Under the shadow of violence
THE country is seeing unprecedented violence in the run-up to the elections.

Poll violence realities
PAKISTANIS are concerned about the maintenance of peace during the forthcoming general elections. Suffice it to say, ensuring peaceful elections will be a gigantic challenge for the law enforcement agencies.

The softer option
SOME time ago, 38 ex-militants were released after receiving vocational training at Navi Sahar, an armed forces’ institute in Bajaur.

Targeted killings
TARGETED killing has come to be seen as driven by sectarian, ethnic or terrorist motives. In Karachi targeted killings are pushing certain groups towards isolation.

Gender-sensitive policing
WORLDWIDE perceptions regarding women’s participation in law enforcement are changing, but in Pakistan policing is still a male-dominated career.

Challenges to peace
TERRORISM, militancy, extremism — the challenges to peace in Pakistan are many and myriad, and require being answered at multiple levels.

Police: an isolated force
RECENTLY, the Punjab Police established a model police station in the Vehari district under a provincial government programme to establish 51 such facilities. The thrust of the effort is to transform the ‘thana