Police, army, Rangers hold joint flag march in Lahore

LAHORE: Police along with district government teams and contingents of Pakistan Army and Rangers on Monday carried out a flag march in different areas of the City in the wake of present critical situation of Corona pandemic.

CCPO Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar led the flag march whereas Commissioner Lahore Capt(R) Muhammad Usman, DIG Operations Sajid Kiani, CTO Lahore Syed Hammad Abid and other senior officers of Army and Rangers participated in the flag march.

Contingents of Pakistan Army, Rangers, Dolphin Squad, Elite Force, traffic police, Police Response Unit and Ababeel Force were part of the flag march. Police March started from Capital City Police Headquarters and passed through different important roads and markets and business centres of the city including Qartaba Chowk, Chuburji, Samanabad, Moon Market, Kareem Block Market, Wahdat Road, Ichra Yateem Khana Market and ended back at CCPO office.

The CCPO said the purpose of the flag march was to create sense of security among citizens as well as to make them aware of dangers of spread of Corona virus.

The joint teams of police, district government, Pakistan Army and Rangers closed those markets which were open and running business violating the scheduled timing of closure of markets after 6pm.

Police and district government teams also arrested people for not wearing masks. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar directed the police officers and officials concerned to remain high alert and increase effective patrolling to ensure enforcement of corona SOPs.