A Police State? or the State of Police?
I try not to post anything political on my blog, for the simple reason that there are many others devoted to it, and because i dont consider myself an authority (like the other million's of people here) on it. But ever so often, there happens an event, which makes me take stock of whats happening around me.
This incident occured two days back, which on shahrah-e-faisal. Usually, im in my car on the way back home from office, enjoying the music blaring from the radio, so dont worry too much, but on this fateful day, i was in the back of a riskshaw (and that's gonna be another post!).
In front of us was one police mobile, and a minibus. For no apparent reason, other than maybe the policemen were bored, this one policeman sticks his gun out the side of the mobile, and smashes the sideview mirror of the minibus! It shattered to the ground, and the other policemen, with smirks on their faces, drive off. The poor minibus driver had no recourse, but to continue on his route and pretend nothing happened...
Are we really living in a police state? Is there really no accountability? I've heard various debates and other (usually self proclaimed) experts saying things to this effect, but to actually witness an event with my own two eyes was something which served to open my eyes to this fact. The political side of this post was the comment my rikshaw driver after we witnessed this event "jab mulk ka saddar apne kursi kay lye zabardasti karta hai, to uss kee police kyon nahi karay gee zabardasti" (When the president of the nation is using force to keep his seat, why wont his police use force for their end). N.B. This comment does not in anyway represent my views on the current status of the president of my country.
Just a point to ponder upon....
On the flip side, the Capital City Police Force of Karachi has become quite efficient in certain other area's (than giving escort duties to high ranking officials). They respond to call's quickly, and on this one occasion, actually created a lineup of potential suspects in cellphone snatching case in less than 2 hours. This does not mean that the crime rate has gone down here, only that the police force is finally getting of its long (ab)used butt!
Technorati Tags: karachi, pakistan, riskshaw, police
This incident occured two days back, which on shahrah-e-faisal. Usually, im in my car on the way back home from office, enjoying the music blaring from the radio, so dont worry too much, but on this fateful day, i was in the back of a riskshaw (and that's gonna be another post!).
In front of us was one police mobile, and a minibus. For no apparent reason, other than maybe the policemen were bored, this one policeman sticks his gun out the side of the mobile, and smashes the sideview mirror of the minibus! It shattered to the ground, and the other policemen, with smirks on their faces, drive off. The poor minibus driver had no recourse, but to continue on his route and pretend nothing happened...
Are we really living in a police state? Is there really no accountability? I've heard various debates and other (usually self proclaimed) experts saying things to this effect, but to actually witness an event with my own two eyes was something which served to open my eyes to this fact. The political side of this post was the comment my rikshaw driver after we witnessed this event "jab mulk ka saddar apne kursi kay lye zabardasti karta hai, to uss kee police kyon nahi karay gee zabardasti" (When the president of the nation is using force to keep his seat, why wont his police use force for their end). N.B. This comment does not in anyway represent my views on the current status of the president of my country.
Just a point to ponder upon....
On the flip side, the Capital City Police Force of Karachi has become quite efficient in certain other area's (than giving escort duties to high ranking officials). They respond to call's quickly, and on this one occasion, actually created a lineup of potential suspects in cellphone snatching case in less than 2 hours. This does not mean that the crime rate has gone down here, only that the police force is finally getting of its long (ab)used butt!
Technorati Tags: karachi, pakistan, riskshaw, police
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