Inherent investigation system leads to flawed prosecution Islamabad April 4, 2021 Islamabad : The obsolete perceptive investigation system by our law enforcing agencies, especially the Police, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has frequently led to flawed and weak prosecution, benefiting the criminals. Our police, in particular is employing the outdated, colonial means of investigations, mainly revolving around the use of third-degree tactics to draw confessions from criminals, which is almost 90 per cent of cases, are negated in the court of law as drawn under duress, leaving prosecution in quandary. Senior police officials conceded that the use of ‘third-degree’ tactics by the investigators in the police stations to get confessional statements have frequently led to embarrassment in the courts of law.