The Royal Bakhsheesh
By Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd.)
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
The IG Police Islamabad has done well in ordering the policemen who were detailed for providing security and traffic protocol duties to the visiting Saudi Crown Prince who had, in recognition of their services, doled out $ 500 to each one of them with the total amounting to approximately $50,000, to deposit the bakhsheesh in the Police Welfare Fund. The IG is also said to have asked the Foreign Office to advise visiting dignitaries to desist from such practice in future because the police were just performing their duty and they were not bikharis!
I salute you, Sir, for keeping the head of the force high, making it dignified, and raising its self-esteem and morale.
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