Pak's Sindh recruits women for 1st time in anti-terror dept
For the first time, Pakistan's Sindh government has recruited 46 women in the police's counter-terror department for combat operations and intelligence gathering, according to reports. The women who have been selected after various tests, interviews, and medical examinations will be trained for six months by the country's Army. Notably, less than 2% of Pakistani police officers are women.
Karachi, Jun 4 (PTI) Pakistans Sindh government has recruited more than 40 women in the polices counter-terror department for combat operations and intelligence gathering, in the first such recruitment in the provinces history, a media report said today. The women, selected after various tests, interviews and medical examination, would be trained by the Pakistan Army, officials said. After the six-month training, the women, recruited as police constables, would be inducted into the regular police force, Dawn reported. The 46 women, selected from urban and rural areas, were finalised along with 1,461 men, according to a police document Final results of recruitment as police constable in Counter- Terrorism Department (CTD) and Rapid Response Force. 