Pakistan Police Corruption Report

Earlier a survey was conducted by Marketing and Research consultants under the auspices of TI Pakistan.

The general objective of the survey was to measure the nature and extent of corruption being faced by consumers of public sector departments Police. Another objective of the survey was to gather information about the particular stages where obstacles are usually being faced by general public, locate the responsible element for creating the obstacles and the means for overcoming the bottlenecks in Pakistan Police Department under study.

POLICE

1 For What purpose(s), did you / your household interact with police service?

No. Percent
To make complaint 162 26.00
Violation for traffic law 146 23.43
To get release from false arrest 110 17.66
Verification for passport 54 8.67
As accused 48 7.70
Others ** 45 7.22
Character certificate for Immigration 28 4.49
Verification for job 25 4.03
No answer 5 0.80
TOTAL * 623 100.00

Total: Exceeds 608 because of Multiple Answers *
Others: Traffic Police demand money during snap checking. **

2 Was any corruption faced by you / your household over the last one year in the interaction?

No. Percent
Yes 608 100.00
No 0 0.00
TOTAL 608 100.00

3 If yes, please tell us what kind of corruption did you face with police service , who were the actors, what was the nature of interaction and how much extra cost was involved?

Types of corruption 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Percent
Money had to be paid for First
Information report(FIR) 66 7 13 1 8 1 1 97 15.52
Money had to be paid to get release
from false arrest 44 24 8 9 5 2 92 14.72
Money had to be paid to avoid false arrest 37 8 10 22 2 2 81 12.96
Money had to be paid for Police verification for passport 25 10 5 7 1 8 1 57 9.12
Money had to be paid for GD 32 8 6 2 2 50 8.00
Money had to be paid to take down a complaint 27 1 2 3 1 1 35 5.60
Money had to be paid to avoid arrest 17 2 3 10 2 34 5.44
Money had to be paid to arrest accused 11 2 8 1 5 2 1 30 4.80
Money had to be paid to get character certificate for immigration 7 6 8 7 1 29 4.64
Money had to be paid for Police verification for job 6 5 3 4 4 1 23 3.68
Money had to be paid to send the charge sheet to the court 3 1 4 7 1 16 2.56
No Answer 1 10 11 1.76
Politician used interference to subvert the normal process 1 2 3 0.48
Not Applicable 0 0.00
Others ** 40 8 4 10 3 1 1 67 10.72
TOTAL 316 82 74 62 39 27 16 9 0 * 625 100.00

Total: Exceeds 608 because of Multiple Answers *
Others: Daily & Monthly “BHATTA” from businessman & traders. **

Actors Total Percent
1 Duty police officer 316 50.56
2 Officer in charge 82 13.12
3 Investigation officer 74 11.84
4 Traffic Policeman 62 9.92
5 Clerk of the police office 39 6.24
6 Verification officer 16 2.56
7 Broker 09 1.44
8 No Answer ** 27 4.32
9 Not Applicable 00 0.00
TOTAL * 625 100.00

Total: Exceeds 608 because of Multiple Answers *
No Answer: 27 persons, they did mentioned reasons for paying the money, but did not disclosed to whom it was paid. **

4 If yes, please tell us what kind of corruption did you face with police service , who were the actors, what was the nature of interaction and how much extra cost was involved?

Types of corruption Nature of Interaction Total Percent
1 2 3 4 5 6
Money had to be paid for First Information report(FIR) 81 12 3 1 97 15.52
Money had to be paid to get release from false arrest 54 21 7 10 92 14.72
Money had to be paid to avoid false arrest 69 7 2 2 1 81 12.96
Money had to be paid for Police verification for passport 37 12 4 4 57 9.12
Money had to be paid for GD 34 14 2 50 8.00
Money had to be paid to take down a complaint 28 4 1 2 35 5.60
Money had to be paid to avoid arrest 30 3 1 34 5.44
Money had to be paid to arrest accused 17 7 6 30 4.80
Money had to be paid to get character certificate for Immigration 21 5 3 29 4.64
Money had to be paid for Police verification for job 16 7 23 3.68
Money had to be paid to send the charge sheet to the court 16 16 2.56
No Answer 1 10 11 1.76
Politician used interference to subvert the normal process 1 2 3 0.48
Not Applicable 0 0.00
Others ** 58 3 6 67 10.72
TOTAL 463 92 20 4 46 0 * 625 100.00

Total: Exceeds 608 because of Multiple Answers *
Others: Daily & Monthly “BHATTA” from businessman & traders. **

Nature of Interaction Total Percent
1 Money demanded directly by the actor 463 74.08
2 Money demanded by the actor through third party 92 14.72
3 Money offered directly by the actor 20 3.20
4 Money offered by the service recipient through third party 4 0.64
5 No Answer 46 7.36
6 Not Applicable 0 0
TOTAL * 625 100.00

Total: Exceeds 608 because of Multiple Answers *

5 If yes, please tell us what kind of corruption did you face with police service , who were the actors, what was the nature of interaction and how much extra cost was involved?

Extra Cost Involved
Types of Corruption No. of Respondents Amount inRs. Avg per Consumer
Money had to be paid for First Information report(FIR) 97 329764 3400
Money had to be paid to get release from false arrest 92 190851 2074
Money had to be paid to avoid false arrest 81 274285 3386
Money had to be paid for Police verification for passport 57 22124 388
Money had to be paid for GD 50 60515 1210
Money had to be paid to take down a complaint 35 325320 9295
Money had to be paid to avoid arrest 34 149310 4391
Money had to be paid to arrest accused 30 29865 996
Money had to be paid to get character certificate for Immigration 29 31888 1100
Money had to be paid for Police verification for job 23 6813 296
Money had to be paid to send the charge sheet to the court 16 7738 484
Politician used interference to subvert the normal process 3 476 159
Others 67 32026 478
Total 614 1430975 2331

9.4 According to your opinion, which factor(s) are responsible for corruption in police service?

Causes of corruption No Percent
Lack of accountability-nobody to answer to 413 29.73
Low salaries 325 23.40
Monopoly power-lack of choice/option 205 14.76
Discretionary power-free to take any decision 195 14.04
Lack of transparency-inadequate information 110 7.92
Power of influential people 60 4.32
Red-tapism 53 3.82
Shortages –demand and supply 15 1.08
No answer 2 0.14
Others 11 0.79
TOTAL 1389 100.00

Total: Exceeds 608 because of Multiple Answers *

I think that Pakistan Police should upgrade with new and
latest computer system aswell.

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Sorry for my poor english!

nice collection abt nice police (ha ha ha ha ha )

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All in the favour of gun control raise your right hand.

nice job

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I Praise you Mr. Salman for your fine collection of mind boggling data that can create a brouhaha in the wider circles of NGO and fine writers of prestigious newspapers. It can also be nice recipe for the donor countries to press the general further and he would press the top brass of the department and in turn this pressure would go downward upto a constable. What do the masses want? The answer is they dont want this date, rather they want the end of whipping, cruelty, barbarism and nonsense oppression. Our police system needs complete overall to come up to the level of English booby. It needs some other Temuri who has done a fine job of reforming the Traffic Police of Islamabad to make it public loving and all powerful.

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THAT IS ENOUHGH.

Pakistani Police? Bull Shit!!!

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sangeetahaq@gmail.com

Well Pakistan Police got nothing much to do really. Can you think of doing a job of more then 12 hours a day with 6,000 rupee and no allowances like the Armed forces have. Why can't we offer similar benefits to Police? How a police man live a social life? How many police staff we have?

We write without thinking. I am not fan of Police but at least we shall discuss how can they be good to us. Lets discuss.

hello bruvs ma name is sami and i m frm dera ismail khan then i studied in lahore skans currrently i m in uk london
i think that its not fault of anyone the responsibility goes to each and every pakistani
tell me hw much time we are ready to be paneltied by any of the government organisations if we do some mistake we go towards the other side like give bribes to close the case i m not saying that gvrnmt workers r angels they r very
corrupt but who made them corrupt its our system where there's no judical values no political systems our education which is just meaningless so these all circumstances creates these things liuke corruption. so think abt the things Allah wont send any more angels to make our system good we have to do each and every thing ourselve
so bi

they should be well disciplined as well as they should also went through proper judicial structure to monitor them

huh

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Ayaz Ali Rajput

Police may be corrupt but we should also consider what they are paid.

	shahzeb wrote:
	Police may be corrupt but we should also consider what they are paid.

Excellent, Very well said Shahzeb.
If you consider their salaries....huh!
A good salary package, benefits, power and proper training will make them do their job Perfectly...
Police plays a very very Important Role in any Country, any Society.

I am planning to give a Tribute to Our Police!!!
see if i can come up with a nice presentation....

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Hi,
Money is never an issue for being either honest or corrupt.If this was true,the poor people would rank among the most corrupt.In general we will find our dear politicians with stakes of money as corrupt.Therefore,just raising the salary of Police is not the answer but a foolproof system where accountability is the key-The answer.
Asa society we are corrupt, we moan about police being,so but how many of us try to bribe them rather than going to court and pay the fine.The reason being it saves us money and time.In the west there is no such things,so we have to pay the fines. And worse ,you can get charged for trying to bribe any official including police.
I hope one day we will get an honest leader who will be fair with everyone .We will no more fear to be stopped by police and hassled for money.
We dont report the abuse of power by Police.An independent website for corruption reporting of any sort.
I want to start a forum where people can submit their complaint with proof.
If we want to stop the abuse,we should need to take power off them.
May God help Us

u vil find corruption everywhere,,,issue is how 2 control it,,,this is not alien police,,,they r from us,,lets focus on how to reduce this menace