Police Urges Ulema To Give Awareness To People About Aerial Firing

Deputy Superintendent of Police Swabi, Khalid Khan along with other police officials visited various Masajids across Swabi District and requested the Ulemas to give awareness to people regarding menace of aerial firing and its consequence

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th May, 2019 ) :Deputy Superintendent of Police Swabi, Khalid Khan along with other police officials visited various Masajids across Swabi District and requested the Ulemas to give awareness to people regarding menace of aerial firing and its consequence.

The Police official expressed resolve to stop aerial firing on the eve of Eid ul Fitr by sensitizing people through poster against the risks aerial firing as part of celebrations and asked Ulemas to give awareness to the people to stop this danger practice which poses serious threat to precious human lives.

The police urged Imams to sensitize the masses about the evil practice and its adverse effects including loss of precious lives due to this evil practice.

Besides visiting mosques, KP Police also launched an awareness campaign that included displaying of banners at various public places and posters on vehicles, meeting with community elders and making announcements from local radio stations.

Police officer warned the public about the repercussions of violating the law, saying last year, three people were killed and 48 injured in various incidents of aerial firing across KP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Eid ul Fitr.

"The friendly attitude indicates our success, and we will witness a great decrease in aerial firing in the area, DSP Khalid Khan said and hoped people would avoid this in the forthcoming festival.

"We have very clear orders from our higher-ups regarding aerial firing", he said adding, "we will take strict legal action against offenders". Similar campaigns have taken place in other part of the province like District Swabi, he remarked.

"We have clear instruction from the high ups that all those elements to be found involved in festive firing would spend Eid holidays in the jails as zero tolerance has been adopted against this menace," he added.

He said policewomen and cops in plain clothes have been asked to monitor the movement of unwanted elements and check aerial firing in different bazaars, cities and villages and immediately arrest them.

He urged media men, academicians, local govt representatives, ulema and people from civil societies to help them out in the awareness campaign against aerial firing.