The distinguished Professor Mr. Roger Hood of Oxford University invited Mr. Fasihuddin for a lunch and visit to the Oxford on June 23, 2011. The honourable Professor Roger Hood has done excellent work on the development and history of criminology, criminal law and sentencing in the UK. His late contribution on Death Penalty has received international applause from all over the world. His recent projects for the UN and UK on the perceptions and trends on capital punishment has tremendous insight and guidance for many to follow. Prof. Roger Hood introduced the President of PSC to the Director of the Institute of Criminology, University of Oxford, Prof. Ian Loader where both had a discussion on the situation of crime in Pakistan, criminal justice system, police and policing in Pakistan. Prof. Ian loader appreciated the work of Pakistan Society of Criminology and its publications, especially the Pakistan Journal of Criminology. The Oxford Institute of Criminology is one of the highest seats of learning in the discipline of crime-studies, and the PSC expects its support and patronage in its future academic endeavours.

The President of PSC, Mr. Fasihuddin was invited to a talk on the “Cause of Radicalism and Policing Terrorism in Pakistan” by the Centre of Applied Criminology, University of Huddersfield, UK on June 21, 2011. Prof. Alex Hirschfield, the Director of the Centre, other academics and research fellows appreciated the presentation and the efforts of the Pakistan Society of Criminology for an indigenous research work on the serious problems being faced by Pakistani nation and its law-enforcement agencies. The President of PSC and Editor-in-Chief of the Pakistan Journal of Criminology later on visited Foreign and Commonwealth Office at King Charles Street, London on June 22 and met the senior UK officers of the Counter-terrorism Department. The various constraints of the Pakistani police, especially of the KPK Police Department in combating radicalism and terrorism remained the focus of discussion. The present provincial chief of KPK Police has a vision of enhancing the capacity of the under-resourced KPK Police to effectively fight terrorism, reduce the chances of extremist feelings and opportunities, train the local police on conducting scientific investigation, and also wish to make them a human-rights friendly police. We expect a change in the department in the years to come, provided sufficient resources are available and the KPK Police find a committed and honest team of officers to turn this desire into a reality. The UK Government has shown interest into this new initiatives.

The Annual meeting of the Asian Association of Police Studies (AAPS) was held at the University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA on June 13—15, 2011. The President of PSC, Mr. Fasihuddin (PSP) participated in the meeting and presented his paper on his concept of the Human Rights Friendly Policing Model in Pakistan. The meeting was attended by academics and practitioners from Taiwan, China, USA, Korea, Japan and Poland. Some of the representatives didn’t make up to the meeting. The meeting remained successful especially due to the hardwork of Dr. David Schroader, Dr. Mario Thomas Gaboury, Dr. Changwong Pao, Mr. Michael Figoritto and many others. The most interesting part of the meeting was a two-hours special lecture by the renowned forensic scientist Prof. Dr. Henry C. Lee of the UNH, USA. The next meeting was (tentatively) decided to be hosted by the China Criminal Police University, Shiquan Wang, China.

Report on new Data Collection System for child victims and juvenile offenders in KPK and two of the special issues of Pakistan Journal of Criminology were launched at Peshawar on Thursday, 30 Dec. 2010. All the documents were produced by Pakistan Society of Criminology, an association of police, law-enforcement officials, researchers and civil society. The launching ceremony was attended by scholars, media, NGOs and police officials. Prof. Dr. Farhana Jehangir, Vice Chancellor of the Frontier Women University was the chief guest. The Report on Juvenile Justice Indicators is the first ever comprehensive and detailed document which is based on the newly designed data collection system in KPK Police. This system was design by a senior police officer, Mr. Fasihuddin (PSP), who is also the President of Pakistan Society of Criminology. The Report will set a direction for data collection, which is now scientifically compiled and analysed, for a nation-wide data on child victims and juvenile offenders. Pertinent to mention, such indicators were never compiled and analysed, which is a pre-requisite for the National Report on Children Rights submitted to the UN Sub-Committee on Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). This report is being published with support from Save the Children, Sweden. Fasihuddin (PSP) and Mr. Ejaz Ahmad elaborated the various findings of the Report. Pakistan Society of Criminology also launched the two special issues of Pakistan Journal of Criminology. One of the Special Issues is focused on Criminal Justice System of Pakistan, which is edited by a scholar from Norway, Dr. Paul Petzschmann. The issue comprises original research papers on the various aspects of police, prosecution, courts, prisons and probation system in Pakistan. Critical evaluation of the existing criminal justice institutions is given by the contributators with practical suggestions, based on empirical research and verifiable data. “There is not a single book on the subject so far and this special issue will serve as the first introductory book on the CJS in Pakistan,” said Syed Khizar Shah, Deputy Director, Ministry of Human Rights. The special issue on Policing and Transnational Crime comprises of research articles from national and international scholars on various topics like cyber-crime, human-trafficking, community policing, police leadership, money- laundering and agitation on Danish cartoons. The Chief Guest, Dr. Farhana Jehangir, VC, Women University lauded the services of the Pakistan Society of Criminology for its continued efforts in developing an indigenous body of criminological literature and its commitment to the human rights and juvenile justice. “Our university will collaborate with Pakistan Society of Criminology and other stakeholders for promotion of criminology and research”, she said.

Pakistan Society of Criminology organized a One Day Seminar on Human Trafficking and Child Trafficking in Pakistan on Thursday November 25th, 2010. The seminar was attended by more than 200 participants including high level officials of the government, law enforcement agencies, academics from universities and civil society. The seminar was supported by AUSAID and Save the Children Sweden. Ms. Sitara Ayaz, Provincial Minister for Social Welfare and Women Development, KPK, was the Chief Guest of the session. The speakers highlighted the issue of human trafficking, smuggling of migrants, problems of immigration staff, problem and problems of deportees, child trafficking and the response of law enforcement agencies towards the complex issue of human trafficking.. Mr. Fasihuddin, Director, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and President, Pakistan Society of Criminology, spoke on the challenges and response towards the phenomena of human trafficking. He mentioned that there is a dearth of officially published statistics on human trafficking in Pakistan. Some of the NGOs publish their statistics, based on mere estimations which are neither valid nor reliable and causing damage to Pakistan’s image in the international community. Mr. Syed Akhtar Ali Shah, Additional Inspector General (Special Branch), KPK Police spoke on the police response towards the menace of human trafficking. He mentioned that more than 500 traffickers were detained during last year. He emphasized on a larger role for the police as mentioned in a recent resolution of the KPK Provincial Assembly. Mr. Imran Ahmad Sajid, Ph.D. Research Scholar of the Department of Social Work, University of Peshawar highlighted the issue of deportees and the problems faced by them. He added that thousands of Pakistanis get deported back to Pakistan each year, with no proper investigation and victims support services to them. Mr. Alamzeb, Assistand Director, FIA, Immigration, spoke on the problems of Immigration Staff. Lack of information sharing was a huge external problem for the immigration authorities, as highlighted by Alamzeb. Mr. Khurram Gondal, representative from Save the Children Sweden, sensitized the session on child trafficking for camel jockeys. Poverty, desire for a better future and lack of education were presented as a few causes of child trafficking, according to his research. The honourable Chief Guest, Ms. Sitara Ayaz appreciated eth efforts of PSC for the development of criminology and for organizing this seminar on human trafficking. She mentioned that the participation of civil society is necessary for dealing with the all forms of crimes including human trafficking, and migrants smuggling, including bonded labour, forced prostitution, forced marriages, camel jockeys. She suggested that Social Welfare Department will be in a leading role with other stakeholders for research and service delivery projects as for as the organized crimes are concerned. She lauded the efforts of FIA and Police officials for joining hands with other departments and civil society for a common cause of fight against crime.

The President PSC Fasihuddin (PSP) was selected for a Fellowship Award by the Australian National University (ANU), the subject of which was “Bridging the Research and Policy Divide”. The course was basically designed on the new concept of I2S (Implementation and Integration System), a new research-methodology developed by the famous scholar of ANU, Prof. Gabriele Bammer. The participants from Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, China and East Timor, worked on the subject-matter and devised excellent presentations on Case Studies and Policy Brief/Action Plans on a variety of issues, equally important for researchers and practitioners of Australia and the world at large. This programme is extremely important for Australian educational institutions to share their knowledge and experiences with the underdeveloped countries for peace and security across the globe. The interactive, reflective and experiential learning style of the programme was one of the fascinating aspects of the Fellowship. Meanwhile, Fasihuddin (PSP) was invited to the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) to present on the Development of Criminology in Pakistan and the Criminal Justice System of Pakistan. The AIC Director Dr. Adam Smith and the President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSC), Dr. Russell Smith and other scholars of the AIC appreciated the efforts and role of PSC in Pakistan. The PSC and ANZSC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation and collaboration for promotion of criminology, research and police studies between the two countries. The President PSC was also invited by the Australian Federal Police to the Police Academy at Canberra to speak on the Causes of Terrorism/Radicalism in NWFP/Police in Combating Terrorism. The officers and under-training probationers attended the session. The AFP officers expressed their deep interest in and appreciation of the Pakistan Journal of Criminology as a research-based initiative of the PSC.

The Special of Pakistan Journal of Criminology on Violence against Women and Women Rights (Vol.2, No.2, April, 2010) was launched at Peshawar on 29 June, 2010. Mrs. Asam Alamgir, MNA and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan was the Chief Guest. The Journal includes articles from local and foreign experts on the various legislations and data-gaps on women rights. The Addl. IGP (Investigation) Mr. Akber Khan Hoti (PSP), veteran Journalist Mr. Sharif Farooq, Prof. Dr. Sarah Safdar, University of Peshawar, Mr. Asghar Mehmood, Country Director Save the Children Sweden and Mr. Farmanullah Anjun, Director Higher Education Commission of Pakistan KPK, spoke on the importance, role and contribution of Pakistan Journal of Criminology. The Chief Guest Mrs. Asma Alamgir gave a detailed account of the present Government’s initiatives for women rights.

The Special Issue of Pakistan Journal of Criminology (Vol.2, No. 1, Jan. 2010) was launched in the National Police Academy, Islamabad which is focused on Terrorism, Organized Crimes and Law-Enforcement. The Ambassador of Sweden Mrs. Ulrika Sundberg was the Chief Guest on the occasion. She said that Pakistan law-enforcement agencies should join hands and coordinate effectively in curbing the serious organized crimes like terrorism. She appreciated the role of Pakistan Society of Criminology which has embarked upon the criminological research and bridging the gap between practitioners and researchers. Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control Division, Mr. Tariq Khosa spoke on the topic of organized crime and international cooperation and demanded the international community to extend real and tangible cooperation to Pakistan without dictation and conditionalities. The Additional Chief Secretary FATA Mr. Habibullah Khan spoke that any alien change to the socio-cultural environment without prior development and education will be detrimental. Mr. Syed Shabbir Ahmad, the Commandant Police Academy underlined the need for an indigenous literature of criminology and policing sciences. Mr. Fasihuddin, the President of Pakistan Society of Criminology emphasized the need of a national criminal justice policy and national crime prevention policy. The Chief Guest distributed the Criminology Awards to Mr. Nazir Ul Hassan, Senior Researcher, National Police Bureau, Mr. Syed Akhtar Ali Shah, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mardan, Mr. Muhammad Masood Khan, Principal Central Jail Staff Training Institute, Lahore, Mr. Abdul Khalique Sheikh, DIG Police East Karachi, Mr. Paul Petzchmann, from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Mr. Mashhood Ahmad Mirza, Director Federal Ombudsman, Peshawar, Mr. Jawad Ullah Khan, Programme Manager, Save the Children Sweden, and Mr. Nisar Ahmad, SP Administration, National Police Academy, for their excellent contribution to the criminological literature and good police practices.

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Government of Norway, arranged a two-day workshop on Police Reforms and Community Policing in Pakistan, at NUPI office, Oslo, Norway, on March 22-23, 2010. NUPI has strong interest in the study of civil security sector in Pakistan. NUPI has initiated some of its good projects in this respect. Fasihuddin (PSP) spoke on the historical developments in the NWFP/FATA leading to radicalism and political intolerance. The police sacrifices and impediments in combating terrorism were highlighted by him. Mr. Khalid Aziz, former Chief Secretary of NWFP, also presented on the situation of Swat and the reasons for targeting female education by Taliban. The workshop was organized by Dr. Paul Petzschmann, who has remarkable contributions in the field of research on Pakistani Police. D. Paul has a strong desire to develop Pakistan’s civil security sector.

The Oslo University organized the 1st; International Symposium on Death Penalty in Asia in Oslo, Norway on March 17-20, 2010. Death Penalty is a serious human rights issue in the current debate on criminal justice. Few countries are left who have to abolish the death penalty. There is a dearth of literature, research studies, reports and data on death penalty in Pakistan. Fasihuddin (PSP) attended the Symposium and presented his paper on “Death Penalty in Pakistan”. Many world renowned scholars and experts on death penalty attended the meeting. Prof. David T. Johnson (USA), Prof. Borgo Bakkan (Hong Kong), Prof. Miyazawa (Japan), Prof. Roger Hood UK) and Dr. Lill Sherdan (Norway) presented their scholarly works on the relatively least-touched area of Death Penalty. Dr. Lill intends to write a book on the subject which will be a valuable addition to the available literature.

In collaboration with GTZ and ICRC, the Dhaka Police organized a conference on the Gender-Responsive Community Policing in Asia at Mirpur Police Staff College, Dhaka on March 2-5, 2010. Fasihuddin (PSP), Director General Human Rights, Conflict-Resolution and Peace-Making, NWFP Police attended the conference. Mr. Fayyaz Mir, Addl. IGP. Training Punjab, Mr. Dost Ali Baloch, AIG, Sindh Police and Dr. Khola Irum attended the conference as a delegate from Pakistan. The search for a community policing model was coupled completed with the idea of gender-responsiveness and a new community engagement approach was thoroughly debated in the context of Asia. Scholars and police officers from Asian countries participated in the conference.

The President of PSC and other senior police officers from the National Police Bureau attended a training workshop on Juvenile Justice Information Systems for child abuse and juvenile offenders in Kathmandu, Nepal on Nov. 4-7, 2008. A relatively new concept and highly computerized data collection techniques were introduced to the participants from Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal. The workshop was an excellent innovative activity with a desire to standardize the existing but disparate data collection methods, widely different in different countries. The participant countries were asked to prepare an Action Plan for 2009 for introducing computer-based information indicators on various juvenile justice processes. The plan is likely to be supported by UNICEF and UNODC. The National Police Bureau of Pakistan has the responsibility to submit an Action Plan, based on SMART approach (Simple, Measurable, Accurate, Realistic and Timed). The opportunity to standardize our data collection at national and international levels should be availed properly and timely.

Like children rights issues, the North-West Frontier Police took the initiative to join hands with the civil society and HR activists in protecting women against all kinds of violence and torture. The NWFP Police and Aurat Foundation, a famous NGO, held one day training seminars on Nov.15,2008 which was thickly participated and widely carried by local and national media. The Additional Inspector General of NWFP Police Mr. Abdul Latif Gandapur was the Chief Guest. Other speakers spoke on women rights, violence against women, laws (national & international)related to women and the role of police in promoting women’s rights, collection of verifiable data on all forms of violence against women and how to work with other national and international bodies in the prevailing circumstances of male chauvinism, intolerance, flagrant violence and fragile law and order situation, the victims of which are generally the vulnerable groups-women, elderly and children. People have high expectations of the police and the police have to improve their public image through better coordination with the civil society.

The President of Pakistan Society of Criminology visited China from November 23rd to December 1st, 2008. He was invited by the Peoples Public Security University of China where spoke to the students and police officers on ‘Identification of Potential Terrorism and Talibanization in Pakistan’ and ‘The Long War on Terror and US/Nato Airstrikes on Pakistan’s Territories’. China, a rising world economic power, an all weather friend and a close neighbour of Pakistan, is committed to fight terrorism in all its manifestations China wants to help all communities who are the direct or indirect victims of terrorist activities. Pakistan and China can explore many opportunities of mutual law-enforcement cooperation and collective efforts to combat terrorism and other serious organized crimes like drugs trafficking, money laundering and human trafficking. The Pakistani Police need much help from the Chinese Police which are rapidly modernizing in all aspects.

The President of PSC attended the 8th Annual Meeting of ESC, at Edinburgh University, Scotland on September 5-8, 2008. Fasihuddin (PSP) presented a paper on “ US-Long War on Terror, Peace Deals with Militants and US/NATO Air strikes”. There is no announced Anti-Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism Policy in Pakistan. The debate on development, dialogue and deterrence, 3Ds, it seems to be a replica of the 3Ds of Pentagon, but has no clear-cut contours. No one knows which one D precedes the other and in what sequence they revolve and with what frequency. Pakistan needs a well-thought Counter-Terrorism Policy with nationally agreed components of operational and strategic narratives. It needs vision, resources and a stakeholders’ analysis.

A thickly participated “International Conference For Law-Enforcement Cooperation” was organized by the Turkish Institute for Security and Democracy, (TISD) Washington DC, on October 16-17, 2008. The conference was attended by the President of PSC who spoke about the need of international law-enforcement cooperation amongst the participant countries Pakistan, especially in the area of organized crimes like drugs, human trafficking, arms smuggling and global terrorism. The President PSC appreciated the role of young officers of the Turkish National Police, notably Dr. Samih Teymur, Dr. Ahmet. S.Yalya and Dr. Hasan Buker and many others who have completed their higher studies in the USA and are now engaged in various research and academic activities, including exploring meaningful opportunities of cooperation and collaboration between Turkey and other neighboring countries of Asia, South Asia and Central Asia and also with the developed world. The conference was supported by the Virgina Tech and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The details can be seen on TISD website (www.thetisd.org) email: infor@thetisd.org .

The UNICEF and Laws & Justice Commission of Pakistan, (LJCP), have jointly launched new initiatives of awareness, capacity-building and effective involvement of the people of Criminal Justice System of Pakistan in making the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO 2002) a reality across the country. A three day training workshop on ‘Juvenile Justice System, Diversion and Restorative Justice’ was arranged by the UNICEF and LJCP in Islamabad on Dec. 15, 2008. The Secretary LJCP, Dr. Faqir Hussain, and Dr. Riffat Sardar from UNICEF were behind this fruitful training workshop, which was attended by 39 officers from judiciary, police, probation and prison departments. The President of PSC, Fasihuddin (PSP) who is also the Chairman of the Police Child Protection Committee (PCPC), NWFP, along with other senior members of the PCPC participated in the workshop. A young and brilliant scholar, having his PhD in juvenile justice, Dr. Don Capriani was the principal speaker and trainer. The workshop was a real and serious academic activity and an excellent opportunity of interaction, especially between ‘the courts’ and ‘the police’, who otherwise act independently of each others’ sensitivities! The need for a true and scholarly empirical research of relatively practical relevance on juvenile issues was felt by all. The LJCP, Govt: of Pakistan offers the opportunity to all scholars, researchers and practitioners to send their research proposals on the subject. The PSC extends its support to all such academics and researchers. (Report by Ms Umaimah Anwar Khan, Bar-at-Law)

The enormity and gravity of the problem of trafficking in persons in and out of Pakistan demand a serious multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral approach on part of the law-enforcement agencies with emphasis on preventive intelligence and development of a comprehensive model of intelligence- led policing (ILP) by all the four provincial police departments in collaboration with the national and international organizations”, said the President of PSC in his presentation on ‘Human Trafficking in Pakistan and the Role of Police’ in a seminar on the ‘Issue of Illegal Migration, Human Trafficking and Smuggling’ held in Peshawar on Dec. 19, 2008. The seminar was organized by a group of NGOs, BEFARe and Action-Aid in connection with a project, funded by the European Union. “ The police have much human resources, presence and infrastructure across the country as compared to other law-enforcement agencies, and their involvement in gathering intelligence on criminal markets engaged in organized and transnational crimes, the burgeoning of internal trafficking into a global crime continuum and the victim rehabilitation and reintegration could be of immensely positive results, provided the local police are given proper capacity-building training, surveillance equipments, financial resources, and provided the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is extended to the local police”, he elaborated. Mr. Muhammad Amin spoke on ‘Migration, Irregular Migration, Human Trafficking & Smuggling Pakistan-Perspective’. The Director Legal, FIA, Haji Muhammad Azam spoke at a length on the various legal and practical issues related to Human Trafficking and Smuggling in Pakistan. The lack of indigenous research, non-availability of data and poor record compilation system in the country was lamented by all in the seminar. The PSC offers to undertake serious academic research and analysis on the subject provided there is a commitment, patience and cooperation by the stakeholders.

The President of PSC, Fasihuddin, visited the Philippines for an orientation tour to the Child Protection Unit (CPU) at Philippines General Hospital and the women and Children Protection Center at the Police Headquarters, the former headed by Dr. Bernadette J. Madrid and the later by the first women Police General, Gen. Tanigue, both are widely known for their excellent academic and professional career and contribution in the Philippines. They have a good and committed team of proficient knowledge workers and officers. The CPU was found in 1997 and in a short span of time became famous for its services throughout the country, and now hopefully be replicated in other parts of the world. Child abuse, especially the sexual abuse is the greatest concern of the CPU. The CPU now successfully imparts training to doctors, nurses, government officers and social workers on the various aspects of child abuse, child treatment, child rehabilitation and child reintegration, both to native and foreign trainees. A few batches of senior Pakistani medical doctors and social workers got benefited from this training programme at CPU which also includes examination and practical work. The CPU coordinated with the local police and within a period of ten years imparted training to almost the whole of the Philippines police (1,20,000) on matters related to child abuse and protection which ultimately led to a separate but fully equipped Women and Children Protection Center. The main Center is in Metro Manila, under the able command of General Tanigue. All these centers are based on a ‘One-Stop holistic approach. Though there is enough room for further improvement in these centers, however, we in Pakistan, should replicate these models, initially, at least one in each provincial police headquarters and one in each mega hospital. In our country, the major emphasis is on mass-awareness type of activities, with somewhat politically-motivated seminars and conferences in super star hotels, etc, but no concrete, visible and practical or research-based work has been done so far by any NGO or an international organization. Not even a data base is developed on children in conflict with law, not even a single protection center of enviable nature is established, and not even a proper and empirically- tested research is done on various kinds of child abuse or juvenile offences/offenders. The Philippines Unicef office has a lot to these valuable centers for their actual/ practical services, their research work and their various training manuals and published reports.

The President of PSC, Mr. Fasihuddin, alongwith PSC associates, often carries out community visits at village level in district Mardan and Charsadda, whenever there is a holiday or some special occasion. In these ‘meet-the-public’ sessions, an open discussion is held on various vital local, national and international issues, for example, the war on terror, the condition of human rights in Pakistan, especially children and women rights, the socio-economic development of the community, the promotion of education, the problem of drug abuse and crime situation in the area, etc. People speak their mind openly, express their views directly and interact with one another in a cordial and informal way. This gives the PSC an opportunity to interact with the general masses, assess their viewpoint, gather information on local social and crime problems, evaluate their assessment of the law-enforcement and obviously, know about their expectations and cooperation with the criminal justice system of the country. This is also an opportunity of ‘People-out reach’, public education and awareness. This helps the PSC in making sense of the local social problems and gathering much stuff for carrying out an indigenous research. Some of these community gatherings can be seen in the following pictures:

The various counter-terrorism strategies, e.g; the 4 Ps of the UK, now consist de-radicalization as an integral component of the over all strategy. This seems to be an additional aspect of the muslims engagement and ‘people outreach’ approach. Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, Yeman, Indonesia and Egypt, etc, have successfully launched their de-radicalization programmes with the support of the government and religious scholars. However, in some places, the de-radicalization programmes became exceedingly successful, and at others turned out to be a partial success. The NWFP police requested the US Ambassador for providing the consultancy and expertise of Mr. David Hunsicker, a US muslim scholar and a specialist on conflict resolution and de-radicalization, who came to Pakistan and spent one week in Peshawar (April 10-15, 2009). The President of PSC, Fasihuddin, being his focal person on behalf of the NWFP police remained present in all his meetings with renowned religious scholars, high police officers and civil bureaucrats, FATA experts, members from civil society, senior media analysts and reporters, senior officers from prison department and judiciary. The US muslim scholar and top USAID official from Washington DC, who is an expert on Islamic history also, will now present a policy recommendation document to the NWFP police and the US government for a joint and workable intervention system aimed at the possible and early rehabilitation of prisoners and the youth at risk.

A team of Spanish News Agency EFE called on the President of PSC, Fasihuddin on April 17, 2009. They also met a group of lady police officers. Mr. Igor G. Barbero led the team. The journalists discussed with the President PSC the current situation of law and order and police problems in the NWFP. The journalists took immense interest in the problems of women police especially their training, recruitments, promotion policies and any special welfare programmes for them. The team expressed their astonishment and concern over the inadequate facilities and lack of modern weapons, transport, infrastructure and equipments in the police in general and in the NWFP Police in particular.

Change is always and everywhere resisted, no matter it brings new ideas, new technologies, new concepts, new approaches and new commitments. Some innovations are readily accepted, others make their way slowly and gradually. However, some initiatives are very well-received, and certainly leave profound impact on the society, the organizations involved and the community at large. In Pakistan, recently the Police Act, 1861 was repealed by a new police law, called the Police Order, 2002. Despite this major change, the concomitant Police Rules of 1934 (three volumes) remained unchanged. Chapter XXII of the Police Rules 1934, deals with the Police Station and the criminal record therein maintained manually by the Police-Station Clerk and other senior officers. This record is extremely comprehensive and consists of 25 major registers with its constituent parts, all 50 in number. These 50 registers in total cover each and every thing in a police station area jurisdiction regarding crimes, criminal process, arrest, investigation, prosecution, conviction and criminal intelligence, etc. However, despite its comprehensiveness and pervasiveness, this record was lacking in data/record system on crimes against children and women. The lack of proper statistics often make problems for Pakistan at national and international forums, including the UN Committees. Since May, 2008, the NWFP Police launched a well-thought programme of police sensitization on issues of children rights, child abuse and children in conflict with law. A number of initiatives were taken, and some new proformas were designed. After a year of various training workshops for the police officials with the cooperation of and collaboration with all stakeholders, national NGOs, (PPA, SPARC, Aurat Foundation, etc), international organizations (UNICEF, UNIFEM, Save the Children, Sweden) and with the patronage of the Inspector General of Police, NWFP, new registers for crimes against and abuse of children, and crimes and violence against women were printed by Save the Children, Sweden, Regional Directorate of Human Rights and UNIFEM, and distributed to all 218 Police Stations in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The NWFP Police Chief issued separate Standing Orders for each new register. The process got completed with the launching ceremony of the new data collection system on April 24th, 2009. This will now enable the collection of valid, verifiable and comprehensive statistics on crimes against children and violence against women. This system will cover nearly all the juvenile justice information indicators (both quantitative and policy indicators) as envisioned by the UN. The NWFP Police have set an example for the rest of the provincial police in the other three provinces of Pakistan and the Capital Police of Islamabad. This process was made possible due to the personal supervision and academic input by the President of Pakistan Society of Criminology, Fasihuddin, who is also the Director Research and Development, NWFP Police and the Chairman of the Police Child Protection Committee, NWFP Police. The study of Pakistan Police in this case will be of good academic interest to the scholars of comparative research and comparative criminology and policing.

A Norwegian scholar Laila Bokhari visited Peshawar and called on Fasihuddin, the President of Pakistan Society of Criminology and Director Research and Development, NWFP Police on April 20, 2009. The second Secretary of the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Mr. Lars Christie was also present in the meeting. A well-known scholar of Islamic Studies at the University of Peshawar, Prof. Dr. Qibla Ayaz was especially invited to the discussion. The researcher had special interest in the root causes of militancy in the NWFP, the tactics, techniques and finances of terrorists organizations and the response of criminal justice system and issues of law-enforcement. Laila Bokhari had a special interest in the de-radicalization process, and focused on how to evolve and develop a local de-indoctrination strategy for the people at risk to save them from slipping into the hands of militant groups.

It is stated with immense pleasure that the Pakistan Journal of Criminology, (Number 1, Volume 1, April, 2009) is published. The formal launching ceremony of the journal was held on May 8, 2009 at the National Police Academy, Islamabad. The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Mr. Faisal Karim Khan Kundi was the chief guest. The Commandant, National Police Academy, Mr. Mirza Muhammad Ali (PSP), the Director General, Federal Judicial Academy, Mr. Moazzam Hayat, the Country Director of UNIFEM, Ms. Alice Shackelford and the President of Pakistan Society of Criminology, Fasihuddin (PSP) spoke on the occasion. The speakers highlighted the importance and need of criminology education and criminological research in Pakistan. An academic evaluation and critical review of the journal was presented by the speakers. The launching ceremony was attended by the parliamentarians, the UN officials, diplomats, police officers, members of the judiciary, media reporters, members of the Pakistan Society of Criminology, civil society and the probationer police officers of the 11 Initiative Command Course at the National Police Academy, Islamabad. The present issue contains articles on drones attacks, poppy-cultivation, cyber crimes and suicide bombers. Those who have contributed articles and messages, and those who are on the esteemed advisory and editorial board will get a free copy, which will be sent to their addresses. The abstracts are freely available on the PSC website. Those who are interested to have a personal copy can get it from Saeed Book Bank and Mr. Books in Islamabad, London Book Agency, Saeed Book Bank and University Book Agency in Peshawar and Muneeb Book House,1 –Turner road, Lahore.

The Acting President of Pakistan and Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Dr. Fehmida Mirza reiterated the need for establishing more women police stations in Pakistan. She asked the President of Pakistan Society of Criminology Mr. Fasihuddin to work for the cause of women emancipation through a variety of women empowerment initiatives, who called upon her on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the Speaker’s Chambers, National Assembly of Pakistan. The Honourable Speaker appreciated the efforts of the nascent Society of Criminology and its recently launched research-based journal, Pakistan Journal of Criminology. The Honourable Speaker expressed her deep concern on the pressing problems of women police officers and officials in the country, who are not provided with ample facilities, respect and legal authority in the exercise of their duties. She desired that Pakistan’s women police force shall be re-organized and modernized on the pattern of developed nations as well as some Asian countries, where the women police enjoy a highly respectable place in the department as well as the society. Madam Speaker is the Patron-in-Chief of the Women Parliamentary Caucus, her excellent idea and a creative initiative, to bring together all the women parliamentary representatives for a joint vision and mission of women emancipation and women development through women empowerment, of which one step is an effective, well-respected, well-trained, well-paid, well-qualified and well-equipped women police force. The Pakistan Society of Criminology highly appreciates the role, vision and leadership of the Honourable Speaker on this direly needed aspect of policing in Pakistan.

A meeting of Juvenile Justice Working Group (JJWG), Child Protection Cluster the NWFP Police Child and Women Protection Committee (PCWPC) was held at the Central Police Office (CPO) Peshawar on May 21, 2009 to discus the issues of children and women in IDPs’ camps and the role of local police in providing them security and protection from abuses, exploitation and human smuggling and trafficking. The meeting was chaired by Fasihuddin, President PSC and Chairman both of PCWPC and JJWG. The meeting was attended by SSP/Coordination Peshawar, Qazi Jamil, SP/Research, Naushad Khan, Deputy Commandant FRP, Awal Khan, SP/Special Branch, Fida Hussain, and many other police officers and representatives of UNHCR, UNICEF and Save the Children Sweden. The meeting recommended many practical steps and initiatives to the higher police offices which will be implemented with the support of international community.

The President of PSC Fasihuddin and Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mardan Syed Akhtar Ali Shah attended the 1st. Asian Mediation Association (AMA) Conference at Singapore on June 4-6, 2009. The theme of the Conference was “Mediation Diversity—Asia and Beyond”. The Conference was attended by more than 250 participants from 19 countries, and was organized by the Singapore Mediation Center (SMC). The keynote Speaker was Noble laureate Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of Finland. The Conference focused on community mediation, mediation in intellectual property, cross-border issues, impact of culture on mediation, dealing with difficult people and mediation skills and practice, etc. Country reports from UK, the Philippines and India attracted much interest. The representatives from Indonesia and Malaysia impressed the participants by the performance of their respective mediation centers. The website of the Conference is: www.asianmediationassociation.org/conference.

The President of Pakistan Society of Criminology, Fasihuddin (PSP) visited Turkey and Kenya (June 15-30, 2009). In Turkey, he met many senior officers of the Counter-terrorism Department at Istanbul and Ankara. He gave presentations to the officers of the Turkish National Police (TNP) on the current law and order situation in the North-west Frontier Province (NWFP) and the ongoing operations against militants in the tribal areas and Malakand Division. The President of PSC appreciated the efforts of the TNP and their multi-million dollar project of Mobile Electronic System Integration—MOBESE—and the installation of 2600 CCTV in Istanbul which will be increased to 10,000. The Counter-terrorism Department at the Police Headquarters Ankara is highly developed, and has rendered marvelous services to the Turkish nation in combating terrorism and radicalism. Since its establishment in 1986, the TNP had arrested 1,80,000 miscreants and got them prosecuted. In addition to the operational capabilities and success stories of TNP, the ‘cop-cum-scholar’ group of officers have published four books on terrorism (English) which comprise of research papers presented in the 2nd Istanbul Conference on Global Security and Democracy in 2007. The Director, Research Centre on Transnational Crime and Terrorism at the National Police Academy at Ankara has also published a book (in Turkish language) on terrorism in the region. There is a lot to be learnt from the practical as well as academic achievements of the Turkish National Police.

The second quarterly of Pakistan Journal of Criminology was launched on August 17, 2009 at the Police Club, Peshawar. Senior law-enforcement officials, academics and researchers attended the ceremony. Minister for Labour and Manpower, Mr. Sher Azam Khan Wazir was the Chief Guest. Prof. Dr. Qibla Ayaz, Chairman Seerat Studies, University of Peshawar presented a critical review of the article “Crime and Justice in the 21st Century and the Role of Criminology” by Prof. Dr. Chris Eskridge of USA. A senior journalist, well-known columnist and Bureau Chief of APP, Mr. Salahuddin Ahmad spoke on the topic of “Crime and Media” and presented an evaluation of the first issue of the PJC. Ms. Debroah Clifton, UN Advisor on Gender (Gen-Cap) delivered a comprehensive speech on, “Criminology and Women”, and evaluated the article, “State Obligations, Immigrant Women’s Rights, Islam and Legal Pluralism in Oslo, Norway” by Ms. Farhat Taj. The President of PSC, Mr. Fashiuddin appraised the audience of the aims, objectives and future programmes of the Pakistan Society of Criminology. The Chief Guest, Mr. Sher Azam Khan Wazir evaluated the journal in light of the current law and order situation in the country. He made special reference to the police training and education in Pakistan, and the need for research on the causes of the prevailing situation. All the speakers appreciated the PJC with high sounding words, and regarded the initiative as much needed and encouraging. The PJC is available from all good bookstores in Peshawar, Mr. Books and Saeed Book Bank in Islamabad, and National News Agency and Pakistan Law House in Karachi.

In order to educate and sensitize the police station clerks, usually called Moharir and Naib Moharir, of the NWFP Police, a 5 day training was organized by Pakistan Society of Criminology and Save the Children Sweden for all the 72 police stations of districts Peshawar, Nowshehra, Charsadda, Mardan and Swabi. All the Moharirs and Naib Moharirs of preventive (watch and ward) and Moharirs of Investigation were trained on data collection on crimes against and abuse of children and juvenile offenders. The Inspector General of Police NWFP has introduced a new register called 26 (A) for this purpose which has already been printed and provided to all of the 218 police stations of the NWFP. The training was based on lectures and experiential learning where the Moharirs, after lectures and demonstration, were asked to make entries with their own hands on the four selected case studies included in the training manual developed by Pakistan Society of Criminology. The training was held at two places, i.e; Mardan and Peshawar and was conducted by AIG/Director Research NWFP Police Fasihuddin, consultant Fida Muhammad, SP/Research NWFP Naushad Ali Khan and representative of Save the Children Sweden, Jawadullah Khan. All newly recruited staff of the recently established Police Child Protection Centre (PCPC) also attended the training. The newly established data-base system was introduced to the Moharirs who are generally responsible for maintenance of police station record. The newly printed proformas in two colours, blue for juvenile offenders and pink for child victims were provided to all the police stations of Peshawar and Mardan regions. The data related to these two categories of children i. e; victim and offenders will be computerized at the Central Police Office (CPO) NWFP. A total of 200 police officials attended the training. However, it was noticed that 100% of the police Moharir staff were ignorant of the CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Child) and 90% had heard only the name of the JJSO (Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000) but had not read it once. When asked to enumerate one or two rights of the child, 70% narrated only one right and 50% narrated only two rights. The duties of a police officer towards a child victim or juvenile offender in light of the respective laws were hardly known to the police officials. Deplorably, 95% of the Moharirs were not aware of the name of probation department, which is one of the important component of the juvenile justice system. The organizers and trainers expressed their serious concern over the attitude of police officials as well as of the NGOs and international agencies who form committees and arrange seminars and workshops on children and women rights in costly hotels, but they never reach the real target group who are responsible for handling the children and women who come in conflict with law. The data as per order of the IGP, NWFP Standing Order No. 4/2009 will be generated from January 2009 and will be forwarded to the CPO for compilation and analysis. The training, data-base and registers were supported by Save the Children, Sweden.

The Turkish National Police academy organized the 1st International Symposium on Terrorism and Transnational Crime, Nov 13-15, 2009 at Antalya, Turkey. The symposium was attended by many great scholars, policy makers, police officers and criminologists from USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, India, Spain and Turkey. This was an excellent initiative by the Turkish National Police Academy and its Research Centre called the International Centre for Terrorism and Transnational Crimes Studies (UTSAM). The dynamic leadership of Prof. Dr. Ihsan Bal, Dr. Remzi Fikindli, Dr. Suleyman Ozoren and of so many other remarkable personalities of the TNP made this symposium a great success and achievement. The problem of radicalism was debated, analyzed and discussed from various perspectives and its implications assessed across globally and locally. Scholars tried to identify ways and means to checkmate radicalism in its various forms and colours. The President of Pakistan Society of Criminology, Fasihuddin, spoke on the Causes & Effects of Radicalism in NWFP & FATA (Pakistan). He lamented the absence of any good historical or empirical research on this issue in the contemporary literature. The Turkish National Police Academy has initiated a scholarly and referred journal, the International Journal of Security and Terrorism (ISSN: 1309-2022) (www.ustam.org), for which original and scientific research-based articles are invited. The journal will be published bilingually, English & Turkish. The Pakistani Police can learn a lot from the excellent academic initiatives of the Turkish National Police.

The third and special issue of Pakistan Journal of Criminology was formally launched at Peshawar on November 24, 2009. The Provincial Minister for Usher-o-Zakat, Haji Zarshaid Khan was the Chief Guest. The speakers panel included the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mardan, Syed Akhtar Ali Shah (PSP), the Country Representative of Save the Children Sweden, Syed Mehmood Asghar, the President of Peshawar Press Club, Mr. Shamim Shahid, the Director Human Rights, Mr. Salman Khan, Founder and Chief Executive of Khwando Kore Mrs. Maryam Bibi and President of Pakistan Society of Criminology, Mr. Fasihuddin. The special issue contains ten articles, two from scholars from the UK and eight by local researchers and practitioners. The journal is available from Saeed Book Bank, London Book Agency, Shaheen Book Agency and University Book Agency in Peshawar, Saeed Book Bank, Mr. Books and Vanguard in Islamabad and National News Agency in Karachi. The special issue is supported by Save the Children Sweden and Ministry of Human Rights, Regional Directorate, NWFP.

The President of PSC, Fasihuddin (PSP) was invited for a presentation at the Hong Kong Police College, on Dec. 15, 2009 on the subject of ‘Causes & Effects of Radicalism in NWFP/FATA and its Implications for Law-Enforcement’. The HK Police officers took greater interest in understanding the security situation in Pakistan, especially NWFP and FATA. Though there are no apparent terrorist activities seen so far in the HK yet the HK Police are conscious of any potential threat to the world peace and security. HK Police, like Pakistani Police Special Branch, have their Security Wing for this purpose, however it is highly developed, well-equipped, professional and resourceful. The President of PSC expressed his desire that the HK Police will look for ways and means to help the Pakistani Police in terms of exchange of knowledge, experiences and training. Later on, the PSC President was given a briefing by the Deputy Director of the HK Police College about the various academic and professional activities in the college. In the Library of HK Police College, there are 15000 excellent books and almost all, important journals of criminology, security and policing sciences are available. The National Police Academy of Pakistan can learn a lot from HK Police College.

Though a little belated, yet the criminologists and practitioners from Asian countries joined hands to establish a much-desired forum of the Asian Criminological Society with its Founding Members (34 in total) in Macau, SAR China on Dec. 17-20, 2009. This was a great and spectular occasion where experts not only from Asia but also from US and Australia came and worked hard with their Asian colleagues to establish the ACS on sound democratic basis. The inagurational ceremony decided many organizational subjects and formally voted for the President of ACS, Prof. Jhiang Liu of the University of Macau. Prof. Liu took a lot of pain and worked excellently during the last one year to make the society a reality. Prof. Peter Grabosky and Prof. John Braithwaite from Australia and Prof. Chris Eskridge and Prof. Kam C. Wong from USA were amongst the Founding Members. The President of PSC, Fasihuddin is also one of the Founding Members and was selected by the President of ACS as one of the 18 members Executive Committee. The ACS will soon launch its website and all Asian nations and nationals are requested and expected to promote the profession and purpose of criminology in an Asian context but with a greater aim of global peace and security. Members from criminology societies across the Asian countries were extremely excited on this new development on the pattern of the American and European Societies of Criminology. The Indian Society of Criminology offered to host the next year conference which obviously will be a huge gathering. The concept of the societies of criminology is not a new thing. The International Society of Criminology was established in Paris in 1938, followed by the American Society of Criminology (1941), the British Society of Criminology (1959) and the Australian and New Zealand Society (1967). The Asian countries too established their independent societies in due course of time, like the Indian (1970), the HK (1983), the Korean (1985), the Chinese (mainland China) (1992) and the Chinese (Taiwan) (1994), Pakistan Society of Criminology in 2008 and the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) (2009). These societies have now put their heads together to make a larger group, while keeping their independent identity intact, as Asian level for a borader and meaningful cooperation and collaboration under the Asian Criminological Society.

Fasihuddin (PS) Deputy Commandant, FRP, NWFP, alongwith Habib Hussain Imtiaz (PSP) of Punjab Police and Islam Zeb, officer of the District Management Group (DMG) posted in FATA Secretariate, attended the International Leadership Visitor Programme, sponsored by the State Department, USA, from Oct. 20 to Nov. 11, 2007. The IVP programme is an excellent initiative where selected candidates visit the relevant departments in the United States. In the present programme, representatives from Palestine, Bahrain, Nepal, Kuwait and Pakistan visited the State Department, the US judiciary, the Pentagon, the DEA, the UN Headquarters and many other civil and government offices. Lectures, presentations and meetings enriched the knowledge of the participants about the US polices and culture.

Fasihuddin, Deputy Commandant Frontier Reserve Police (FRP), North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), attended the training course on “International Narcotics Law-Enforcement”, at Bangkok, Thailand on September 10, 2007. Participants from Bhutan, Thailand, Pakistan, Laos, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Brunei presented their country reports on narcotics laws and their implementation. Col. Akhtat Abbas from Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) spoke on the role of ANF and Fasihuddin (PSP) presented a comparative analysis of the anti-drugs activities of ANF, Police and Customs in Pakistan.

The Turkish National Police (TNP) and Turkish Institute of Police Studies (TIPS) organized the 2nd Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security in Istanbul, Turkey on June 14, 2007. The event was the most successful one in the recent years of conferences. It was hugely participated (about 1100 participants from across the globe) and excellently managed and widely covered in national and international media. The selected papers will be edited by the scholars of TNP and published in a set of volumes on the various aspects of terrorism, security, radicalism, organized crimes and democracy. Fasihuddin (PSP) attended and presented in the conference along with Dr. Shoab Suddle (PSP) and DIG Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera (PSP) from Pakistan.

The President of Pakistan Society of Criminology visited Sweden and participated in Stockholms Criminology Symposium which is a great achievement of the world criminologists and practitioners to encourage and promote criminologists throughout the world. Gradually, the prize in criminological advancements will achieve the status of a Noble Prize in the years to come. We hope that not only theoreticians and people from the developed world will get this outstanding award but also practitioners and people of the third world will be given due encouragement and appreciation.

Prof. Peter Gottschalk, Prof. Rune Glomseth and Prof. Iver Fahsing invited Fasihuddin (PSP), Deputy Commandant FRP, NWFP to give a talk to the Training course for the Senior Investigation Norwegian Police Officers at Bergen, Norway. Fasihuddin (PSP) spoke on the Challenges in the Investigation Management of Drug Offences. Prof. Peter Gottschalk spoke on the issue of Knowledge-based management of investigations. His lecture was based on his new book on the subject which has been well-received by the students, teachers and practitioners of the criminal justice system.

The 14th Annual Meeting of the International Executive Police Symposium (IPES), was arranged by the Dubai Police at Dubai, UAE on Aril 8-12, 2007. Fasihuddin (PSP) attended the meeting as a member of the IPES and presented a paper on “Actions against Drugs: Performance of Various Law-Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in the City of Peshawar”. Prof. Gary Cordner (USA) will edit a book on Security, Policing and Urbanization, which will be based on the selected papers of the 14th IPES Annual Meeting and will also be co-edited and Prof. Dr. Dilip K. Das (President IPES).

After attending the ASC meeting in LA, USA, Fasihuddin (PSP), was invited to give a presentation to the Edmonton Police and students of MSc Criminology at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada. Prof. Dr. Curtis Clarke welcomed and appreciated the efforts of Fasihuddin (PSP) in bringing criminology to Pakistan. He presented on “Knowledge-based Poppy Cultivation Control: Local Police Practice and Community Negotiations”. The Canadian police officers and students took keen interest in the dialogue with the poppy-growers/tribal population in making them understand the cost of poppy-cultivation in terms of health, economy and national image. They also showed interest in the study and analysis of the Collectives Responsibility of tribes under Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) law.

The Annual Meeting of the ASC was held at Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 1-4, 2006. Fasihuddin (PSP), Deputy Commandant, FRP, NWFP attended the ASC meeting and presented a poster on “Child Sexual Abuse in Pakistan: The Belated Response of Criminologists and Police Perspective: The Case of Saddam Hussain”. Prof. Chris Eskridge (Executive Director, ASC) and other scholars emphasized the need for a national society of criminology in every country, especially in Pakistan, in an informal discussion with Fasihuddin and other representatives of the third world.

The European Society of Criminology (ESC) held its Annual Meeting at the University of Tuebingin, Germany on August 26-29, 2006. The theme of the conference was “Understanding Crime: structural and Developmental Dimensions and their Implications for Policy”. Fasihuddin (PSP), the Deputy Commandant, Frontier Reserve Police (FRP), presented a paper on “Blasphemous Cartoons: Afghanistan and Local Police Efforts in District Charsaddah, NWFP, Pakistan”. The audience took extreme interest in the rising religious intolerance throughout the world and the implications of freedom of speech which knows no limitations. The sensitivities of religiously motivated people need to be rationally analyzed and understood. Multi-cultural Policing is one of the responses to such issues, including community policing best practices.

The Turkish National Police (TNP) in collaboration with the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES) organized the 13th Annual Meeting of the IPES at Izmir, Turkey on May 26-29, 2006. The theme of the meeting was “Local Linkages to Global Security and Crime: Thinking Locally and Acting Globally”. Fasihuddin (PSP), District Police Officer (DPO), District Charsaddah, NWFP attended the meeting and presented his best practice on “Poppy Cultivation: Local Police Efforts in Charsaddah”. Dr. Dilip Das (President IPES), Prof. Curtis Clarke of Canada (Coordinator of the meeting), Mr. Recep Gultekin (TNP) and Mr. Fatih INALKAC (TNP) worked hard to make the event a success. The Ohio Police, USA participated in the meeting on special invitation as the TNP and Ohio Police have an MOU for mutual cooperation. The selected presentations will be published in the special issue of Police Practice and Research (PPR), with Prof. Peter Gottschalk as Guest-Editor.

The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan invited Fasihuddin (PSP), District Officer Frontier Constabulary (DOFC), Hayatabad, NWFP on Nov. 14-18, 2005 to attend the 4th International Conference on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tokyo, Japan. Fasihuddin (PSP) wrote the first booklet on Child Sexual Abuse in Pakistan in 1994. As a guest speaker, Fasihuddin also reviewed the other presentations by scholars from USA, Australia and Japan.

Fasihuddin (PSP), District Commanding Officer, Frontier Constabulary, Hayatabad, NWFP attended the 14th World Congress of Criminology, organized by the International Society of Criminology (ISC) at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA on August 07-12, 2005. Fasihuddin interacted with many world scholars of criminology and practitioners and requested them to promote criminology in the third world, where the problems are many, complex, complicated and serious but unfortunately, little attention is given to the rapidly deteriorating crime situation, in the under-developed world. Researchers can find more stuff and raw-material for their research on crimes, crime prevention and criminal justice anomalies I the third world.

Fasihuddin (PSP), District Officer Frontier Constabulary (DOFC), Bannu attended the 129th International Senior Seminar on “Crime Prevention an Urbanization in the 21st Century at UNAFEI, Tokyo Japan on Jan 04-Feb.13th, 2005. Fasihuddin spoke on Crime Prevention, Community Policing and Children Rights in Pakistan. The seminar was a JICA-sponsored event and attended by representatives from Tanzania, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Oman, Morocco, Guatemala, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Indonesia, Marshal Islands and Panama. Director UNAFEI Mr. Kunihiko Sakai, Prof. Uchida, Prof. Sento, Prof. Sato, Prof. Someda and Mr. Tanaka worked hard to make the seminar more fruitful and rewarding. The arrangements and facilities were excellent and highly commendable. Guest speakers, amongst others, included Prof. Sir Anthony Bottoms (Cambridge, UK), Prof. Irvin Waller (Canada), Prof. Vincent Henry (USA) and Prof. Hans Jurgen Kerver (President ESC, Germany).