District Police Officer (DPO) Capt (r) Wahid Mehmood Role Appreciated In Resolving Local Disputes

Faizan Hashmi Published October 17, 2018 | 03:32 PM

District Police Officer (DPO) Capt (r) Wahid Mehmood Wednesday appreciating the role of the Dispute Resolution Councils said these forums were effectively providing relief to citizens.

MARDAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Oct, 2018 ) :District Police Officer (DPO) Capt (r) Wahid Mehmood Wednesday appreciating the role of the Dispute Resolution Councils said these forums were effectively providing relief to citizens.

Addressing a meeting held to review performance of DRC, the DPO said the DRCs which served as an organized forum of Pakhtun culture had proved their worth by successfully resolving local disputes and dispensed justice speedily to parties.

He said these forums had relieved the overburdened judicial system and police stations, the officer added.

He was of the view that since poverty, illiteracy and above all delay in speedy justice caused different challenges for a society including scourge of extremism and terrorism, which took heavy toll on national economy besides human lives.

Therefore, there was a need to take effective measures against those issues to evolve a prosperous society, he added.

He said DRC was a constitutional institution for which a proper legislation had been done by the provincial assembly and was effectively performing its role in resolving disputes.

He urged the members to continue with same hard work and dedication to ensure peace, brotherhood and peaceful co-existence by resolving disputes at local level.