IGP wants 1861 law replaced

Published February 8, 2017

KARACHI: Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sindh, A.D. Khowaja has said that the Police Act, 1861 is the root cause of poor performance of police force, which needed better and updated laws.

He was addressing businessmen at the Karachi Chamber of Com­merce and Industry on Tuesday. The police chief said Police Act, 1861 was enforced by the British to suppress the people but this law was still prevailing in Pakistan.

Published in Dawn, February 8th, 2017

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