Reforming Pakistan’s Police

URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5570&l=1. Source: International Crisis Group.

This report says the current force is incapable of combating crime, upholding the law, or protecting citizens and the state against militant violence. A change in mindset and legislation is needed urgently, because the transition to democracy could falter if deteriorating security gives the military a new opportunity to intervene and justify derailing the democratic process on the grounds of good governance.

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