Reforming Punjab Police.

Nasir Khan Durrani, the man who reAformed the police in KP was sent to Punjab in 2018 to clean up the accuAmulated mess in the law enforcement appaAratus in the largest province of the repubAlic. Inspector General Durrani opened his innings with enthusiastic energy. His enthusiasm proved to be short-lived. Only after a few months on the job, he stepped down. He spent his spare time at the club like other retired civil servants and finally fell victim to coronavirus in April 2021, thus ending the glorious innings of an able and upright police officer.

Before him, Abbas Khan, another upright officer, held a press conference in the decade of the nineties as IG Punjab.

On June 17, 2014 a tragedy took place in Model Town in broad daylight and under the watchful eyes of the cameras. Live ammuniAtion was reportedly fired by Punjab Police, resulting in the deaths of workers of PakiAstan Awami Tehreek (PAT). There were 17 fatalities, and over 100 injured. Rana SanaulAlah, the current interior minister was blamed for the tragedy and he briefly stepped down as provincial home minister.

Similar ugly scenes were witnessed on May 25, 2022 to stop the peaceful PTI long march. Workers and activists were picked up from their homes without warArants those who resisted were badly beaten and bruised. All exit points of Lahore were blocked. Dr Yasmin Rashid's SUV was badAly damaged when she tried to enter the MoAtorway. Even after the fall of Hamza governAment, neither purging nor punishing the criminals was carried out. Then on NovemAber 03, 2022, an assassination attempt was made on Imran Khan while leading a Long March in Wazirabad. Despite being a popuAlar leader and former PM, he has not been able to lodge an FIR of the...