Lady commandos guarding Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: With the Taliban and other banned outfits adopting novel techniques to carry out terror activities, the Islamabad police have also come up with an innovative but feminine method to protect former President Pervez Musharraf by using female commandos deployed at his security, as a human shield.
Taliban are against targeting women and the ‘female circle’ around the former commando, the police high-ups believe, would make the Taliban and other ‘enemies’ of Musharraf think before carrying out an attack against him. According to the sources in the Islamabad police, a group of under-training recruits of Islamabad lady police has been deployed to protect the former President.
The Capital Police has deployed about 40 of its lady police constables at the farmhouse of former president Pervez Musharraf, which has already been declared as a sub-jail. Normally the lady police officials are deployed for the security of female prisoners or to protect the family members of female prisoners but currently not a single female family member of Pervez Musharraf is residing at the farmhouse (sub-jail).
While talking to The Spokesman, a lady police constable who is also part of Musharraf’s security team said, “around 10 women police officers are staying at the Bani Gala Police station where we are given a single room, while the others are at Shahzad Town Police Station. During our duty timings, three to four lady police officials are deployed at the farmhouse just to check the female lawyers and visitors while the rest stay at the police stations as reserve force. The rooms we are given at the police stations are insufficient according to our strength and several times we brought this issue to the notice of our high officials but in reply we are told that we have to go through the situation for only few days and it is a part of our training”, the lady constable said.
Another lady police constable requesting anonymity said that, “Currently there are about 40 lady constables deployed for duty at the farmhouse, while during our off or break timings, we are advised to stay at the Shahzad Town or Bani Gala Police station which are nearby the farmhouse. But what makes the situation worst for us is that the capital police have not provided us even separate bathrooms and we have to share the bathrooms with our male colleagues, while the bathrooms available are also in worst condition.”
When contacted, Sardar Sadaqat Ali Khan, Superintendent of Police (Rural) told The Spokesman, “These female constables are actually trainees at the police headquarters, and are deployed at the farmhouse (sub-jail) to protect the former president in case of any female terrorist attack. Pervez Musharraf is already having threats from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan as well as the female students of Jamia Hifza”. However when he was asked about the miserable condition of the female constables, he said “The Capital police have provided each and every facility to its officials”.
Taliban are against targeting women and the ‘female circle’ around the former commando, the police high-ups believe, would make the Taliban and other ‘enemies’ of Musharraf think before carrying out an attack against him. According to the sources in the Islamabad police, a group of under-training recruits of Islamabad lady police has been deployed to protect the former President.
The Capital Police has deployed about 40 of its lady police constables at the farmhouse of former president Pervez Musharraf, which has already been declared as a sub-jail. Normally the lady police officials are deployed for the security of female prisoners or to protect the family members of female prisoners but currently not a single female family member of Pervez Musharraf is residing at the farmhouse (sub-jail).
While talking to The Spokesman, a lady police constable who is also part of Musharraf’s security team said, “around 10 women police officers are staying at the Bani Gala Police station where we are given a single room, while the others are at Shahzad Town Police Station. During our duty timings, three to four lady police officials are deployed at the farmhouse just to check the female lawyers and visitors while the rest stay at the police stations as reserve force. The rooms we are given at the police stations are insufficient according to our strength and several times we brought this issue to the notice of our high officials but in reply we are told that we have to go through the situation for only few days and it is a part of our training”, the lady constable said.
Another lady police constable requesting anonymity said that, “Currently there are about 40 lady constables deployed for duty at the farmhouse, while during our off or break timings, we are advised to stay at the Shahzad Town or Bani Gala Police station which are nearby the farmhouse. But what makes the situation worst for us is that the capital police have not provided us even separate bathrooms and we have to share the bathrooms with our male colleagues, while the bathrooms available are also in worst condition.”
When contacted, Sardar Sadaqat Ali Khan, Superintendent of Police (Rural) told The Spokesman, “These female constables are actually trainees at the police headquarters, and are deployed at the farmhouse (sub-jail) to protect the former president in case of any female terrorist attack. Pervez Musharraf is already having threats from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan as well as the female students of Jamia Hifza”. However when he was asked about the miserable condition of the female constables, he said “The Capital police have provided each and every facility to its officials”.
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