Sometimes it seems that our police department is only working for the protection of the elite. On the other hand, the ordinary citizen suffers from the alarming increase in crime rate. Living in Islamabad helps in understanding this assertion thoroughly. A city where a large proportion of the elite lives, always has something to show that scorns and ridicules the ordinary citizen. Speeding motorcades of parliamentarians, businessmen and even high ranking government officials try to mock the common man, who waits at the traffic signal, waiting for the motorcade to leave. This disparity has already giving birth to hate and anger among the masses against the elite.
Although, police is making a way forward, but the progress is either too slow, or just an eyewash for the public. The new initiative of citizen police stations is also not receiving any kind of appreciation from the masses. It is time to realise that police is a service for the common man, and not for the elite and powerful.
ZULFIQAR HAIDER
Islamabad
