Ali lost lives in various kinds of incidents, reports the newspaper.
“The KP Police is the bravest that has sacrificed more of its personnel than any other civilian force in the last many years. The sacrifices of the force will be remembered in history forever,” Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari said while paying tribute to the force that he has been heading since last year.
The KP Police chief has ordered to pay homage to the fallen heroes of the force in connection with the Martyrs Day on August 4, the day when Ad IG and the then commandant of the Frontier Constabulary Safwat Ghayur was martyred in a suicide attack just outside his office in 2010.
“Some of the senior-most officers sacrificed their lives while serving in Peshawar. The ratio of the junior officials martyred in Peshawar is also high which speaks of the commitment of the force to the restoration of peace,” said Muhammad Ijaz Khan, the capital city police officer of Peshawar.
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