KP bans 27 private security companies

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government while canceling licenses put bar on 27 private security companies and ordered action against them.

According to the KP home department sources, the government imposed banned on 27 private security companies as most of the companies don’t have even a single office in the province while remaining are unregistered companies.

Sources said that some companies, providing security to United Nations missions, are also unregistered.

KP home department has issued memo to all commissioners directing them to seal the offices of the banned companies and take action against them under Private Security Company Ordinance 2002.