International human rights organisations must note Police behaviours in Pakistan |
14.06.2004 |
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On June 2, a teenager, Asif Tufail, was shot in the leg by an infuriated policeman with his official rifle. After committing this act of terrorism he drove away on his motorcycle. His three companions, instead of taking the injured youth to a hospital, kept on thrashing him despite his bleeding leg, by police personnel.
Last year, a second-year student was shot dead in Ichhra by the police. Another youth was killed in front of his brother. Recently, a youth was shot dead in Chuhung and his body thrown in a nullah by the police.
Two little girls were gang-raped and subsequently killed by policemen in Karachi. Two women were abducted and raped by policemen in Multan. It is reported that the suicide bomber, who killed 24 people and injured more than 40 others offering Friday prayers in the Imambargah Ali Raza in Karachi was a policeman whose antecedents and character were verified by the police department before selection.
Many young men and women die every day in police custody under mysterious circumstances. A senior officer of the health department died in police custody in March. A senior officer of the DMG group while performing his duty was subjected to severe physical abuse and handcuffed by the police.
Earlier, the SHO Narowal deliberately misbehaved with a civil judge. The latter got him arrested but his senior officer appeared on the scene with a heavy police contingent and forcibly secured his "release". Almost daily cases of such lawlessness and highhandedness of the police are reported in newspapers.
In Balochistan police especially from Punjab feel themselves free of any accounts torture the detainees according to their wishes they blackmail the family members if you can pay the hardships of your relatives can be eased.
So if the people who are responsible their safeties are on the path of criminal wrong doings, then to whom ordinary people should look for help?
Police personnel are recruited by senior officials of their department after verifying their antecedents through their own channels. Surely, these recruits are physically checked, their mental condition and attitude examined and also cleared by psychologists.
These officials are, therefore, fully responsible for their deeds and misdeeds and must be held accountable for the atrocious attitude of the police towards the citizens.
Baloch unity asks every normal citizen to rise up and raze their voices against police gangs and criminals alike. |
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