KP Fact Check ✅
🟠 Claim:
FAK, RAW, and Afghan Propaganda social media accounts are claiming that over 900 personnel of Bajaur Police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have either taken early retirement or resigned due to the security situation.
🟢 Reality:
The claim is false and based on exaggerated, misleading figures.
▪️ According to police sources, the total strength of Bajaur Police is approximately 2700 personnel.
▪️ Over the past six months, only around 70 personnel submitted applications for resignation or retirement on medical or other routine grounds — a normal administrative process within any department.
▪️ There is no evidence of any mass resignation or collapse in morale within Bajaur Police.
▪️ Officials state that certain hostile social media elements are deliberately spreading fabricated statistics to create fear, undermine public confidence, and target the morale of law enforcement and security institutions.
▪️ Ground realities indicate that Bajaur Police, alongside law enforcement agencies and security forces, continue operations against militant elements with full operational commitment and professionalism.
‼️ Spreading unverified numbers and sensational claims without evidence is a common propaganda tactic used to amplify panic and distort the security situation online.
📍 Conclusion:
The viral claim regarding “900 Bajaur Police personnel resigning or taking early retirement” is fake and misleading. Official sources confirm that only around 70 routine resignation/retirement requests were recorded in the last six months, not 900.
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