Brutal powers that police enjoy in stations with impunity
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Rawalpindi : What goes on inside the police stations in Punjab could easily be compared with the conditions one would have faced in some concentration camp during the World War-II. Use of ‘Third Degree’ torture and emotional blackmail to extract confessions from the alleged criminals has become part of the interrogation and investigation procedure in the police stations. The darkened police lock up (hawalat), where the interrogation procedure starts is a darkened dungeon, smelling of blood, sweat and even urine of the alleged criminals. The best mode of extracting money (bribe) from the family members of the criminal under interrogation is very simple. Father, or mother, or...