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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 and lose pay. | |
A police spokeswoman, Nabila Ghazanfar, said Punjab's police chief was determined to "turn the force into a fit one". | |
She declined to comment on media reports that 77% of officers in Rawalpindi had a girth bigger than 38in, but acknowledged many were overweight. | |
Police doctors would measure the force's 175,000 officers at the end of the month, she said. | |
Oversized ones would be taken off operational duties, meaning less pay. | Oversized ones would be taken off operational duties, meaning less pay. |
Officers were "working out vigorously, jogging, going to the gym and dieting" to try to slim down in time. |