Police in Islamabad lack funds to meet cost of investigation - Pakistan
The capital police have Rs3.5 million for investigation for the year 2020-21. — AP/File ISLAMABAD: The capital police have only Rs400 as the investigation cost for each case, resulting in poor outcome. An officer of the police told Dawn on condition of anonymity that due to shortage of funds, only Rs400 were available to be spent on investigation of each criminal case. As a result, either complainants or the investigating officers have to bear the expense from their pockets. This practice is encouraging corruption in the department, he added. The government is talking about police reforms ...