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| The chubby blue line: Pakistan declares war on obese police | The chubby blue line: Pakistan declares war on obese police |
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| Portly Pakistani police officers have been given until the end of the month to shrink their waistlines below 38in(96cm ) – or get off the streets. | Portly Pakistani police officers have been given until the end of the month to shrink their waistlines below 38in(96cm ) – or get off the streets. |
| A Punjab police spokeswoman, Nabila Ghazanfar, said the province's police chief was determined to "turn the force into a fit one". | |
| She declined to comment on media reports that said 77% of the police in Rawalpindi had girths bigger than 38in, but she acknowledged many were overweight. | |
| She said on Monday that police doctors would measure the force's 175,000 officers at the end of the month. | She said on Monday that police doctors would measure the force's 175,000 officers at the end of the month. |
| Oversized ones would be taken off operational duties, meaning less pay. | Oversized ones would be taken off operational duties, meaning less pay. |
| She said officers are "working out vigorously, jogging, going to the gym and dieting" to try to slim down in time. | She said officers are "working out vigorously, jogging, going to the gym and dieting" to try to slim down in time. |