PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police department has asked the provincial home department for early implementation of the KP Police Ordinance 2016.

The ordinance promulgated on August 1 could not be tabled in the provincial assembly on Monday, the last day of session, though it was on the house agenda.

A statement issued here said that the KP police had sent a letter to the home department stating that the KP Police Ordinance 2016 had been promulgated and notified on August 1, 2016.

The letter says that this ordinance is of vital importance and its early implementation is needed in the best public interest. It reads that in order to make the ordinance operational and ensure timely establishment of various bodies under it, an implementation commissioner may be appointed as required under Section 144 of the ordinance.

It says that though certain initiatives institutionalised through the ordinance are on the ground, yet a number of bodies are required to be established under the ordinance.

“It is requested that the process for establishment of Public Safety Commission and Regional Complaint Authority may be initiated forthwith,” the letter says, adding that in this behalf nomination of members from treasury and opposition benches of the provincial assembly and district assemblies under Section 47 (2), Section 50(2) and Section 52(2) for the Provincial Public Safety Commission and District Public Safety Commissions, respectively, must be started.

Likewise, scrutiny committees for selection of independent members may also be notified under Section 56 of the Ordinance and secretariats of the commissions and appointment of their secretaries may also be initiated, respectively, under Section 62, 63 and 64 of the Ordinance.

The letter stated that the process of selection of the members of Regional Police Complaint Authorities must be carried out under Section 66(3) and establishment of the secretariats of the authorities at regional headquarters and appointment of their secretaries be initiated under Section 70 of the Ordinance.

It requested that a meeting of the committee comprising DIG headquarters and a representative of law department, to be chaired by the home secretary, may be convened to work out modalities for implementing provisions of the ordinance.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2016