This is Wrong and Shameful … Police Must Treat People with Dignity

Posted on December 18, 2007
Filed Under >Owais Mughal, Law & Justice, Society
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Owais Mughal

A few days ago I highlighted this wrong, but today after after seeing photos of policemen mercilessly beating an unarmed lady, I am again left speechless at this shameful violence.

We at ATP have long worried about the senselessness of the violence (physical, psychological, verbal, social) that seems to keep growing in our society. All violence is bad, violence by the state is especially disturbing.

We strongly condemn this police brutality. Whoever is ordering such treatment of protesters is definitely taking people away from the ideals of Pakistan. How do you expect this poor lady (or her family or anyone seeing this) to trust the state after getting such a thrashing at the hands of the states law-enforcers? Those who are responsible to safeguard our dignity.

Police reform is the cry of the day. They absolutely need a crash course in human dignity and how to tackle protesters in a civilized way. Mercilessly beating ladies (or on anyone as a matter of fact) is inhuman and not part of our culture, or of any culture. No matter what one thinks about the protesters or what they are protesting, this violence by the police is wrong and shameful. We all must condemn it.

Police or their higherups should see how much anger is building up in people who are not afraid of confronting them with bare hands. This anger needs a channel such as allowing peaceful protest or it will spill out in wrong kind of violence as it probably happened the other day in Multan.

Whether we agree with protesters or not, peaceful protest is their right. Treat humans – all humans, everywhere – with dignity. If we do not, then our own dignity is compromised.

95 responses to “This is Wrong and Shameful … Police Must Treat People with Dignity”

  1. Supreme Court of Pakistan has restored 16000 employees last month.But my job of HST Science Teacher has not been restored yer I sent messages to Education Minister Sindh, CM Sindh, Governor Sindh & to Asif Ali Zardari few weeks ago. I sent them my residential address to send to me my job restoration letter. But no letter received to me yet. Please help me.

  2. Watan Aziz says:

    Yes

    And I do get amazed when people suggest more police powers without police accountability in balance.

  3. President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to his hometown Nawabshah

    President Asif Ali Zardari’s visited his hometown Nawabshah presently called as Shaheed Benazirabad District, on June 23, 2009, Tuesday. He came here to look after his inherited agricultural lands. Other reason of his visit was to see a few of his ailing blood relatives. He stayed at Zardari House Nawabshah situated at Housing Society Nawabshah Taluka. After taking reports from the caretakers and supervisors of his agricultural lands he held meetings with the office bearers of Pakistan Peoples Party Nawabshah. He also held meetings with the Members of National Assembly and the Members of Provincial Assembly from Shaheed Benazirabad District and a few other PPP members of assembly from the surrounding districts. The journalists of Nawabshah held a meeting and discussed the important matters of the district. The President told them that all the development and other progressive works are being done on merit. He told that a scheme work also has been made internally in the PPP to differentiate the peoples’ works on urgent, immediate and merit basis. In my opinion, the party workers are satisfied with the work of present government. It should be mentioned here that this was the second visit of the President Asif Ali Zardari to his hometown after election February 2008.

    By Masood Ahmed Bazmi Malik Qadri,
    M.A Economics, B.Sc, B.Ed, LLB-I, Associate Engineer in Electrical, Postgraduate Degrees holder in Islamic Law, Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith and Tafseer Quran.
    ?A free lance web journalist from House No.2107/59, Budhal Shah Colony, Taluka Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazeerabad District, Province of Sindh, Pakistan.

  4. Hi iam Asad Ali Shah Customs Officer .I would like to draw the attention of mr president musharaf and newly elected prime minister Mr Yousaf Raza Gilani towards
    misbehaviour of Islamabad Police with passengers entering or leaving Islamabad.They not only threat passengers but also ask for bribe.This is a shameful act of Islamabad Police.I request authorties to remove barriers from roads so that people of pakistan could safely travel in their home country.Also the police man on road must be an educated person.and he must show nice behaviour to people.
    And police Deptt.must be cleaned from these black shapes.

  5. sanjeeda komal says:

    we welcome jeo news in U.S.A. and Canada and hope that we will able to watch some good program.Once again thak s to jeo .

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