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Annual Report 06 Federal Law Enforcement Agencies 2006 National Police Bureau Municipal Road, G-6 Markaz, Islamabad. NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION Telephone: 051-9207717 Fax: 051-9215502 Email: [email protected] Website: www.npb.gov.pk CONTENTS Page Vision i Mission ii Acronyms iii Foreword iv Executive Summary Chapter-1 National Public Safety Commission An Overview 1.1Introduction 1 1.2Functions 2 1.3Secretariat 3 Chapter-2 NPSC: A Resume of Activities During 2006 2.1International Seminar 4 2.2Meetings 6 Chapter-3 Law and Order Situation During 2006 3.1Introduction 8 3.2Crime Situation 8 3.3Bomb Blasts 9 3.4Sectarian Killings 10 3.5Challenges 10 3.6Response to threats 10 Chapter-4 Performance of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies 4.1Islamabad Capital Territory Police 12 4.2National Highways and Motorway Police 13 4.3Pakistan Railways Police 14 4.4Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) 15 4.5Frontier Constabulary 16 4.6National Police Academy (NPA) 17 Vision Chapter-5 Citizen friendly, accountable and Performance of Provincial/Regional Police 5.1Punjab Police 18 depoliticised police force that values 5.2SindhPolice 19 impartiality, transparency and integrity. 5.3 NWFP Police 19 5.4Balochistan Police 20 5.5Northern Areas 21 5.6Azad Jammu & Kashmir 22 Chapter-6 Police Order 2002 Implementation Challenges 23 Chapter-7 National Police Bureau 25 Chapter-8 Mission The Way Forward 30 Annexures To guarantee the operational neutrality of I. Profile of Members of NPSC 31 the police by insulating it from extraneous II. Organisation of NPSC 32 pressures and make it accountable and III. Budget Estimates for 2007-2008 35 responsive to the community. IV. Sanctioned Strength of Posts of NPSC 36 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION i Acronyms Foreword Maintenance of law and order is the prime responsibility of the police. The ANF Anti-Narcotics Force Government of Pakistan introduced police reforms as embodied in the Police Order CCPOCapital City Police Officer 2002 with a special focus on institutionalizing public safety system. The key objective CM Chief Minister of the reforms is to make the police institutions politically neutral, non-authoritarian, CPLC Citizen Police Liaison Committee accountable, service oriented and responsive to the community. The Police Order CPO City Police Officer represents a significant paradigm shift to develop a new and meaningful relationship DG Director General between the police and the public with a spirit to transform it from a coercive tool to an accountable service. DPO District Police Officer FC Frontier Constabulary In this regard an important initiative taken by the Government under Article 85 of the FIA Federal Investigation Agency Police Order is to set up Public Safety Commissions at district, provincial and national IGP Inspector General Police levels to lay down policies and oversee the performance and conduct of law IED Improvised Explosive Device enforcement agencies. LEA Law Enforcement Agency The National Public Safety Commission N(PSC), established on 12 June, 2006 NPA National Police Academy having its permanent secretariat at the National Police Bureau (NPB) is assigned to NPB National Police Bureau oversee functioning of federal law enforcement agencies and recommend reforms NPMB National Police Management Board relating to police, prosecution, prisons, and probation services, coordinate among NPSC National Public Safety Commission provincial public safety commissions and facilitate establishment of Citizen Police Liaison Committees. NWFP North West Frontier Province PPO Provincial Police Officer The year 2006 (from June to December 2006) being the incipient year of NPSC, was PPSPCCProvincial Public Safety & Police Complaints Commission certainly a challenging one. The NPSC regularly held its monthly meetings to resolve RPO Regional Police Officer operational issues and to deliberate upon its mandated tasks including issues TAs Tribal Areas concerning police professionalism and law and order situation in the country during TORs Terms of Reference the year. TNSMTahreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi This Statutory Annual Report required under the Article 92(3)(g) of Police Order 2002, UK United Kingdom is submitted to reflect the performance of the NPSC Commission during its half a year of inception. Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Suddle Secretary April, 2008 National Public Safety Commission ii NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2006 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION iii Executive Summary Realising hte need ot miprove and soften hte police miage and build a positive the complaints of the general public through various mechanisms on the part of the relationship between society and the law enforcement agencies, the Government LEAs. As the vehicular transportation system has increased manifold maintaining the exhibited great willingness and commitment to improve the working of police across road discipline, traffic management and road safety has also became a major issue in the country. law enforcement. Generally, the law enforcement agencies in Pakistan have been used as an Although, the National Police Academy and the Provincial Police Training Institutes oppressive arm of those in power. For a long time after independence the police had are constantly trying to build capacity of the LEAs personnel, there is a constant need been unabashedly politicised and corrupted by the people in power to protect their to improve the methodology, contents and type of courses for enhancing the vested interests and party needs. It adversely affected the delivery of basic professional skills of the police functionaries. responsibilities by the police. Such an approach eroded the respect and trust the people had in the department. To have a police force, which is politically neutral, The NPSC, during its monthly meetings in 2006, reviewed the law and order situation, responsive to community needs and publicly accountable. The Government performance of LEAs, issues and constraints in effective functioning such as lack of promulgated the Police Order 2002, which replaced 141 years old Police Act of 1861. latest weapons and equipments as well as efficiently trained police officers. The As required under Article-85 of the new law NPSC, an independent statutory body for Commission also deliberated on ways and means ofr positively changing police oversight of federal law enforcement agencies was establishment on 12 June 2006. image and culture. The Members of the Commission greatly contributed towards The NPSC was formally inaugurated on 18 August, 2006 by the President of Pakistan. devising a policy mechanism to ensure public safety at all levels. The first year of the NPSC establishment was not an ordinary year. The year The present report covers only a period of 6 months (i.e July to December 2006) witnessed growing acts of terrorism and deteriorating Law and Order situation in the outlining the activities of NPSC. It also highlights the performance of Federal Law country. However the Commission kept moving towards achieving its objectives and Enforcement Agencies and NPB (which is the Secretariat of NPSC). The report also continued to keep vigilant eye at the working of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). touches upon some of the challenges in implementation of the Police Order 2002. The Commission also had an introductory meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan on 6 July 2007. The Commission visited the United Kingdom from 29 October to 12 November 2006 to study hte working of Police Authorities ni England & Wales, Northern rIeland Policing Board, Independent Police Complaints Commission and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. Another objective of this visit was to learn about community policing as practiced in the developed world. Terrorism is not only the challenge that the LEAs have been facing, the socio- economic conditions of the people particularly the poverty and illiteracy, and growing urbanisation are the major causes of criminal activity. Despite having limited resources, both human and logistic, vis-à-vis the criminals, the LEAs endeavoured to improve their working during the year 2006. There is an increasing trend to address iv NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2006 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION v CHAPTER 1 National Public Safety Commission: An Overview eligible candidates forwards the names of persons twice the number of Independent members to the President of Pakistan. 1.1Introduction The members of the NPSC during 2006 were as follows: As erquired under Article 85 of Police Order 2002, hte Federal Government notified hte establishment of the NPSC on June 12, 2006 which was formally inaugurated by the President Mr. Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Federal Minister for Interior Chairperson of Pakistan on August 18, 2006. The Commission is an independent statutory body Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Suddle, DG NPB Secretary responsible for providing policy guidance on matters related to enhancing human security and Lt. Col. (R) Ghulam Rasul Sahi, MNA Member quality of life of citizens; ultimately contributing towards a safer environment for investment and Ms. Shabina Talat, MNA Member other economic activities. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan, MNA Member Begum Ishrat Ashraf, MNA Member Pakistan is one of the few countries in the world where such a Public Safety Commission is Maulna Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, MNA Member established to work for improvements in policing and public safety matters. It is second only to Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari, MNA Member Japan in
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