Citizens of the metropolis of Karachi voiced concern over the rising social issues and demanded just reform in the police system with immediate effect. They expressed their views at a meeting titled 'From Police Order to Police Act' Shehri Citizens for a Better Environment (Shehri-CBE) at a local hotel on Thursday.
'Negative political influence and illiteracy are hindering implementation of police reforms in the country,' they said. Ironically, the meeting that was organised by a civil society organisation was poorly attended by the common citizens, as only 16 citizens, including some journalists attended the meeting.
The Project Director, Police Reforms, Gulmina Bilal Ahmed told Business Recorder that all recommendations would be presented before the legislatures, so that comprehensive reforms could be amended in the Police Ordinance 2002. The citizens participating in the event stressed the need for holding every citizen of the society accountable for the daily businesses without discrimination of caste, colour, political, colonial and family lords.
They added the entire nation should be educated at grass root levels about social, religious and civil ethics. The citizens held both positive and negative opinions regarding the attitude of Police urged the government to reduce all kind of pressure and political or social influence from the functioning of the law agency for better performance of the police.
Further, they said that the appointments of all ranks must be conducted without any influence, while the police should be trained with modern techniques as well as their attitude toward civilians should be improved.
Citing the example of honest police personnel serving as DPO Larkana, Sultan Khawaja, a participant of the meeting said that after his posting as the DPO, snatching incidents and crimes had decreased to nil. A policeman, Hazoor Buksh said that their postings and transfers are ordered as per directives of the CCPO that have created some administrative problems for them.
Talking about the bribe issue, few police personnel and citizens were of the view that it was a chain practice that the lower staffs do on behalf of the top police hierarchy. They demanded that the there should be strict monitoring and accountability system to check the menace.
Commenting on the facilities being provided to police, all the participants unanimously agreed that the governmental system discriminates against the police in comparison to the armed forces including Army and Navy.
The DSP, Training, Tariq Mughal said that although police personnel are being trained, but the training is being conducted at very low level. 'We cannot change the society and its behaviour by giving training to some specific people,' he said adding that the entire nation needed comprehensive education and training at school level.
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