Presiding over a meeting at the PFSA Headquarters on Thursday, the chief minister commended the performance of the agency saying that forensic lab is playing an important role in criminal investigations and solution of other cases. He said the role of PFSA, with regard to scientific investigation of crimes, is fully recognized not only in Punjab but also in Pakistan.
In fact, he said, the PFSA is a state-of-the-art organization which is playing a key role in the verification of crime-related evidences. He assured that project director of Punjab Agriculture, Food and Drug Authority will be appointed soon and directed the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to send a summary in this regard.
"Separate cases should be forwarded to increase the allowances of scientists and their staff," Buzdar told the ACS and added that the PTI government is with the government servants and steps would be taken to solve their genuine demands. There would be no dearth of resources and the PFSA will be provided every sort of cooperation," he added.
The CM directed that special attention should be paid to the training of prosecution department and police personnel for bringing necessary improvements in the criminal justice system. Refresher courses should also be conducted for the investigation officers (IOs), he ordered.
"The scope of satellite centers of the PFSA will be extended to districts level. It is sanguine that different countries of the world are also sending case samples to our forensic lab for investigations which shows their trust over the performance of this agency. I am pleased that work is being done in a professional manner," added the CM.
PFSA Director General Dr Ashraf Tahir informed the CM that labs of 14 forensic disciplines are working in the PFSA headquarters while satellite stations have also been established in eight divisions of the province.
The DG added that 458,361 cases were forwarded to the agency and out of them, 446,581 case reports have been issued. Similarly, more than 16,000 officials of law enforcement agencies have also been trained by the PFSA, he added. After the meeting, the CM planted a tree and also visited the daycare center.