Abstract

This research seeks to interrogate the overall organizational structure of police in Pakistan with the help of official record of the government of Pakistan. It provides the historical insight of Police reforms under British India. It examines the declassified official record of the Government of Pakistan. Several efforts have been made to reform and develop the police system but to no use. The article probes that British policies were far better than the reforms initiated by Pakistani ruling elite as particularly the institution of police which deteriorated rapidly owing to immense political influence. An effort has also been made to highlight the different phases of Pakistan’s law and order history from 1947-2002.