Police Qaumi Razakars

Police Qaumi Razakars or Razakar (plu: Razakars) (Arabic for volunteer) is a volunteer force in Punjab province, Pakistan. Its duties include helping with the maintenance of law and order, by helping the police maintaining public security and natural calamities as may be prescribed.[1][2]

There are currently 24,613 razakars with the Punjab police and their annual budget under TA head is Rs350 million and under uniform head Rs170m.[3]

See also

References
  1. "THE PUNJAB QAUMI RAZAKARS ORDINANCE, 1965". Punjab Laws. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. Faisal, Muhammad (4 March 2014). "Failure to check corruption: Police mull razakar force abolition". The Dawn. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. http://www.dawn.com/news/790176/failure-to-check-corruption-police-mull-razakar-force-abolition


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