Salary suspension pushes community police in financial dungeon
By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Over 2,000 community policemen in Swat have been facing financial problems as they have not been paid salary for three months. Community police or the special police was introduced in 2009 after the militants were eliminated from the area following a military operation. During militancy in Swat, majority of regular policemen had left their jobs due to fear of militants. To fill the gap about 4,000 community policemen were employed on contract basis. However, their number was gradually reduced to 2,300. Faisal Nauman, community policeman in Mingora, said he was hired in 2009 along with...
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