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8Revisiting Police Lawsweb.org/pdf/Annual%20Report%202009.pdf (as on 18 December 2010).11 The courts continue to be approached by the general public for registration of First Information Reports even inserious cases. See for example, “LHC CJ takes suo moto notice of rape case”, Daily Times, 12 May 2009: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\05\12\story_12-5-2009_pg7_25; The Lahore High Court took notice ofnon-registration of FIR in case of abduction and murder of a girl.12 Punjab is Pakistan’s most populous province with approximately 60 per cent of the total population. Sindh is thesecond most populous province with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan following at third and fourth numberrespectively. Visit Federal Bureau of Statistics at http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/index.html.13 See Abbasi, Ansar, “The 10-year crime picture gets dirtier”, The News, 23 March, 2010: http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=230503&Cat=2&dt=3/23/2010 as on 20 December 2010.Also see Crime reported by type, Social Statistics - Federal Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website: http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/fbs/statistics/social_statistics/crimes_website.pdf as on 20 December 2010.14 Integrity is inherently linked to efficiency and effectiveness of the police. The Police Order, 2002 does not defineefficiency, effectiveness or integrity but emphasises on efficiency and effectiveness of a police officer; e.g. Sub-Clausexxii-a under Article 2 or the Order defines a responsible officer in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. Similarly,Provincial Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission is supposed to make recommendations for promoting“promoting, integrity, efficiency and effectiveness of Police”, (See Article 80).Increased recorded crime could also mean increased registration of FIRs. It may also mean people are coming forwardto file ever more complaints. Increased population could be another reason for increased recorded crime. Whatever thefactors, the police performance is clearly far below the mark. It may also be noted complaints against the police havealso recorded a sharp increase as shown below.15 “Sindh budget 2010-11 unveiled” The Express Tribune, 11 June 2010: http://tribune.com.pk/story/20537/sindh-budget-2010-11-unveiled/ as on 25 December 2010. For the year 2009-10, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police were allocated 9.7billion rupees, an increase of 47 per cent over the preceding year. The allocation was further raised to 21 billion rupeesfor 2010-11; Hassnain, Zakir, “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa presents Rs 294bn budget with zero deficit”, Daily Times, 13 June2010: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\13\story_13-6-2010_pg1_3. Balochistan has been theleast fortunate. It presents a different set of problems which may be discussed in a different space.16 The budget allocation for the Punjab Police reached Rs. 49.208 billion for year 2010-11; See “Budget for Police deptraised by 13 pc” The Nation, 15 June 2010: http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/15-Jun-2010/Budget-for-Police-dept-raised-by-13-pc as on 25 December 2010.17 Figures do not include complaints entertained by the High Court. Also, desegregated statistics for different criminalcourts subordinate to the High Court are not available.18 Jamal, Asad, (2010), Police Organisations in Pakistan, A CHRI-HRCP joint publication; For an outline of training beingimparted to the police recruits see at pp. 33-40: http://www.hrcp-web.org/pdf/Police_Organisations_in_Pakistan[1].19 Suddle, Mohammad S., Reforming Pakistan Police: An Overview, 120th International Senior Seminar on EffectiveAdministration of Police and the Prosecution of Criminal Justice, 2001: http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/pdf/PDF_rms/no60/ch05.pdf as on 20 December 2010. Dr. Suddle, one of the authors of the Police Order, 2002 and former InspectorGeneral of Police, has argued that the main consideration of the drafters of the Police Act, 1861 was to keep “the nativeson a tight leash”, and not to design a politically neutral outfit for fair and just enforcement of law’ The police organisationwas thus ‘designed to be a public-frightening organisation, not a public-friendly agency’ to be used by the colonialgovernment. He has also argued, among other things, that as a result of dual control the police were rendered “to actas agents of the political executive rather than as instruments of a democratic state”.20 Ibid. Also see Suddle, , Mohammad S., Police-Executive Relationship in Pakistan, paper read at a conference titledPolice Reform in South Asia: Sharing of Experiences organised by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative New Delhi,23-24 March 2007: www.humanrightsinitiative.org/.../police/.../Police-Executive%20Relationship%20in%20Pakistan%20(20032007).doc as on 20 December 2010.21 Chaudhry, M. A. K. (1997), Policing in Pakistan; See pp. 47-49 for a background discussion on how words “generalcontrol and direction” in section 4 of the Police Act, 1861 were left undefined by the British government and how thediarchy created thus may have led to indiscipline in the police organisation. Sections 3 and 4 of the Police Act, 1861,vested superintendence in the provincial government and administration of the police under the general control and