KP announces financial compensation for martyred SP Dawar's heirs

PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has approved compensation for martyred Superintendent Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar's heirs, provincial information minister announced Friday.

SP Dawar, who went missing from Islamabad on October 26, was found dead in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province earlier this week. He was laid to rest in Peshawar late Thursday after Afghan officials handed over his mortal remains to a Pakistani delegation at the Torkham border.

"Tahir Dawar's heirs will be given Rs15 million under the 'Shaheed Package'," KP Information Minister Shaukat Yousufzai said in a statement issued to media. "The package includes financial compensation and a plot."

He stated that Dawar was serving as Grade-17 officer and his widow would be given salary until the time when the martyred officer was supposed to retire from service.

The statement further mentioned that one of Dawar's sons would be recruited in police as assistant sub-inspector (ASI).

Seven-member committee to investigate SP Dawar's killing

Committee to include four police officers and one member each from the ISI, MI, and IB

The government has also approved scholarship for education of the martyr's sons and free medical facility to his family.

Meanwhile, a seven-member joint investigation team (JIT) was formed on Friday to investigate the abduction and martyrdom of SP Dawar.

According to a notification issued from the office of the Chief Commissioner Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) here today, the Superintendent of Police (SP) Investigation, Islamabad will head the probe team.

The team will also include the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) at Islamabad's Shalimar Circle, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) from the Crime Investigation Department, one representative each from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI), and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), and the investigating officer of the case.

The JIT has been formed under Section 19 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997.

"The Joint Investigation Team shall complete investigation within the stipulated time period as laid down in the ATA 1997," read the notification.