SLAMABAD: A New Counter Terrorism Force has been announced by InteriorMinistry of Pakistan.
The Ministry of Interior in a notification on Thursday announced the formalamalgamation of the Rapid Response Force (RRF) and the CriminalInvestigations Division (CID) into the Counter-Terrorism Force (CTF).
According to details, the ministry after getting the nod of approval fromthe Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan made the undertaking official.
Two units of the Federal Police have now been declared defunct as theywould perform under the umbrella of the CTF, read the notification.
The CID and the Rapid Response Force (RRF) will work in collusion under thecollective name of ‘counter-terrorism force’ henceforth.
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Earlier on July 4, 2019, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khandirected for the merger of Levies and Khasadar Law Enforcement institutes.
Presiding over a meeting in Peshawar, he said that the employees of the twoforces will be paid salaries equivalent to police scales by next month.
A committee comprising Law, Finance, Establishment, Home and PoliceDepartments was formed to give suggestions in this regard.
