The Punjab Constabulary (Punjabi, Urdu: پنجاب کانسٹیبلری) is a law enforcement agency in Pakistan which is responsible to maintain peace in Punjab Province by assisting Punjab Police. IG Police is the provincial police officer and heads all subordinate police units. Punjab Constabulary is a police unit working under the command of Commandant (Addl: Inspector General of Police). It takes actions to maintain law and order in the province and participate in different rescue operations. Punjab Constabulary is reserve police which provides security to different personalities and guards are deputed at different sensitive buildings all over the Punjab.
Addl: Inspector General of Police, Imran Arshad, PSP has been appointed the new Commandant of Punjab Constabulary as of 08.05.2023.
History The District Armed Reserves remained more or less static since independence. Government of Punjab created Punjab Reserve Police in 1972 with the following sanctioned strength: SP DSP Inspector Sub Inspector ASI Head Constable Constable 01 03 06 25 23 113 1000 The strength of PRP was gradually increased from time to time and by 1981 was as under: DIG SP DSP Inspector Sub Inspector ASI Head Constable Constable 01 01 04 11 44 49 244 2636 In 1982 the strength was enhanced to 5000 with its contingents at Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan & Gujranwala. On 01-02-1987, PRP was renamed as “Punjab Constabulary”. A separate Anti-riot Force was raised as a unit of Punjab Police. The purpose was to build the capacity of police and reduce its dependence on rangers/army.
Later on, the level of command was upgraded from DIG to the Addl: IGP on 27-02-2006. Now Punjab Constabulary is a borrowing agency where police officials and officers of different ranks (Constable to Inspector) are received from various districts and regions for a period of 02 years. On completion of 02 years period, they are repatriated to their parent districts/regions subject to provision of substitutes.
ISLAMABAD, June 19, 2007: Around 1,300 personnel of Punjab Constabulary (PC), called to reinforce the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police to handle the Lal Masjid crisis, demonstrated in the Aabpara Chowk on Tuesday in protest against the death of a colleague.
In a major corruption case of Battalion No.3 Punjab constabulary Multan, action was taken against the guilty ones
Organization The Punjab Constabulary is constituted by the Police Order 2002 and operates under Police Rules of 1934. Regional Police Officers and District Police Officers send demand of PC Force to IGP Punjab Lahore as per prevailing law & order situation. The AIG/Operations CPO Punjab distributes PC Force as per the demand of the Regions/Districts. Therefore, on receipt of the direction/order from CPO Punjab Lahore, the PC Force (Reserves) are dispatched to the concerned Districts for a limited period. Punjab Constabulary has 07 Battalions in different cities and Headquarters is situated in Farooqabad City, District Sheikhupura. Detail of Punjab Constabulary's Battalions is as under:- Battalion Address / City Battalion No.1 Abbas Lines, Lahore Battalion No.2 Rawat, Rawalpindi Battalion No.3 Matti Tall, Multan Battalion No.4 Makkuana, Faisalabad Battalion No.5 Abbas Lines, Lahore Battalion No.6 Farooqabad, District Sheikhupura Battalion No.7 Abbas Lines, Lahore Headquarters Farooqabad, District Sheikhupura Detail of Sanctioned Strength of PC Force is mentioned below:- Battalion SSP/SP DSP Inspector Sub Inspector ASI Head Constable Constable Total Battalion No.1 01 03 09 33 70 160 1470 1746 Battalion No.2 01 03 09 33 70 160 1470 1746 Battalion No.3 01 04 09 33 70 160 1470 1747 Battalion No.4 01 04 09 33 70 160 1470 1747 Battalion No.5 01 03 09 33 70 160 1470 1746 Battalion No.6 - 03 06 33 70 160 1470 1742 Battalion No.7 01 02 09 33 70 230 1470 1815 Headquarters 01 -- 03 19 21 130 377 551 Total 07 22 63 250 511 1320 10667 12840
Equipment Semi-automatic rifle Submachine gun HK G3 Assault Rifle Light machine gun MP5A3 SMG Beretta 92FS Pistol Shotgun 12 Bore Sniper rifle Starting pistol (Starter Pistol) 38 Special Rivolver Bren light machine gun Tear Gas Gun Long Range Shell Short Range Shell Smoke Grenades Mortar Gun 60mm Morter Gun 40mm Tear Gas Mask Chemical Mask
Head of Organization Additional Inspector General of Police is the Commandant of Punjab Constabulary. Hereunder, is the list of Commandants who have served this unit. No. Name of Officer From To 1 Agha Raza Ali 16-12-1972 10-04-1975 2 Ch. Muhammad Ashiq 23-04-1975 24-09-1975 3 LR Niblet 25-09-1975 06-05-1976 4 Malik Ghulam Rasool 02-05-1976 30-05-1977 5 Sarosh Rauf Alvi 07-06-1977 16-08-1977 6 Ghulam Asghar Khan 20-08-1977 24-10-1977 7 Muhammad Asghar Khan 25-10-1977 20-03-1978 8 Fazal Mahmood 20-03-1978 17-09-1978 9 LR Niblet 17-09-1978 30-07-1980 10 Ghulam Asghar Malik 30-07-1980 27-10-1981 11 Muhammad Sadiq Malik 28-10-1981 05-08-1984 12 LR Niblet 22-11-1984 28-03-1985 13 Shahid Hussain 28-03-1985 31-05-1985 14 Khalid Latif 21-07-1985 23-01-1990 15 Jahangir Mirza 24-01-1990 21-08-1993 16 Maj. (R) Mian Zaheer Ahmad 21-08-1993 09-10-1995 17 Dr. Azhar Hassan Nadeem 05-11-1995 28-10-1998 18 Tallat Mahmood Tariq 31-10-1998 06-02-2000 19 Kh. Khalid Farooq 07-02-2000 10-06-2000 20 Tallat Mahmood Tariq 10-06-2000 22-05-2001 21 Tariq Saleem 23-05-2001 22-09-2001 22 Parvez Raheem Rajput 22-09-2001 02-09-2002 23 Tahir Anwar Pasha 02-09-2002 14-01-2004 24 Khawaja Khalid Farooq (QPM) 15-01-2004 29-05-2004 25 Parvez Raheem Rajpoot 29-05-2004 09-10-2004 26 Syed Saqlain Naqvi 09-10-2004 29-10-2004 27 Khawaja Khalid Farooq (QPM) 29-10-2004 20-09-2005 28 Tallat Mahmood Tariq 21-09-2005 26-01-2006 29 Javed Noor 27-01-2006 27-02-2006 30 Muhammad Ali 27-02-2006 17-06-2006 31 Muhammad Waseem 17-06-2006 16-01-2007 32 Khwaja Khalid Farooq 16-01-2007 02-06-2008 33 Shamas ul Hassan 02-06-2008 04-07-2008 34 Tallat Mahmood Tariq 04-07-2008 19-03-2009 35 Fayyaz Ahmad Mir 26-03-2009 04-04-2009 36 Haji Muhammad Habib ur Rehman 04-04-2009 17-02-2012 37 Ahmad Raza Tahir 23-04-2012 08-07-2013 38 Capt (R) Muhammad Zubair 12-08-2013 30-07-2014 39 Syed Dilawar Abbas 31-07-2014 13-10-2014 40 Hussain Asghar 22-10-2014 30-06-2018 41 Kunwar Shahrukh 29-10-2018 17.07.2020 41 Muhammad Ehsan Tufail 20-07-2020 08-04-202342Imran Arshad08-05-2023Present
See also Punjab Police Dolphin Force Elite Police Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) Punjab Highway Patrol
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