Inter-Risk used Punjab govt facilities to train guards without federal govt knowledge

[Naveed Yaseen]

ISLAMABAD: Investigations have revealed that the guards of Inter-Risk security agency were being trained at the Police Training College, Sihala, Rawalpindi. In an exclusive interview with Daily Times, Interior Minister Rehman Malik disclosed that the guards of Inter-Risk security agency were being trained at the premises of the police training college under the control of the Punjab government. “The investigators have informed me that the Inter-Risk security guards were being trained at Sihala police college,” he said, adding that he had extended the scope of investigation and sought a response from the Punjab government to explain its position. He said he had written a letter to the Punjab government and inquired whether the principal had allowed the use of training facilities of a government institution to a private company on his own or was it being done with the permission of the provincial government. The owner of Inter-Risk security agency, Captain ® Jaffer Ali Zaidi, is being investigated for keeping illegal arms, which were recovered during a raid by Islamabad police. Inter-Risk was providing trained security guards to Americans working in Pakistan. zulfiqar ghuman/tahir niaz

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