Police Organisations in Pakistan - Commonwealth Human Rights ...

so in every city of Pakistan was never realised because the government wasdismissed in November 1996.In terms of performance, the Women’s Police Station in Peshawar had notregistered a single case until 2004, whereas the one in Abbotabad had registered400 cases by that time. 79 However, the Abbotabad police station, along with theother all-women police stations, were stopped from registering cases in 2002. Astudy revealed that women police officers were not allowed to register FIRs bysenior ranking male officials of the department. 80Although women-only police stations have comprised the main element ofgender parity in Pakistan policing, the situation appears to be slowly changing.Women will shortly be inducted into specialised training programmes for antiterrorsquads. 8132