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Policing the police

THE establishment of dedicated Police Complaints Authorities has been a long-standing demand in the discussion on police reforms in Pakistan and India. PCAs were introduced in neighbouring India in 2006…

Impact of a weak police command

IN 2001, the National Reconstruction Bureau was tasked with reforming the governance structure in the country. It took it up at the district level, as the entire edifice of governance…

Police command structure

TO accommodate the rapid expansion of Pakistan’s population, successive provincial governments increased the number of revenue districts. In line with this, the police force and administrative units at the district…

Police excesses

NO united civil liberties movement exists as such in India today. But police excesses have mounted. The movement against the Citizenship Amendment Act has spread all over India. Two conspicuous…

An independent police

The police force is one of the crucial law-enforcement agencies for maintaining law and order in society. It plays a pivotal role in the implementation of the law and enforcement…

Police reforms

The recently released report of the National Corruption Perception Survey 2021 conducted by Transparency International-Pakistan found that more than 40 percent of the participants thought that police was the most…

Police reforms

GOVERNANCE models are undergoing transitions across the world and policing is no different. In the latter context, police-public relations are constantly being debated. Although community policing covers the force’s relations…