Police Organisations in Pakistan - Commonwealth Human Rights ...

The Frontier Constabulary is at present asked to:guard FATA and the Frontier Regions (areas between the tribal areasand the so-called settled areas/districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa);stop unlawful activities including kidnapping and checking tribal disputeson the administrative borders between settled areas and the tribal areas;act as second line of defence in times of emergency or war;assist the local administration in times of need for internal security;control and eliminate poppy cultivation and growth and to checktrafficking of narcotics, illegal weapons and smuggling; and perform any other duties assigned by the federal government. 1194.3.8 Capital Territory PoliceInitially established in 1981 under Presidential Orders No. 17 and 18 with 3,484personnel, the Islamabad Capital Territory Police has grown to 10,333 and istasked with policing the capital of Pakistan. 120 Although the Police Order, 2002has not come into force in Islamabad, 121 it is still considered to be one of theleading police forces in the country. With the best salary packages among allpolice forces and a policy to reduce police torture cases, the Islamabad Policeclaim that no petition for habeas corpus was filed in 2009. 122 Since the localgovernment laws are not applicable to Islamabad, the Police Act, 1861 remainsthe policing law for Islamabad. Consequently, Islamabad Police at leasttheoretically works under the general control of the District Magistrate; however,for practical reasons, it works under the direct supervision of the Ministry ofInterior. The Islamabad Police was the first police force to introduce humanrights officers’ positions to reduce the number of public complaints owing topolice excesses.50