PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has proposed a 21 percent increase in expenditure on security and law & order in the annual budget for the fiscal year 2017-18.
According to White paper, the expenditure on security and law and order has been on the rise consistently for the last several years.
“The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have paid a heavy cost due to war on terror and its socio economic fabric as well as infrastructure has badly been affected by the menace of terrorism related violence,” reads the Whitepaper.
In the upcoming year, government proposed a budget of Rs. 39,733.661 million for law and order which is 21 percent higher than the previous year’s budget of Rs. 32,938.065 million.
Giving details of expenditure on security during the fiscal year 2016-17, Whitepaper says 91 posts have been created for establishment of Police Training Schools at Hayatabad Peshawar and Abbottabad.
Furthermore, contract period of 2500 Ex. Servicemen and 9525 personnel of Special Police Force has been extended for a period of three years from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019, costing over Rs. Two billion.
For ensuring better professional training of Police force, besides creation of posts for provincial Directorate of Training in CPO, creation of 373 posts for Five Police Training Schools at Swat, Swabi, Kohat, Mardan and Nowshera is proposed for the financial year 2017-18.
The Traffic Warden System have been extended to Malakand and Abbottabad Regions in the financial year 2017-18 at a cost of Rs. 1150, 442 million.
A total of 330 new posts have been created for Establishment of new Police Stations at Aza Khel, Akbarpura and Misri Banda District Nowshera.
In addition 160 new posts have been created for strengthening of the Telecommunication wing of Police Force. An amount of Rs. 700 million is proposed for security duties of CPEC.
Resultantly, expenditure on Security and Law and Order has been on the rise consistently for the last several years, concludes the Whitepaper.
