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 Shiekh, DIG Police East Karachi, Mr. Paul Petzchmann, from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Mr. Mashood 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.

An innovative idea of expanding the scope of community policing was initiated and introduced at the Gender-Responsive Community-based Policing (GRCbP), by the ICRC and GTZ sponsored conference at Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 2nd, 2010. The conference was held at the beautiful facility of the Police Staff College at Mirpur, Dhaka. Representatives from Asian (SAARC-region) police and NGOs participated in the conference. AIG-Sindh Police Mr. Dost Ali Baloch, Additional IGP Punjab Mr. Fayyaz Mir, Dr. Khola Iram and PSC President Mr. Fasihuddin attended the conference. Pakistan’s experience of community policing, Sindh and NWFP initiatives on Human Rights, especially children and women and the concept of Village Police and Reconciliation Committees of NWFP Police were critically discussed. The Bangladesh Police experiences on community policing were presented for debate and information-sharing. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiatives (CHIR) from India presented their experience of Kerala community policing. The conference focused on the importance of community policing with a special reference to gender-based approaches and protection of women rights in all its connotations of crime prevention and reduction. The PSC appreciates the efforts of ICRC, GTZ and Bangladesh police in this respect.

After the launching ceremony of the Special Issue of PJC on February 11, 2010, the scholars, police officers, NGOs and members of the civil society were invited to a seminar on ‘Police Reforms: Centre-Province Perspective’ organized by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and PSC. The seminar focused on the impact of the police reforms, police accountability, public perception of police reforms, effects of police reforms on local policing and crime reduction and the foreign assistance to civil law-enforcement agencies. Dr. Paul Petzschmann and Mr. Fasihuddin conducted the seminar. A 3-hour meaningful and productive discussion took place amongst the pro and anti Police Order 2002 participants. Field police officers from Rawalpindi, Islamabad, NWFP, and National Police Academy management took part in the discussion. (Retired) IGP Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Quraishi attended the semianar on special invitation.

The President PSC, Fasihuddin attended and presented a paper on “Police Structures, Functions and Monitoring System, with special reference to the NWFP” in a conference on Law & Justice, organized by The Asia Foundation (TAF) at Islamabad on 20th February, 2010. The conference was attended by senior police officers, judicial officials, donor agencies, NGOs, lawyers and members of the civil society. Topics related to police crime prevention and investigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, prosecution, police accountability and corruption in police and lower judiciary were thoroughly debated and discussed in an open and value-free environment. Participants came from all over the country.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

The President of the Pakistan Society of Criminology , Fasihuddin, talked to the monthly meeting of FLEC (Foreign Law Enforcing Community) at the Egyptian Embassy, Islamabad on April 15, 2009. Fasihuddin spoke on a variety of issues concerning talibanization, law enforcement problems and the need for research on some vital issues confronting police and policing in Pakistan. He presented a wide range of police and media-reported data and the 3Ds (Development, Dialogue & Deterrence) policy of Pakistan as a counter-terrorism strategy, and the critical evaluation of this approach in terms of its desirability, practicability and its tangible outcome. “There is a big gap between reality and perception as far as the crime data and various crime prevention policies or subsequent approaches are concerned. The need for an empirical, comprehensive and verifiable research is always there to ascertain the truth and facts, but rarely, someone has invested in this much needed task”, he stated. The process of talibanization and the various combatant and non-combatant categories of Taliban were discussed and a knowledge-based management of terrorist activities was suggested. The role of police was debated and the difficulties and constraints of the police department were openly discussed. A & Q session was followed by the 45 minute presentation.

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 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 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 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)

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 NWFP Police is very sensitive and considers itself committed to the issues of the vulnerable segments of society including children, women, elderly and minorities. Following steps have been taken so far:
a) A 2-day training workshop was conducted for police officers (17 participants) on Child Abuse and Neglect on July 18-19, 2008. This was in collaboration with an NGO PPA and Save the Children Sweden.
b) A multi-sectoral one day training seminar was arranged in the Police Club on Legal Aid to Children in conflict with law on August 26, 2008. The seminar was attended by officers from prosecution, probation, jail and social welfare departments, besides 32 police officers. This was in collaboration with an NGO SPARC.
c) Both the events got wide media coverage and the reports of both the activities are under process of compilation and printing, the copies of which will be distributed amongst all stakeholders, including police officers throughout the country.
d) A Police Child Protection Committee has been formed for looking after the training and awareness activities on the subject.
e) In order to comply to the requirements of the Federal government, a new data collection proforma on crimes against and abuse of children is being designed and approved for printing. This will be an addition of a new register to the criminal record at police stations. It will help facilitate in compilation of accurate data in accordance with the requirements of NCCWD and PCCWD.
f) A more comprehensive training initiative is being launched with the UNICEF on child protection where officers of the NWFP Police will be imparted training on the subject matter. The first phase of the project is expected to start next month (Oct, 08) and will continue through vigorous training activities in almost all police districts of the province.
g) The UNICEF, Save the Children Sweden, Social Welfare Department Govt; of NWFP, and many other social organizations are in constant contact with the NWFP Police for a more progressive program on children rights and protection. We are incorporating some of the topics in our police training curriculum. Moreover, the NWFP Police is vehemently pursuing the cause of women rights, protection of minorities, management of stress in the police, and developing and promoting restorative justice practices and ADR. A few programmes are under process and consideration.

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.

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 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.