Political Context

• Growing Demand
  • From within police
  • Civil society pressure

• Serious Law and Order Challenges
  • Balochistan
  • NWFP
  • Increased International Interest
  • ADB support for access to Justice project
  • Support for counter-terrorism

• Military Govt.’s Struggle for Legitimacy

Police Order 2002 (I)

• Goal – a professional, service oriented and democratically accountable police service
• Duties and Responsibilities Clearly Defined
• Public Oversight Bodies Established
  • National Public Safety Commission
  • Provincial Public Safety & Police Complaints Commission
  • District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission

Implementation Challenges (I)

• Public Safety Commissions not Functional or Effective
  • Delayed establishment
  • Non-cooperative police officers
  • Limited capacity
  • Limited public trust

• Separation of Investigation from Watch & Ward
  • Resistance by Distt. Police Officers
  • Rivalry
  • Under-resourced investigation branch
  • People have to deal with more officers

New Legal Framework

• Office of Deputy Commissioner Abolished
• Local Government Ordinance 2001
• Police Order 2002

Local Government Ordinance 2001

• Powers and Responsibilities Devolved to:
  • District governments – (Distt. Nazim)
  • Tehsil/ Town Municipal Administration (Tehsil/ Town Nazim)
  • Union Administration (Union Nazim)
• Role of District Nazim in Law and Order
• Union Public Safety Committees (UPSCs)

Police Order 2002 (II)

• Mechanisms aimed at Insulating Police Service against Political Interference
• Separation of Investigation from Watch & Ward
• Role of District Govt. vis-à-vis Police:
  • Watch and ward/ law and order
  • Distt. Nazim writes a part of the ‘performance evaluation’ report of Distt. Police Officer
  • Distt. Council elects one-third members for District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission
  • Oversight by Union Public Safety Committees

• Annual Policing Plan

Way Forward

• Ownership by political parties / provincial governments
• Capacity Building of Members of Public Safety Commissions
• Oversight by Parliamentary Committees
• Stronger Civil Society Engagement
• Transparency/ Public Information System