PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police force is in hot water after recent incidents of abuse of power by some officers.The police are being criticised for ‘insulting’ a lawmaker and.
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Peshawar cops to be trained about dealing with juveniles, females, transgender persons
Peshawar
April 4, 2021
PESHAWAR: The cops in the provincial capital would be imparted training about dealing with juvenile, female and transgender victims as well as offenders to avoid untoward incidents that occurred recently, officials said on Saturday.
The Capital City Police recently set up Special Juvenile Units to keep a check on the lock-ups and facilitate the juvenile victims and offenders.
There were a number of incidents in recent years in Peshawar and rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in which women, children and transgender persons complained of being tortured, humiliated and deprived of their due rights by the police in the aftermath of any incident.
Solid reforms a must to ensure public respect at police stations
Peshawar
March 17, 2021
PESHAWAR: The death of the grade-7 student in the lock up in the provincial capital has highlighted the need for real and solid reforms at the police station level to ensure basic human rights and respect of every citizen.
An upward trend has been witnessed in complaints of violation of basic human rights of the citizens in custody, during raids and at some checkpoints of police and other law-enforcement agencies across the country.
Many have also complained of being insulted by the cops and personnel of other forces during their interaction with the public in recent years.
Tribesmen in Bara protest killing of student in custody
National
March 17, 2021
BARA: Thousands of people staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against the killing of a student, who died in police custody at the West Cantonment Police Station in Peshawar two days ago.
A large number of protesters, including politicians, members of the Qaumi Councils, social activists, Anjuman-e-Tajiran Bara, shopkeepers and others attended the protest at Khyber Chowk at Bara Bazaar in Khyber district. They demanded the government to provide justice to the family of Shahzeb Afridi and punish the erring cops. The protesters had blocked the main Pak-Afghan highway for four hours.