Police now under full political grip: Akbar Ali

Dr Akbar Ali Khan, former caretaker government adviser and also an ex-Cabinet secretary, has alleged that the country’s police administration is now working under full political control. He also cautioned that the situation will deteriorate further if necessary steps are not taken. ‘If a police commission is not formed, necessary laws for police are not amended, the situation will deteriorate,’ he told a discussion held on Saturday at National Press Club marking the 7th anniversary of separation of the judiciary. Akbar Ali further said, ‘Before the separation of the judiciary from the executive branch, there was a certain control of magistracy over the police which the British rulers had introduced in the country. Then there was a nominal system to control the police.’ He said the separation of the judiciary from the executive branch is not the only solution but it is necessary to bring changes in the police administration. Criticising the huge judicial backlog and delay in the disposal of cases, he said now the country’s judiciary is at stake. ‘If it takes 50-100 years for settling the cases, then this judicial system is meaningless for people. In this situation, we can’t say there’s any judicial system in the country right now,’ he added, according to a news agency.