Corruption continues to pervade police stations
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad :: The question concerning the eradication of ‘Thana Culture`, probably, will remain unanswered as to how can corruption at the police station level is meaningfully curbed. Regardless of accountability at the lower level, corruption continues to pervade the police stations, particularly of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Police officials are caught and suspend the cops on corruption charges but are later cleared for unexplained reasons. Thus the entire action turns out to be eyewash. Former Inspector general of Police, Zulfiqar Cheema, having immense experience of field policing, said when asked about the basic criteria of an SHO, “Two basic qualities, required for the police officers...