Punjab Forensic Science Agency to be made authority
Pakistan
Draft law will be approved by the Punjab Assembly to give autonomy to agency
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The Punjab Forensic Science Agency will be made an autonomous institution.
Interior Secretary Noorul Amin Mengal said after the Punjab Forensic Science Agency would be given the status of an authority, its dependence on other departments would end.
He said the draft law would be approved by the Punjab Assembly. After becoming an authority, the officers of the Punjab Forensic Science Agency would be able to inspect the crime scene themselves.
The officers will also collect evidence by taking photographs of the crime scene. Mengal said after establishment of the authority, the officers would be able to take several steps to trace perpetrators.
The Punjab Assembly will give approval to the draft law to make the Punjab Forensic Science Agency an authority.
