My mother was the unhappiest person in the family when I was offered Police Group after qualifying CSS. She reasoned that I would either be despised or get hurt. Others celebrated the fact that their sibling was a cop now. I could also feel a sense of pride on my father’s face.
Life changed as I became SP sahib – overriding other nicknames. Frankly speaking, serving the police is an honour that gives personal and professional satisfaction. Although many of my colleagues got martyred or were seriously injured in the line of duty, saving people’s lives is the ultimate action one can desire for humanity.
Customarily, the police are the subject of everyday discussion. The institution affects all of us, especially when it comes to life, property and honour. However, there are times when we listen to comments like ‘despite 74 years of independence, we haven’t come out of the colonial mindset and the police are still being used as a colonial force’ or ‘laws seem to be for children of a lesser god’.
When I was in Africa, on a UN mission, a colleague from a developed world once said that like in South Asia, there [in Africa] too, the order of the day was ‘show me the man and I will show you the rule’.
It’s a common desire of citizens, including those who are part of the system, that there should be rapid-response systems for timely police response in case of emergencies. They also ask for reforms in the police departments across Pakistan. On the face of it, it looks quite...
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