J-K police recruit 110 special police officers

Karachi News.Net Sunday 12th October, 2008 (ANI) Srinagar, Oct 12 : The Jammu and Kashmir police has started a recruitment drive for over 110 Special Polices Officers or SPOs, an auxiliary police force used mainly in counter-insurgency. These SPOs would be hired for a year, reportedly a strategy to tighten the security of the state to ensure free and fair elections. The elections in the state are to be held by the end of this year. Almost 4000 unemployed young boys queued up for the test with a hope to serve their motherland. The valley has witnessed a recruitment drive after a gap of almost 15 years. The district wise recruitment would be taken up in Poonch, Mendher and Surankot. "I read about the recruitment in the newspaper. I went to Surankot, got the form and fulfilled all the formalities. Then they called me to Poonch... [read full story]