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K-P eyes police overhaul via amendment in law
New provincial inspectorate to push for greater accountability and limit police department’s powers
A file photo of Peshawar Police personnel. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
It appears, the year 2021 is set to herald a new dawn for systematic improvements within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Police, which has had a significant local, national and international identity. Some of these major changes, which include the setting up of a provincial inspectorate for police monitoring as well as an organisation-wide shift of charge, are directed towards building a positive narrative for the department.
Per official sources privy to the development, the K-P government has been laying the groundwork to produce a new edict, in amendment of the Police Act 2017. Following which, all officers ranging from the ranks of Inspector General (IG), Deputy Inspector General (DIG), and Assistant Inspector General (AIG) to Station House Officer (SHO), will be made
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Has foreign aid impacted police?
No impact appears to have been made thus far in any of those fields or anywhere else
The writer is a practising lawyer. He holds PHD in Political Science and heads a think-tank ‘Good Governance Forum’. He can be reached at [email protected]
Improving performance of the police by providing good physical environment, better salary packages and building capacity have always been hot topics of discussion with all and sundry. With this aim, different reform commissions and national and international bodies have made various recommendations from time to time.
The enactment of the Police Order 2012, and later on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Act have been steps undertaken to remodel and restructure the police on the lines of a functional specialisation in accordance with the democratic aspirations of the people.
Judicial commission confirms police brutality against man
National
December 20, 2020
PESHAWAR: A judicial inquiry commission report on police brutality and inhuman treatment of a man in Peshawar had come to the fore.
Police tortured a man, Radiullah alias Amirey, stripped him naked, made his video and uploaded it on the social media. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government had formed a judicial commission to investigate the incident. Peshawar High Court Justice Lal Jan Khattak investigated the incident. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was severely criticised over the embarrassing Tehkal incident on June 24, 2020.
The commission declared the incident a criminal act and said that the inaction and failure on the part of the police to go by the book against their critics were the root-causes of the untoward incident. Neither the Police Department nor the police officials ever tried to handle the issue in accordance with the law. No report had been registered against the ma