Kamran Adil is BCL from Oxford University and writes on international law. He currently serves as the Additional Inspector General (Establishment) for the Islamabad Capital Territory Police.
Crime, violence and the economy are interconnected. There have been attempts at the international level to study the correlation between violence and peace through the Global Peace Indices.
The origins of Pakistan’s legal framework of cyberspace have to be traced back to the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 which does not directly refer to information technology or cyberspace.
The justice sector in Pakistan comprises police, prosecution, judges, prisons and the directorate of probation and parole. These components belong to different organizations and each organization is in need of reform.
The colonial powers used their military might to conquer and occupy the land of the countries that they colonized. Later, through culture, language and law they subjugated the people.
While analyzing, many ignore the constitutionality of criminal law, criminal procedure and the law of evidence on this important point; the important question that must be asked is that if criminal justice is a provincial subject.
What type of police reforms will affect corruption and whether it is an organizational or, a cultural issue, are questions that beg serious introspection and research.
At the international level, Pakistan must leverage its position to strike partnerships with other countries and international forums to introduce robust international cooperation and mutual legal aid arrangements.
In Pakistan, each of the provincial police organizations measures criminal activity as per proformas drawn up by senior police leadership administratively. Generally, the proformas are outdated and do not cater to new legislation.
