With Nasir Durrani’s Retirement Due In March Aspirants Accelerate Efforts To Get The Job

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At least four officers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two belonging to other provinces are in the run for the top slot of KP Police as the incumbent inspector general of the force Nasir Khan Durrani will retire from service in March.According to a source, some of the officers especially those who are to retire in next one or two years have already accelerated their efforts to get the jobThey have been in contact with some of the senior government functionaries to be considered for the position To become an IGP is the dream of every PSP and that is why the senior most among those eligible for the position have started making efforts to get the job before retirement. A few of those who are not very senior also want to clinch the position, the requirement for which is to be in grade-21 said the source.Nasir Durrani has been heading the KP Police since September 2013. He was appointed soon after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf formed government in the province following is victory in the May 2013 general election.The PTI presented the reforms made in the police force during his tenure as one of its major successes Now the government will look for someone who can continue the policies and reforms introduced in the force in the last few years. The focus will be to find a boss who improves the police force introduces public friendly policing at the police station level takes action against corrupt elements and promotes the operational working of the force