Punjab Constabulary

The Punjab Constabulary (Punjabi, Urdu: پنجاب کانسٹیبلری) is a law enforcement agency in Pakistan which is responsible to maintain peace in Punjab Province by assisting Punjab Police. IG Police is the provincial police officer and heads all subordinate police units. Punjab Constabulary is a police unit working under the command of Commandant (Addl: Inspector General of Police). It takes actions to maintain law and order in the province and participate in different rescue operations.[1][2][3] Punjab Constabulary is reserve police which provides security to different personalities[4] and guards are deputed at different sensitive buildings all over the Punjab.[5][6][7]

Punjab Constabulary
پنجاب کانسٹیبلری
AbbreviationP.C
Agency overview
Formed01 Feb 1987
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionPunjab, Pakistan
Map of Punjab Constabulary's jurisdiction.
Size205,344 square kilometres (79,284 sq mi)
Population110,012,442
Legal jurisdictionPunjab
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersFarooqabad, District Sheikhupura
Agency executive
  • Kunwar Shahrukh, PSP, Additional IG, Police
Website
punjabconstabulary.gov.pk

Addl: Inspector General of Police, Capt. (R) Muhmmad Ehsan Tuffail, PSP has been appointed the new Commandant of Punjab Constabulary as of 20.07.2018.[8]

History

The District Armed Reserves remained more or less static since independence. Government of Punjab created Punjab Reserve Police in 1972 with the following sanctioned strength:

SPDSPInspectorSub InspectorASIHead ConstableConstable
01030625231131000

The strength of PRP was gradually increased from time to time and by 1981 was as under:

DIGSPDSPInspectorSub InspectorASIHead ConstableConstable
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In 1982 the strength was enhanced to 5000 with its contingents at Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan & Gujranwala. On 01-02-1987, PRP was renamed as “Punjab Constabulary”. A separate Anti-riot Force was raised as a unit of Punjab Police.[9] The purpose was to build the capacity of police and reduce its dependence on rangers/army.

Later on, the level of command was upgraded from DIG to the Addl: IGP on 27-02-2006. Now Punjab Constabulary is a borrowing agency where police officials[10] and officers of different ranks (Constable to Inspector) are received from various districts and regions for a period of 02 years.[11] On completion of 02 years period, they are repatriated to their parent districts/regions subject to provision of substitutes.

ISLAMABAD, June 19, 2007: Around 1,300 personnel of Punjab Constabulary (PC), called to reinforce the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police to handle the Lal Masjid crisis, demonstrated in the Aabpara Chowk on Tuesday in protest against the death of a colleague.[12]

In a major corruption case of Battalion No.3 Punjab constabulary Multan, action was taken against the guilty ones[13][14][15][16][17]

Organization

The Punjab Constabulary is constituted by the Police Order 2002 and operates under Police Rules of 1934. Regional Police Officers and District Police Officers send demand of PC Force to IGP Punjab Lahore as per prevailing law & order situation. The AIG/Operations CPO Punjab distributes PC Force as per the demand of the Regions/Districts. Therefore, on receipt of the direction/order from CPO Punjab Lahore, the PC Force (Reserves) are dispatched to the concerned Districts for a limited period.[18] Punjab Constabulary has 07 Battalions in different cities and Headquarters is situated in Farooqabad City, District Sheikhupura.[19][20][21] Detail of Punjab Constabulary's Battalions is as under:-

BattalionAddress / City
Battalion No.1Abbas Lines, Lahore
Battalion No.2Rawat, Rawalpindi
Battalion No.3Matti Tall, Multan
Battalion No.4Makkuana, Faisalabad
Battalion No.5Abbas Lines, Lahore
Battalion No.6Farooqabad, District Sheikhupura
Battalion No.7Abbas Lines, Lahore
HeadquartersFarooqabad, District Sheikhupura

Detail of Sanctioned Strength of PC Force[22] is mentioned below:-

BattalionSSP/SPDSPInspectorSub InspectorASIHead ConstableConstableTotal
Battalion No.1010309337016014701746
Battalion No.2010309337016014701746
Battalion No.3010409337016014701747
Battalion No.4010409337016014701747
Battalion No.5010309337016014701746
Battalion No.6-0306337016014701742
Battalion No.7010209337023014701815
Headquarters01--031921130377551
Total07226325051113201066712840

Equipment

Head of Organization

Additional Inspector General of Police is the Commandant of Punjab Constabulary.[23] Hereunder, is the list of Commandants who have served this unit.

No.Name of OfficerFromTo
1Agha Raza Ali16-12-197210-04-1975
2Ch. Muhammad Ashiq23-04-197524-09-1975
3LR Niblet25-09-197506-05-1976
4Malik Ghulam Rasool02-05-197630-05-1977
5Sarosh Rauf Alvi07-06-197716-08-1977
6Ghulam Asghar Khan20-08-197724-10-1977
7Muhammad Asghar Khan25-10-197720-03-1978
8Fazal Mahmood20-03-197817-09-1978
9LR Niblet17-09-197830-07-1980
10Ghulam Asghar Malik30-07-198027-10-1981
11Muhammad Sadiq Malik28-10-198105-08-1984
12LR Niblet22-11-198428-03-1985
13Shahid Hussain28-03-198531-05-1985
14Khalid Latif21-07-198523-01-1990
15Jahangir Mirza24-01-199021-08-1993
16Maj. (R) Mian Zaheer Ahmad21-08-199309-10-1995
17Dr. Azhar Hassan Nadeem05-11-199528-10-1998
18Tallat Mahmood Tariq31-10-199806-02-2000
19Kh. Khalid Farooq07-02-200010-06-2000
20Tallat Mahmood Tariq10-06-200022-05-2001
21Tariq Saleem23-05-200122-09-2001
22Parvez Raheem Rajput22-09-200102-09-2002
23Tahir Anwar Pasha02-09-200214-01-2004
24Khawaja Khalid Farooq (QPM)15-01-200429-05-2004
25Parvez Raheem Rajpoot29-05-200409-10-2004
26Syed Saqlain Naqvi09-10-200429-10-2004
27Khawaja Khalid Farooq (QPM)29-10-200420-09-2005
28Tallat Mahmood Tariq21-09-200526-01-2006
29Javed Noor27-01-200627-02-2006
30Muhammad Ali27-02-200617-06-2006
31Muhammad Waseem17-06-200616-01-2007
32Khwaja Khalid Farooq16-01-200702-06-2008
33Shamas ul Hassan02-06-200804-07-2008
34Tallat Mahmood Tariq04-07-200819-03-2009
35Fayyaz Ahmad Mir26-03-200904-04-2009
36Haji Muhammad Habib ur Rehman04-04-200917-02-2012
37Ahmad Raza Tahir23-04-201208-07-2013
38Capt (R) Muhammad Zubair12-08-201330-07-2014
39Syed Dilawar Abbas31-07-201413-10-2014
40Hussain Asghar22-10-201430-06-2018
41Kunwar Shahrukh29-10-201817.07.2020
41Muhammad Ehsan Tufail20-07-2020Till Date

See also

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