NEW DELHI: Twenty-four recruits, including 11 women, completed the bomb disposal training at the Police School of Explosive Handling in Nowshera district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province , a Pakistan daily reported. "1,607 cops, including 12 females, had been trained at the school so far," School Director Niaz Muhammad Yousafzai was quoted as saying by the News International. "Three sisters - Parveen Gul, Rukhsana and Samina - were among 11 women who completed their training yesterday (on Tuesday). The other female officers who completed the training were from Nowshera, Abbottabad, Hangu, Charsadda, Mardan, Buner and Bannu," Yousafzai said.After passing out parade, the three sisters said that they were trained in light and heavy weaponry besides bomb disposal exercise. "I got attracted to the police force when I would see cops in mobile vans in Karak (her village).

Source: Times of India February 01, 2017 14:37 UTC