Government amends Police Rules, revises selection and retirement age

Government amends Police Rules, revises selection and retirement age

Lahore (Staff Report): Punjab government has amended Police Rules, 1934 according to which minimum and maximum age for Punjab Police candidate selection.

According to details, the amended age for Punjab Police candidate selection is reduced to 18 years and 22 years respectively

Earlier, the minimum and maximum ages stood at 22 years and 25 years respectively.

The age of retirement has been set at 50 years.

Former Inspector General (IG) of Punjab Police Mushtaq Sukhera had forwarded summary to government aimed at key reforms in pre-partition rules.

On the other hand, constables and other police staff have overtly rejected the aforementioned reforms.