National Highways and Motorway Police
| National Highways & Motorway Police قومی شاہراہ اور موٹروے پولیس |
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| Abbreviation | NH&MP |
Logo of the National Highways & Motorway Police
قومی شاہراہ اور موٹروے پولیس |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 26 November 1997 |
| Preceding agency | Traffic Police |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | Pakistan |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Islamabad Pakistan
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| Website | |
| http://nhmp.gov.pk/ | |
The National Highways & Motorway Police (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ اور موٹروے پولیس) or NH&MP, is a police force in Pakistan that is responsible for enforcement of traffic and safety laws, security and recovery on Pakistan's National Highways and Motorway network. The NH&MP use SUVs, cars and heavy motorbikes for patrolling purposes and uses speed cameras for enforcing speed limits.
The Pakistan Motorways Police (PMP) was raised by the Government of Pakistan in 1997 for policing Pakistan's newly constructed motorway network, starting with the M2. Later, in June 2001, it was also assigned the additional task of patrolling Pakistan's National Highways starting with Pakistan's longest national highway, the N-5. With the assignment of the additional role of patrolling the National Highways, the name of the Pakistan Motorways Police was changed to "National Highways & Motorway Police." In February 2007, NH&MP started policing the Makran Coastal Highway (N-10). The first Inspector General of Police was Mr. Afzal Ali Shigri and was tasked to prepare the plan for the new force. He was ably assisted by Mr. Shamim Ahmed, a junior officer from the National Transport Research Cell. He conceived, developed and prepared a comprehensive proposal to establish an efficient and modern highway police for the new motorway. With the change of the government the plan was shelved. This plan with slight modifications was established later by Mr. Iftikhar Rashid (Inspector General of Police) who not only implemented the plan but also ensured it achieved the bench marks laid down at its inception.
The NH&MP is headquartered in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, and is headed by an Inspector-General of Police (IGP) who is assisted by seven Deputy Inspector-Generals (DIGs), each in charge of a separate branch.
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