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Replicate the KP Police Act of 2017, appoint professional IGPs

The promise is a part of the PTI's plan to depoliticise and strengthen policing.
Published October 29, 2018

As part of its plan to depoliticise and strengthen policing, the PTI, in its manifesto, claims that it will "replicate the KP Police Act of 2017 across other provinces and appoint professional Inspector Generals".

Source: PTI Manifesto 2018

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October 4, 2021: New roadmap to improve policing in Punjab (read details)

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Feb 11, 2021: External accountability bodies to check police excesses under discussion (read details)

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Feb 28, 2020: Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar replaces Syed Kaleem Imam as Sindh IGP (read details)

Jan 31, 2020: KP govt moves to make public safety bodies function (read details)

Jan 18, 2020: Kaleem Imam to remain Sindh IGP till federal govt makes final decision (read details)

Jan 15, 2020: Sindh cabinet decides to remove IGP for ‘failure’ to improve law and order (read details)

Dec 22, 2020: PM Imran wants to see ‘naya police in naya Pakistan’ (read details)

Jan 04, 2020: PM wants Punjab police reforms on KP pattern (read details)

Jan 01, 2020: KP police chief transferred in less than a year (read details)

Nov 26, 2019: Clueless govt now goes for chief secretary, IGP’s replacement in Punjab (read details)

Oct 04, 2019: Police reforms in Punjab, KP proposed; CM to oversee Special Branch, post senior cops (read details)

Sept 30, 2019: PM directs Punjab to make fresh draft for police reforms (read details)

Sept 29, 2019: Ex-IGPs assail police reforms ‘aimed at strengthening PAS’ (read details)

Sept 26, 2019: Senior police officers threaten resignations over new ‘reforms’ (read details)

Sept 25, 2019: ‘Truncated’ role of police in new scheme of things (read details)

Sept 9, 2019: Rocked by custodial deaths, govt wakes up to police reform promise (read details)

Aug 16, 2019: KP police oversight bodies awaited for two and a half years (read details)

Apr 15, 2019: Punjab police get fourth chief in eight months (read details)

Feb 14, 2019: Police proposal to form dispute resolution panels rejected (read details)

Feb 1, 2019: ToR for police reforms review body raise eyebrows (read details)

Jan 24, 2019: Two years on, police oversight bodies not formed (read details)

Nov 2, 2018: Govt appoints grade-21 officer Amir Zulfiqar as Islamabad IGP (read details)

Sept 20, 2018: IG Imam orders preparation of proposals for Sindh Police reforms (read details)

Sept 17, 2018: Commission to reform police force notified (read details)

Sept 7, 2018: Police chiefs of Punjab, Sindh and KP transferred in shuffle (read details)

May 11, 2019: Police to be trained through special modules (read details)

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