- Speakers ask govt to establish independent oversight, complaint redressal mechanism, standardisation of police law
ISLAMABAD: Association of Former Inspectors General of Police (AFIGP) on Sunday organised a fourth one-day conference of the retired heads of the Police Department.
The conference which was organised with the theme “Future of Police Reforms in Pakistan” was presided by AFIGP President and former inspector general of police (IGP) Iftikhar Rasheed, also a former federal secretary.
The conference passed the resolution of supporting a police and criminal justice system reforms process by the establishment of an independent oversight and complaint redressal mechanism and standardization of the police law.
The conference said that federal and provincial legislatures and all orders of the governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan support structural and functional reforms in policing and in the establishment of independent civilian policing oversight mechanisms, where they do not exist, including civilian participation.
Former police chief Dilshad Najmuddin was the chief guest on the occasion. The conference was attended by more than 100 retired IGPs, serving IGPs besides local and foreign guests. Presentations were made on the subjects of ‘how to enforce rule of law’ by Asad Jahangir, ‘need to rethink policing’ by Tariq Masood Khosa, ‘community policing’ by Taimor Ali Khan, ‘coordination/cooperation among police leadership’ by Akhlaq Ullah Tarar.
Former FIA director general Saud Mirza gave a presentation on the ‘Police Heritage: Sindh Police Museum’. Group discussions were held on topics ‘what went wrong in our efforts to reform the police, how to generate support for police reforms and what should be the role of police leadership, and what would be the most effective method to imbibe technological and modernization needs of policing’.
The groups came up with a number of recommendations. The general body passed various resolutions in which governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Azad Jammu Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and the federal and provincial legislatures had been asked to take measures to ensure that police organisations respect the dignity inherent in the individual during the discharge of their duties in the maintenance of law and order.
