POLICE ORDER, 2002

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THE POLICE ORDER, 2002 
(22 of 2002) 
CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I  
PRELIMINARY 
1.  Short title, extent and commencement  
2.  Definitions 
CHAPTER II  
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE POLICE 
3.  Attitude and responsibilities of police towards the public 
4. Duties of police 
5. Emergency duties of police with regard to essential services 
CHAPTER III 
CONSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE 
6.  Separate police establishment for each general police area   
7.  Constitution of police   
8.  Police to be organized on functional basis   
9.  Superintendence of police   
10.  Administration of the police   
11.  Posting of Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer and Head 
of Federal Law Enforcement Agency 
12.  Term of office of Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer and 
Head of a Federal Law Enforcement Agency 
13.  Posting of Additional Inspectors General of Police   
14.  Appointment of experts   
15.  Posting of City Police Officer and District Police Officer   
16.  Administration of police in a district   
17.  Posting of Deputy Inspector General, Senior Superintendent, 
Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent 
18.  Separation of Investigation Function 
18A. Transfer of investigation 
18C. Crime Control Department 
19.  Appointment of Director of Police Communications etc.  
20.  Posting of heads of police training institutions  
21.  Constitution of regions and divisions etc. 
22.  Transfer to other police establishment 
23.  Appointment of junior ranks 
24.  Oath or affirmation by members of police 
25.  Certificate of appointment 
26.  Suspension of police officer 
27. ` General powers of Provincial Police Officer etc. 
28.  Powers of Provincial Police Officer,  Capital City Police Officer and City 
Police Officer concerning police accounts 
29.  Appointment of special police officers 
30.  Appointment of additional police 
31.  Ministerial staff etc. 
31A. Establishment of Riot Management Unit 
CHAPTER IV 
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HEAD OF DISTRICT POLICE 
32.  Policing Plan   
33.  Relationship of District Police with the Mayor or, as the case may be, 
the Chairman of th e District    
34.  Police support to Government functionaries, etc.   
35.  Responsibility on complaints of neglect and excesses by police   
36.  Reference to Police Complaints Authority   
CHAPTER V  
DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION  
 
37.  Establishment 
38.  Composition   
39.  Appointment of Chairperson   
40.  Meeting in the absence of the Chairperson   
41.  Selection of independent members   
42.  Functions of the Selection Panel   
43.  Selection criteria of independent members   
44.  Functions of the District Public Safety Commission 
45.  Terms of members of the District Public Safety Commission 
46.  Removal of members   
47.  Meetings and conduct of business of the District Public Safety 
Commission 
48.  Secretariat   
CHAPTER VI 
CAPITAL CITY DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
49. Establishment 
50. Composition  
51. Appointment of Chairperson 
52. Meeting in the absence of the Chairperson 
53. Selection of independent members 
54. Functions of the Selection Panel 
55. Selection criteria of independent members 
56. Functions of the Capital City District Public Safety Commission 
57. Terms of members of the Capital City District Public Safety Commission 
58. Removal of members 
59. Meetings and conduct of business of the Capital City District Pubic Safety 
Commission 
60. Secretariat 
CHAPTER VII 
ISLAMABAD DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION 
61.  Establishment   
62.  Composition  
63.  Appointment of Chairperson   
64.  Meeting in the absence of the Chairperson   
65.  Selection of independent members   
66.  Functions of the Selection Panel   
67.  Selection criteria of independent members   
68.  Functions of Islamabad District Public Safety Commission   
69.  Terms of members of the Islamabad District Public Safety Commission 
70.  Removal of members   
71.  Meetings and conduct of business of the Islamabad District Public 
Safety Commission 
72.  Secretariat   
CHAPTER VIII 
THE PROVINCIAL PUBLIC SAFETY  
COMMISSION 
73.  Establishment 
74.  Composition 
75. Appointment of Chairperson 
76. Meeting in the absence of the Chairperson 
77. Selection of independent members 
78. Functions of the Selection Panel 
79. Selection criteria of independent members 
80. Functions of the Provincial Public Safety Commission  
81. Terms of members of the Provincial Public Safety Commission 
82. Removal of members 
83. Meetings and conduct of business of the Provincial Public Safety 
Commission 
84. Secretariat 
CHAPTER IX 
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION 
85.  Establishment   
86.  Composition   
87.  Appointment of Chairperson   
88.  Meeting in the absence of the Chairperson   
89.  Selection of independent members   
90.  Functions of the Selection Panel  
91. Selection criteria of independent members 
92. Functions of the National Public Safety Commission 
93. Terms of members of the National Public Safety Commission 
94. Removal of members 
95. Meetings and conduct of business of the National Public Safety 
Commission 
96. Secretariat 
CHAPTER X 
POLICE COMPLAINTS AUTHORITY 
97. Establishment of Federal Police Complaints Authority 
98. Composition 
99. Criteria and terms of the members 
100. Functions of the Federal Police Complaints Authority 
101. Secretariat 
102. Removal of the members 
103  Establishment of Provincial Police Complaints Authority  
104. Composition 
105. Criteria and terms of the members 
106. Functions of the Provincial Police Complaints Authority 
107. Secretariat 
108. Removal of the members 
CHAPTER XI 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION COMMITTEE 
109. Establishment 
110. Composition 
111. Functions of the Criminal Justice Coordination Committee 
CHAPTER XII 
REGULATION, CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE OF THE POLICE 
112.  Rule making by Provincial Police Officer or Islamabad Capital City 
Police Officer 
113.  Punishments   
114.  Code of Conduct  
115. Police officer at any time liable to be called for duty 
116. Withdrawal from duty and resignation, etc. 
117. Police officer not to engage in any other employment 
CHAPTER XIII 
POWERS TO ISSUE ORDERS 
118.  Power to issue orders   
119.  Power to give direction to the public   
120.  Regulation of public assemblies and processions and licensing of same 
121.  Powers with regard to assemblies and processions violating the 
conditions of licence 
122.  Power to prohibit certain acts for prevention of disorder   
123.  Power to give directions against serious disorder at places of  
amusement, etc. 
124.  Erecting of barriers in streets, etc.   
125.  Power to search suspected persons or vehicles in street, etc.   
CHAPTER XIV 
SPECIAL MEASURES FOR MAINTENANCE OF  
PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY 
126.  Employment of additional police to keep peace   
127.  Employment of additional police at the cost of organizers, etc.  
128.  Compensation for injury caused by unlawful assembly or riot 
129.  Recovery of amount payable under Articles 126 and 127   
130.  Recovered amount to go to treasury   
131.  Banning of use of dress resembling uniform of police or armed forces 
132.  Control of camps, parades, etc.   
133.  Authority of Head of District Police over the village police.   
CHAPTER XV  
RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLICE IN RELATION TO 
UNCLAIMED PROPERTY 
134.  Police to make inventory of unclaimed property, etc.   
135.  Procedure for disposal of unclaimed property   
136.  Delivery of property to person entitled   
137.  Disposal of property, if no claimant appears   
CHAPTER XVI  
OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS 
138.  Causing mischief in street by animal or vehicle   
139.  Causing obstruction in a street   
140.  Wilful or negligent conduct in respect of dogs   
141.  Penalty for offences under Articles 138 to 140   
142.  Suffering disorderly conduct   
143.  Penalty for contravening orders, etc. under Article 118   
144.  Penalties for contravention of order, etc. under Article 119 and Articles 
122 and 123 
145.  Penalty for contravention of orders under Articles 131 and 132   
146.  Penalty for obtaining employment as a police officer through fraudulent 
means 
147.  Warning to first offender   
148.  Defiling water in public wells, etc   
149.  False alarm of fire, etc   
150.  Penalty for contravention of orders made under Article 124.   
151.  Penalty for unauthorized use of police uniform   
152.  Penalty for frivolous or vexatious complaint   
153.  Certain offences to be cognizable   
154.  Power to try offences summarily 
CHAPTER XVI-A 
OFFENCES IN THE RIOT ZONE 
154A. Attack on Law Enforcement Agencies and others by a member of 
unlawful assembly in the Riot Zone 
154B. Transfer of property void   
CHAPTER XVII 
OFFENCES BY AND PUNISHMENTS FOR POLICE OFFICERS 
155.  Penalty for certain types of misconduct by police officers   
156.  Penalty for vexatious entry, search, arrest, seizure of property, torture, 
etc. 
157.  Penalty for unnecessary delay in producing arrested persons in courts 
CHAPTER XVIII 
NATIONAL POLICE MANAGEMENT BOARD 
158. Establishment 
159. Composition 
160. Functions of the National Police Management Board 
161. Meeting and conduct of business of the Board 
162. National Police Bureau 
CHAPTER XIX  
MISCELLANEOUS 
163. Provision of advice and assistance to International Organizations etc. 
164. Coordination by Federal Government. 
165. Constitution of Promotion Boards etc. 
166. Criminal Statistics and reports 
167. Maintenance of Daily Diary at a police station 
168.  Citizen Police Liaison Committees   
169.  Public Safety Fund   
170.  Officers holding charge of or  succeeding to vacancies competent to 
exercise powers 
171.  No police officer to be liable to any penalty or payment of damages on 
account of acts done in good faith in pursuance of duty 
172.  Suits or prosecutions in respect of acts done under colour of  duty 
not to be entertained if not instituted within the prescribed period 
173.  Notice of suit to be given with sufficient description of  wrong 
complained of 
174.  Licences and written permissions to specify conditions, etc.   
175.  Revocation of licence or permission  
176.  When licence or permission is revoked, the grantee would be deemed to 
be without licence 
177.  Grantee to produce licence and written permission when required 
178.  Public notices how to be given   
179.  Consent of competent authority how to be proved   
180.  Signature on notices may be stamped   
181.  Persons interested may apply to annul, reverse or alter any rule  or order 
182.  Notification of rules and regulations in the Official Gazette 
183.  Powers to prosecute under any other law not affected  
184.  [Omitted]  
185.  Repeal and savings  
186.  Existing police deemed to be constituted under this Order. 
186A. Power to amend Fourth Schedule  
187.  Power to remove difficulties  
FIRST SCHEDULE 
SECOND SCHEDULE 
THIRD SCHEDULE 
FOURTH SCHEDULE 
 
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THE POLICE ORDER, 2002 
(22 of 2002) 
[14th August, 2002] 
An 
Order 
to reconstruct and regulate the police; 
WHEREAS the police has an obligation and duty to function according to 
the Constitution, law, and democratic aspirations of the people; 
AND WHEREAS such functioning of the police requires it to be professional, 
service-oriented, and accountable to the people; 
AND WHEREAS it is  expedient to redefine the police role, its duties and 
responsibilities; 
AND WHEREAS it is  necessary to r econstruct the police for efficient 
prevention and detection of crime, and maintenance of public order; 
AND WHEREAS the Chief Executive is s atisfied that circumstances exist 
which render it necessary to take immediate action; 
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance  of  the Proclamation  of Emergency  of  
the fourteenth  day of October, 1999, and the Provisional  Constitution  Order No. 
1 of 1999, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Chief 
Executive of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate 
the following Order:– 
CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 
1.  Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Order may be called the 
Police Order, 2002. 
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. 
(3) It shall come into force at o nce 
2
[except in the Islamabad Capital 
Territory where it shall come into force on the date the Lo cal Go vernment 
assume office in the said territory]. 
                                                           
1Pursuant to proclamation of Emergency of 14 October 1999, and the Provisional Constitution Order No.1 of 1999, as amended, 
and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, made and 
promulgated this Order which was published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary) dated 14 August 2002, pages 945-1022. 
2Added by the Police (Amendment) Order, 2002 (Chief Executive‟s Order No.36 of 2002), w.e.f.14.8.2002, Article  2; and 
published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated 13.11.2002.  
2.  Definitions.– (1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,– 
(i) „Administration‟ includes management of ad ministrative, operational 
and financial functions; 
(ii)  „Capital  City  Police  Officer‟  means  the  head  of police  of a 
general police  area of the capital  city district  who  is not below  the 
rank of Additional Inspector General of Police and is posted under 
Article 11; 
(iii)  „City Police Officer‟ means the head of police of a general police 
area of  the  city  district  who  is  n ot  below  the  rank  of  D eputy  
Inspector General of Police and is posted under Article 15; 
(iv)  „Code‟ means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 
1898); 
(v)  „Commission‟ means a Public Safety Commission established under 
this Order at the national, provincial, or district level; 
(vi)  „District‟ means the district as defined in a Local Government Law; 
(vii)  „District Police Officer‟ means the head of police of a district who is 
not below the rank of Sen ior Superintendent of Police and is posted 
under Article 15; 
(viii)  „Federal  Law  Enforcement  Agencies‟  include  Federal  
Investigation Agency, Pakistan Railway Police, Anti-narcotics Force, 
Pakistan Motorway and Highway Police, Islamabad Police, Frontier 
Constabulary, and any other Federal or Provincial organization 
notified as such by the Government from time to time; 
(ix)  „General Police Area‟ means a capital city district, a part of a 
province, or any territory for which separate police is established 
under Article 6; 
(x)  “Government” means the appropriate Government; 
(xi)  “Head of District Police” means a District Police Officer, City 
Police Officer or a Capital City Police Officer; 
3[(xi-a) “Incident Commander” means a police officer not below the rank of an 
officer incharge of a pol ice-station as defined under clause (p) of sub -
section (1) of section 4 of the Code;] 
 (xii)  „junior ranks‟ means members of the police of and below the rank 
of Inspector as set out in the First Schedule; 
(xiii)  „person‟ includes community, a company, or corporation; 
(xiv)   „Place‟ includes,– 
(a)  any building, tent, booth or other structure, whether permanent 
                                                           
3Inserted by the Police Order (Second Amendment) Act 2025 (II of 2026); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Ext raordinary), 
dated 06.01.2026, pp.3715-3718, s.2(a). 
or temporary; and 
(b)  any area, whether enclosed or open. 
(xv)  „place of public amusement‟ means any place where music, 
singing, dancing or game or any other amusement, diversion, or 
recreation or the means of carrying on the same is provided etc. to 
which the public are admitted  either on payment  of money or with 
the intention  that money may be collected from those admitted; 
(xvi)  „place  of  public  entertainment‟  means  any  place  of  boarding  
and lodging to which public are admitted by any person owning, or 
having any interest in, or managing, such place; 
(xvii)  „Provincial Police Officer‟ means head of the police of a general 
police area of the rank of Inspector General of Police posted under 
Article 11; 
(xviii) „Police Officer‟ means a member of the police who is subject to 
this Order; 
(xix)  „Police or Police Establishment‟ means the police referred to in 
Article 6 and includes– 
(a)  all persons  appointed  as special  police  officers  or 
additional police officers under this Order; and 
(b)  all other employees of the police. 
(xx)  „prescribed‟ means prescribed by rules made under this Order; 
(xxi)  „property‟ means any moveable property, money or valuable security;  
(xxii)  „public place‟ means any place to which the public may have access; 
4[(xxii-a)  “riot” means rioting as provided under section 146 of the Pakistan 
Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860); 
(xxii-b) “Riot Management Unit” mea ns the Riot Management Unit 
established under Article 31A of this Order; 
(xxii-bb) “Riot Zone” means an area declared by the Deputy Commissioner 
and Head of District Police and notified by the Head of District Police 
under Article 31B of this Order;] 
(xxiii) „rules‟ means rules made under this Order;  
(xxiv) „schedule‟ means a schedule to this Order; 
(xxv) „senior r anks‟ me ans me mbers of the police a bove the rank of 
Inspector as set out in the First Schedule; 
(xxvi) „street‟ includes any highway, bridge, way, causeway, arch, road, 
lane, footway, square, alley or passage, whether or not it is a 
thoroughfare and to whi ch t he  public have  access, w hether 
                                                           
4Inserted by the Police Order (Second Amendment) Act 2025 (II of 2026); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 06.01.2026, pp.3715-3718, s.2(b).  
permanently or temporarily;5[* ] 
6[(xxvi-a) “unlawful assembly” means an unlawful assembly as designated und er 
section 141 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860); and.] 
(xxvii) „vehicle‟ includ es any  conveyance of any description mechanically 
propelled or otherwise. 
(2)  All references in respect of District Superintendent of Police in any 
law in force shall mean Head of District Police posted under Article 11 and Article 
15. 
CHAPTER II 
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE POLICE 
3.  Attitude and responsibilities of police towards the public.– It shall be 
the duty of every police officer to– 
(a)  behave with the members of the public with due decorum and 
courtesy;  
(b)  promote amity; 
(c)  guide and assist members of the public particularly the poor, 
disabled or physically weak and children who are either lost or fi nd 
themselves helpless on the streets or other public places; and 
(d)  aid individuals who are in danger of physical harm particularly 
women and children. 
4.  Duties of police.– (1) Subject to law, it shall be the duty of every 
police officer to– 
(a)  protect life, property and liberty of citizens;  
(b)  preserve and promote public peace; 
(c)  ensure that the rights and privileges, under the law, of a person 
taken in custody, are protected; 
(d)  prevent the commission of offences and public nuisance; 
(e)  collect and communicate intelligence affecting public peace and 
crime in general; 
(f)  keep order and prevent obstruction on public roads and in the 
public streets and thoroughfares at fairs and all other places of 
public resort and in the neighbourhood of and at the places of public 
worship; 
                                                           
5Omitted by the Police Order (Second Amendment) Act 2025 (II of 2026);  and published in the Punjab G azette (Extraordinary), 
dated 06.01.2026, pp.3715-3718, s.2(c). 
6Inserted by the Police Order (Second Amendment) Act 2025 (II of 2026); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 06.01.2026, pp.3715-3718, s.2(d). 
  
(g)  regulate and control traffic on public roads and streets; 
(h)  take charge of all unclaimed property and to prepare its inventory; 
(i)  detect and bring offenders to justice; 
(j)  apprehend all persons whom he is legally authorised to apprehend 
and for whose apprehension, sufficient grounds exist; 
(k)  ensure that the information  about the arrest of a person is 
promptly communicated to a person of his choice; 
(l)  enter and inspect without a warrant on reliable information any 
public place, shop or gaming-house  where alcoholic drinks or 
narcotics are sold or w eapons are illegally stored and other public 
places of resort of loose and disorderly characters; 
(m)  obey and promptly execute all lawful orders; 
(n)  perform  other  duties  and  exercise  powers  as  are  conferred  by  
this Order, the Code or any other law for the time being in force; 
(o)  aid and co-operate with other agencies for the prevention of 
destruction of public property by violence, fire, or natural calamities; 
(p)  assist in preventing members of public from exploitation by any 
person or  organized groups; 
(q)  take charge of lunatics at large to prevent them from causing harm 
to themselves or other members of the public and their property; and 
(r)  prevent harassment of women and children in public places.  
(2)  Police officer shall make every effort to- 
(a)  afford  relief  to  people  in  distress  situations,  particularly  in 
respect of women and children; 
(b)  provide assistance to victims of road accidents; 
(c)  assist accident victims or their heirs or their dependants, where 
applicable, with such information and documents as would facilitate 
their compensation claims; and 
(d)  cause awareness among the victims of road accidents of their rights 
and privileges. 
(3)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  a  police  officer  to  lay  information  before  
a competent court and to apply for a summons, warrant, search warrant or such 
other legal process as may, by law, be issued against any person suspected of 
committing an offence. 
5.  Emergency duties of police with regard to essential services.– (1) 
The Government may, in an emergency, by notification in the Official Gazette, 
declare any specified service to be an essential service to the community. 
(2)  Upon  a declaration  being  made  under  clause  (1) and so long as 
it remains in force, it shall be the duty of every police officer to obey any lawful 
order given by a senior police officer in relation to the declaration. 
CHAPTER III 
CONSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE 
6. Separate polic e e stablishment f or each  general  police  area.– The 
Government shall maintain a separate police establishment for every general police 
area. 
7.  Constitution  of  police.– (1)  The  police  establishment  for  each  general 
police area shall consist of such numbers in the senior and junior ranks and 
have such organization as the Government may from time to time determine. 
(2)  The recruitment criteria, pay and allowances and all other conditions 
of service  of  the  police  shall  be  such  as  the  Government  may  from  time  to  
time determine. 
7
[(3)  The recruitment in the police other than ministerial and specialist 
cadres shall be in the rank of Constable, Sub -Inspector and Assistant 
Superintendent of Police.] 
8
[(3a) The selection for direct recruitm ent in the rank of Constable shall be 
made on the basis of district of domicile. 
(3b) The selection for direct recruitment in the rank of Sub -Inspector shall be 
made through Punjab Public Service Commission on the basis of police region in 
which district of domicile of the candidate is located and shall not exceed fifty percent 
of total posts in the rank of Sub-Inspector. 
(3c) Subject to the rules– 
(a) twenty-five percent of the quota reserved for departmental promotion to 
the rank of Sub -Inspector shall be  filled through selection -on-merit by 
Punjab Public Service Commission from amongst police officers holding 
bachelor‟s degree in the rank of Head Constable and Assistant Sub -
Inspector; and 
(b) twenty-five percent departmental promotions to the rank of Assi stant 
Sub-Inspector shall be made through selection -on-merit by Punjab 
Public Service Commission from amongst police officers holding 
bachelor‟s degree in the rank of Constable and Head Constable.] 
(4)  The recruitment in the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police 
shall be through the Federal Public Service Commission on all Pakistan basis. 
9
[(5)  * * * * * * * * * * *  ] 
                                                           
7Substituted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013), w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.2; and published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
8Inserted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013) , w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.2; and published in the  Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
(6)  Every police officer while on police duty shall have all the powers 
and privileges of a police officer throughout Pakistan and be liable to serve at any 
time in any branch, division, bureau and section. 
8.  Police to be organized on functional basis.– (1) The police 
establishment constituted under Article 7 shall, as far as practicable, be 
organised on functional basis into branches, divisions, bureaus and sections. 
(2)  The branches, divisions, bureaus and sections referred to in clause 
(1) may include  
(a)  Investigation;  
(b)  Intelligence; 
(c)  Watch and Ward;  
(d)  Reserve Police; 
(e)  Police Accountability; 
(f)  Personnel Management;  
(g)  Education and Training; 
(h)  Finance and Internal Audit; 
(i)  Crime Prevention; 
(j)  Crime against women; 
(k)  Traffic Planning and Management;  
(l)  Criminal Identification; 
(m)  Information Technology;  
(n)  Transport; 
(o)  Research and Development;  
(p)  Legal Affairs; 
(q)  Welfare; 
(r)  Estate Management. 
(3)  The specialist investigators shall be operationally responsible to the 
officer in-charge of the investigation branch. 
(4)  Every police officer shall be liable for posting to any branch, 
division, bureau and section, or anywhere in or outside the police 
10
[.] 
(5)  Posting to any specialist branch, division, bureau or section shall 
be subject to necessary training and experience in accordance with the rules. 
                                                                                                                                                                                      
9Omitted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013) , w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.2; and published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
10Misprinted in the Gazette as “colon”. 
9.  Superintendence of police.– (1) The superintendence of police throughout 
a general police area shall vest in the appropriate Government. 
(2)  The power of superintendence under clause (1) shall be so 
exercised as to ensure that police performs its duties efficiently and strictly in 
accordance with law. 
10.  Administration  of  the  police.– (1)  Administration  of  police  in  a  general 
police area shall vest in the Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer 
or City Police Officer posted under Article 11, or Article 15, as the case may be. 
(2)  The Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer and City 
Police Officer, as the case may be, shall exercise such powers and perform such 
functions and duties and shall have such responsibilities as may be provided by or 
under this Order and any other law for the time being in force. 
(3)  The  police  officers  mentioned  in  clause  (1)  may  for  direction  
and control  issue  standing  orders  not  inconsistent  with  the  Order  or  rules  
made hereunder for the efficient functioning of the police. 
(4)  Provincial Police Officer shall prepare a provincial annual policing 
plan for review by the Provincial Public Safety Commission. The plan shall include– 
(a)  objectives of policing; 
(b)  financial resources likely to be available during the year;  
(c)    targets; and 
(d)  mechanism for achieving these targets. 
11.  Posting of Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer and 
Head of Federal Law Enforcement Agency.– (1) The Provincial Government 
shall, out of a panel of three police officers recommended 
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[* * * * * *] by the Federal 
Government, post a police officer of the rank of Inspector General of Police as 
Provincial Police Officer of the Province: 
Provided that befo re a poli ce offic er is post ed as Pro vincial Police Officer 
under clause (1) the Federal Government shall place his services at the disposal of 
the Provincial Government. 
(2)  The Federal Government in the case of Islamabad Capital Territory 
and the Provincial Government in the case of Capital City District shall post a police 
officer not below the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police as Capital 
City Police officer out of three officers recommended by the National Public Safety 
Commission, or on the recommendation of the Provincial Police Officer, as the case 
may be. 
 (3)  The Federal Government shall, out of a panel of three suitable 
police officers recommended by the National Public Safety Commission post head 
                                                           
11The expression “by the National Public Safety Commission from a list provided” omitted by the Police Order (Amendment) 
Ordinance 2017 (XIII of 2017); published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 September 2017, pp 1587, s.2. 
of a Federal Investigation Agency, Pakistan Railway Police, Pakistan Motorway and 
Highway Police and Frontier Constabulary. 
(4)  During  temporary  absence  of  the  police  officers  mentioned  
under clause  (1) and  clause  (2) the next  senior  officer  may  exercise  all or any  
of the powers, perform all or any of the functions and duties, and discharge all or 
any of the responsibilities of the Provincial Police Officer, or Capital City Police 
Officer, as the case may be. 
(5)  The  Provincial  Police  Officer,  posted  under  clause  (1)  shall  
have administrative   and   financial   powers   as  ex-officio   Secretary   to  the  
Provincial Government and other powers under this Order, or any other law for 
the time being in force and Islamabad Capital City Police Officer posted under 
clause (2) shall have the same administrative and financial powers. 
(6)  Subject  to  job  description  of  each  post  under  the  rules,  the  
police officers  mentioned  in  clauses  (1)  and  (2)  may,  by  a  general  or  special  
order, empower any officer subordinate to him to exercise and perform all or any of 
the powers, functions or duties to be exercised or performed under this Order. 
12.  Term of office of Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer 
and Head of a Federal Law Enforcement Agency.– (1) The term of office of 
Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer and Head of a  Federal Law 
Enforcement Agency posted under Article 11 shall be three years from the date of 
his posting. 
 (2) The Provincial Government, with agreement of Provincial Public Safety 
Commission and  the Capital City Public Safety Commission may transfer the 
Provincial Police Officer or Capital City Police Officer before the expiry of his tenure, 
as the case may be. 
 (3) The Provincial Government or the respective Public Safety Commission 
may initiate the case of premature transfer of the officers mentioned in clause (2) for 
unsatisfactory performance of duties. 
(4)  The Federal Government  may with the agreement of National 
Public Safety  Commission  transfer  Islamabad  Capital  City Police  officer  and 
Head  of a Federal Law Enforcement Agency before the expiry of his tenure. 
(5)  The Federal Government or the National Public  Safety Commission 
may   initiate   premature   transfer   of   the   officer   mentioned   in   c lause   (4)   
for unsatisfactory performance of duties: 
Provided that before premature transfer of the officers mentioned in clause (3) 
and clause (5) the appropriate Commission shall give the concerned officer an 
opportunity of being heard in person. 
(6)  The Federal Government may,  with the agreement of the National 
Public Safety Commission recall a Provincial Police Officer or the Capital City Police 
Officer. 
13.  Posting  of Additional  Inspectors  General  of Police.– The  Government 
may  post  such  number  of  Additional  Inspectors  General  of Police  to assist 
the,  Provincial Police Officer, or Capital City Police Officer, as the case may be, in 
the efficient  performance  of  his  duties  as  it  may  deem  fit,  in  consultation  with  
the Provincial Police Officer, or Capital City Police Officer, as the case may be. 
14.  Appointment of experts.– (1) The Government may, on recommendation 
of the appropriate Public Service Commission, appoint one or more experts to 
assist the Provincial Police Officer and Capital City Police Officer or City Police 
Officer. 
(2)  The qualifications, eligibility, terms and conditions of service of 
experts shall be as prescribed. 
15.  Posting  of  City  Police  Officer  and  District  Police  Officer.– (1)  The 
Provincial Police Officer may post a City Police Officer for a city district notified as a 
general police area and the District Police Officer in a district within a general police 
area in consultation with the Government. 
(2)  The term of office of City Police Officer or District Police Officer, as 
the case may be, shall be three years from the date of his posting. 
(3)  The City Police Officer or District Police Officer may be transferred 
before completion of normal tenure of three years on specific grounds such as 
inefficiency and ineffectiveness with the concurrence both of the Zila Nazim and the 
District Public Safety Commission, after he has been heard in person by the District 
Public Safety Commission. 
16.  Administration  of  police  in  a  district.–  (1)  Subject  to  this  Order,  
the administration of police throughout a district, other than a capital city district 
and a city district, shall vest in a District Police Officer posted under Article 15. 
(2)  The  District  Police  Officer  may  delegate  any  of  his  powers  
and functions conferred on him to a Superintendent of Police, Assistant or Deputy 
Superintendent of Police posted under Article 17. 
(3)  The Capital City Police Officer and the City Police Officer shall 
have administrative and financial powers of the head of an attached department. 
(4)  A Capital City Police Officer posted under article 11 and a City 
Police Officer  posted  under  Article  15  s hall  exercise  the  powers  vested  in  
them  under clause (3) above and Article 10 subject to the operational control by the 
Provincial Police Officer. 
17.  Posting of Deputy Inspector General, Senior Superintendent, 
Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent.– (1) 
Subject to this Order, the Government shall post in consultation with Provincial 
Police Officer, or Capital City Police Officer, as the case may be, for any part of 
a general police area or for police headquarters, such number of Deputy Inspector 
General of Police as it may deem fit. 
(2)  Provincial  Police  Officer  or the Capital  City Police  Officer  shall 
post Senior Superintendents, Superintendents, Assistant and Deputy 
Superintendents of Police in the general police area. 
(3)  Every officer posted under clause (1) and clause (2) shall exercise 
and perform such powers, functions and duties, as assigned to him under this 
Order, or any other law for the time being in force. 
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[18.  Separation of investigation function .– (1) There shall be separation of 
investigation from other functions of the Police. 
(2) Subject to clause (3), the District Inves tigation Branch shall investigate, 
under the supervision of the Head of District Investigation Branch, all cases 
registered in the District.  
(3) The Provincial Police Officer may notify the offences which shall be 
investigated by the investigation officer  in the police station under the supervision of 
the officer-in-charge of the police station and if an offence in a case is required to be 
investigated by the District Investigation Branch then the entire case shall be 
investigated by the District Investigation Branch. 
(4) The District Investigation Branch, other than in the Capital City District 
or a City District, shall be headed by a police officer not below the rank of a 
Superintendent of Police and shall consist of such other police officers as the 
Provincial Police Officer may determine. 
(5) In the Capital City District and a City District, the District Investigation 
Branch shall be headed by a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Inspector 
General of Police and Senior Superintendent of Police re spectively and shall consist 
of such other police officers as the Provincial Police Officer may determine. 
(6) In order to institute functional specialization in each District, the Provincial 
Police Officer shall determine the investigation organization an d jurisdictions, as and 
when required, at the level of the District, City District, Capital City District or a division 
within a City District or the Capital City District. 
(7) The members of District Investigation Branch shall not form part of any 
police station and, as far as possible, the District Investigation Branch shall comprise 
several specialized wings, each wing being responsible for investigation of one or 
more types of cases.  
(8) The Head of District Investigation Branch shall be directly respo nsible 
to the Head of District Police. 
(9) The supervisory officers– 
(a) shall ensure timely completion and verification of investigation; and 
(b) may summon the investigation officer or team of officers, review the 
case file, evaluate the evidence and, in  that case, shall issue 
                                                           
12Substituted by the Pun jab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013) , w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.3; and published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
instructions to the investigation officer or team of officers in the form of 
case diary. 
(10) A supervisory officer not below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of 
Police may verify the correctness of the investigation and accuracy  of conclusions of 
investigation by writing a case diary before submission of report in the court. 
(11) An officer -in-charge of the police station shall, immediately after 
receiving information of an offence, inform the District Investigation Branch of the  
offence which is required to be investigated by the District Investigation Branch.  
(12) If the Head of District Investigation Branch is of the opinion that a case 
under investigation with the District Investigation Branch is not in its jurisdiction, he 
shall, under intimation to the Head of District Police, send the case for further 
investigation to the officer-in-charge of the police station. 
(13) If the officer -in-charge of the police station is , for reasons to be 
recorded, of the opinion that a case un der investigation by the police station staff is 
required to be investigated by the District Investigation Branch, he shall, under 
intimation to the Head of District Police, send the case for further investigation to the 
District Investigation Branch. 
 (14) Except in case of an emergency notified by the Provincial Police Officer 
for a specified period, the members of District Investigation Branch shall not be 
employed for duties other than investigation.] 
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[18A. Transfer of investigation.– (1) Within seven working days of the filing of an 
application, the Head of District Police may, after obtaining opinion of the District 
Standing Board and for reasons to be recorded in writing, transfer investigation of a case 
from the investigation officer to any other investigation officer or a team of investigation 
officers of a rank equal to or higher than the rank of the previous investigation officer. 
(2) If the Head of District Police has decided an application for transfer of 
investigation, the Regional Police Offic er may, within seven working days of the filing 
of an application, after obtaining opinion of the Regional Standing Board and for 
reasons to be recorded in writing, transfer investigation of a case from the 
investigation officer or a team of investigation officers to any other investigation 
officer or a team of investigation officers of a rank equal to or higher than the rank of 
the previous investigation officer or officers. 
(3) If a Regional Police Officer has decided an application for transfer of an 
investigation, the Provincial Police Officer may within thirty days of filing of an 
application, after obtaining opinion of a Standing Review Board, transfer investigation 
of a case to an investigation officer or a team of investigation officers of a rank equ al 
to or higher than the rank of the previous investigation officer or officers. 
                                                           
13Inserted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013) , w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.4; and published in t he Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
(4) A case under investigation with a District Investigation Branch may only 
be transferred to another officer or a team of officers of the District Investigation 
Branch, Regional Investigation Branch or Provincial Investigation Branch. 
(5) For the purpose of this Article– 
(a) „District Standing Board‟ means the District Standing Board constituted 
by the Head of District Police consisting of a Superintendent of Police 
as chairp erson and two officers not below the rank of Deputy 
Superintendent of Police as members; 
(b) „Regional Standing Board‟ means the Regional Standing Board 
constituted by the Regional Police Officer consisting of a 
Superintendent of Police as chairperson and two Superintendents of 
Police as members; 
(c) „Standing Review Board‟ means the Standing Review Board constituted 
by the Provincial Police Officer consisting of a Deputy Inspector 
General of Police as chairperson and two officers not below the rank of 
Superintendent of Police as members; and 
(d) reference to Head of District Police and Regional Police Officer in the 
case of Capital City District shall be construed to mean the Head of 
District Investigation Branch of the Capital City and the Capital City 
Police Officer, respectively.] 
14[* * * * * * * * * * *] 
 
15[18C. Crime Control Department .- (1) There shall be a Crime Control 
Department to register and investigate the crimes provided in the Fourth 
Schedule. 
(2) A specialized cadre with the name of Crime Control  Force shall be 
raised and maintained in the Crime Control Department having its Headquarters, 
Regions, Districts and Sub -Divisions comprising of Police Stations and 
Specialized Units or Wings. 
(3) The Crime Control Department shall be headed by the Additional  
Inspector General of Police who shall be responsible for its administration. 
(4) The Head of the Crime Control Department shall be assisted by 
such number of Deputy Inspectors General of Police, Senior Superintendents of 
Police, Superintendents of Police and Assistant/Deputy Superintendents of Police 
and such other staff as the Government may notify from time to time. 
(5) The Head of the Crime Control Department may delegate any of his 
functions to his subordinate officers. 
                                                           
14Omitted “Article 18B” by the Police Order (Amendment) Act 20 25 (XXXII of 20 25), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated: 30 May 2025, pp. 4757-4759, s.2. 
15Inserted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2025 (XXXII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 30 May 2025, pp. 4757-4759, s.3. 
(6) The Regional, District and Sub -Divisional Offices, and Police 
Stations of the Crime Control Department shall be headed by such Officers as the 
Government may notify from time to time. 
(7) The Crime Control Department Police Stations shall be established 
in every District and the Officers In -charge of such Police Stations shall act under 
the Code regarding the cases registered in Crime Control Department Police 
Stations or transferred to it.  
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 18A of this Order, the 
investigation of the cases registered by District Police, may be transferred to the 
Crime Control Department in the following manner: 
(a) Provincial Police Officer may transfer any case to the Crime Control 
Department for investigation; or 
(b) Provincial Police Officer, on the request of the Head of the Crime 
Control Department, may transfer any case to the Crime Control 
Department; or 
(c) on the requisition of the Crime Control Department, investigation of 
cases as mentioned in sub -article (7) shall be transferred from 
District Police to the Crime Control De partment within three days 
and case file, case property, arrested accused person, if any, along 
with relevant record shall be handed over to the concerned Police 
Station of the Crime Control Department: 
Provided that the procedure for transfer of cases men tioned 
in this clause shall be governed as per the criteria provided by 
standing orders issued from time to time by the Provincial Police 
Officer. 
(9) Transfer of investigation within the Crime Control Department shall 
be made in the following manner: 
(a) within seven working days of the filing of an application, the District 
Officer, Crime Control Department, after obtaining the opinion of 
District Standing Board and for reasons to be recorded in writing, 
may transfer the investigation of a case from one investiga tion 
officer to any other investigation officer or a team of investigation 
officers of a rank equal to or higher than the rank of previous 
investigation officer. 
(b) if the District Officer, Crime Control Department has decided an 
application for transfer of i nvestigation, the Regional Officer, Crime 
Control Department may, within seven working days of the filing of 
an application, after obtaining opinion of the Regional Standing 
Board and for reasons to be recorded in writing, transfer 
investigation of a case from the investigation officer or a team of 
investigation officers to any other investigation officer or a team of 
investigation officers of a rank equal to or higher than the rank of 
previous investigation officer or officers. 
(c) if the Regional Officer, Cri me Control Department has decided an 
application for transfer of an investigation, the Head of the Crime 
Control Department may, after obtaining opinion of a Standing 
Review Board, transfer investigation of a case to an investigation 
officer or a team of i nvestigation officers of a rank equal to or higher 
than the rank of the previous investigation officer or officers. 
Explanation: for the purpose of this Article, District Standing 
Board, Regional Standing Board and Standing Review Board mean 
Boards constituted by Head of the Crime Control Department from 
time to time. 
(10) Head of the Crime Control Department or any officer designated by 
him may call for record or any other document within a specified time from a law 
enforcement agency and any other Department o f the Government or agency, as 
may be necessary, for the purposes of investigation. 
(11) A person against whom reports under section 173 of the Code have 
been submitted, in more than two cases, to the court for trial, may be e -tagged for 
surveillance. 
(12) The Head of the Crime Control Department may issue standing 
orders from time to time for direction, control, administration, training or 
establishment of special units and wings for the efficient functioning of the Crime 
Control Department. 
(13) All cases pending with t he Organized Crime Unit, established under 
erstwhile Article 18B, shall stand transferred to the Crime Control Department on 
the commencement of this Act. 
(14) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Article of this 
Order, if any difficulty arises in gi ving effect to the provisions of this Article, the 
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, issue such directions not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Order as it may consider neces sary to 
remove such difficulty.] 
19.  Appointment of Director of Police Communications etc.– Subject to 
rules, Provincial Police Officer, or Capital City Police Officer, or City Police 
Officer, as the case may be, may appoint Director of Wireless, Motor Transport 
and Computer for the whole of the general police area or for any part thereof 
and such number of officers and staff as may be determined from time to time. 
20.  Posting of hea ds of p olice t raining institut ions.– (1)  The  Federal 
Government shall post a police officer of the rank of Inspector General of Police as 
Commandant of the National Police Academy. 
(2)  Provincial  Police  Officer  or  Capital  City  Police  Officer  may  post  
an officer not below the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police as 
Commandant of the police training college and an officer not below the rank of 
Senior Superintendent of Police as Principal of each police training school within 
the general police area under his charge. 
21.  Constitution of regions and divisions etc.– (1) The Provincial Police 
Officer may with the approval of the Government constitute police regions. 
 (2) Within the budgetary allocations, Provincial Police Officer, Capital City 
Police Officer, or the City Police Officer, as the case may be, may:– 
(a) divide districts into police divisions, sub-divisions and police stations; 
(b) sub-divide the police stations into police posts; and 
(c) define the limits and extent of such divisions, sub -divisions, police 
stations and police posts: 
 Provided that the limits and extent of such divisions, police stations  and police 
posts shall, as far as practicable, be 
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[coterminous] with the limits of Tehsils, or Town 
in a city district and Unions. 
(3)  A police region under clause (1) shall be headed by a police officer 
not below the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police: 
Provided that where the size of police establishment is more than ten 
thousand  the  region  shall  be  headed  by  a  police  officer  not  below  the  rank  
of Additional Inspector General of Police. 
(4)  A police division sha ll be und                                                                                                                             
er an officer not below the rank of a Superintendent of Police; a police sub-division 
under an officer not below the rank of an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of 
Police; and a police station shall be under an officer of the rank of Inspector 
17
[or 
Sub-Inspector] of Police: 
Provided  that  an  officer  of  the  rank  of  Assistant  Superintendent  of 
Police may be posted as head of a police station, assisted by Inspectors 
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[or Sub -
Inspectors] as officer incharge in selected police stations. 
22.  Transfer to other police establishment.– Subject to rules, the 
appropriate Government may transfer any police officer appointed under this Order 
from police constituted for one general police area to another. 
23.  Appointment of junior ranks.– Subject to rules, Head of District Police 
shall be the appointing authority for junior ranks. 
24.  Oath or affirmation by members of police.– (1) Every member of the 
police shall on appointment make and subscribe before Provincial Police Officer 
or Capital City Police Officer or City Police Officer, or head of a training institution, 
an oath or affirmation according to the form set out in the second Schedule. 
(2)  Assistant Superintendents of  Police shall make and subscribe to 
                                                           
16Misprinted in the Gazette as “coterminus”. 
17Inserted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013) , w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.5; and published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
18Inserted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013) , w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.5; and published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
the said oath or affirmation before Commandant, National Police Academy. 
25.  Certificate of appointment.– (1) Officers of junior ranks shall on 
appointment receive a certificate in the form provided in the Third Schedule. The 
certificate shall be issued under the seal of such officer as Provincial Police Officer 
or Capital City Police Officer or City Police Officer may by general or special order 
direct. 
(2)  A certificate of appointment shall become null and void whenever 
the police officer named therein ceases to belong to the police. 
26.  Suspension of police officer.– (1) Subject to rules, the authority or an 
officer authorised in this behalf by the authority shall have power to suspend a 
member of police. 
(2)  The powers and functions vested in a member of police shall 
remain suspended while such officer is under suspension: 
Provided that notwithstanding his suspension such member shall not cease 
to be a member of police and shall continue to be subject to the control of the same 
authorities to which he would have been, but for his suspension. 
27.  General powers of Provincial Police Officer etc.– Subject to this Order 
and rules made there-under, Provincial Police Officer and Head of District Police, as 
the case may be, shall within their respective spheres of authority, direct and 
regulate all matters   of   recruitment,   training,   postings,   transfers,   promotions,   
arms,   drill, discipline,  clothing,  distribution  of  duti es,  and  any  other  matter  
concerning  the efficient fulfilment of duties by the police under his control. 
28.  Powers of Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer and 
City Police Officer concerning police accounts.– (1) Provincial Police Officer, 
Capital City  Police  Officer  or  City  Police  Officer  shall  have  authority  to  
investigate  and regulate all matters of accounts connected with the police and all 
persons concerned shall be bound to give reasonable aid and facilities in 
conducting such investigation and to conform to his orders consequent thereto. 
(2)  The power of Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer 
and City Police Officer to regulate accounts under clause (1) shall be without 
prejudice to the Auditor General‟s authority to audit police accounts. 
29.  Appointment  of special  police  officers.–  (1) Subject  to rules, Head of 
District Police may appoint special police officers for special purposes or occasions 
when  the  police  available  to  him  is  not  sufficient  to  assist  the  police  under  
his command. 
(2)  Every special police officer so appointed shall, on appointment  
(a)  receive a certificate in the prescribed form; 
(b)  have  the  same  powers,  and  immunities  and  be  liable  to  the 
same  duties  and  responsibilities  and  be  subject  to the  same 
authorities as a regular police officer. 
30.  Appointment  of  additional  police.– (1)  City  Police  Officer  and  District 
Police Officer subject to the approval of the  Provincial Police Officer, and Capital 
City Police Officer may appoint additional police officers of such rank and for 
such time as he may deem fit for the purposes stated in their employment orders. 
(2)  Every additional police officer so appointed shall on appointment– 
(a)  receive  a  certificate  in  a  form  approved  by  Provincial  Police 
Officer or  Capital City Police Officer or City Police Officer as the case 
may be; 
(b)  be vested with all or any of the powers, privileges and duties of a 
police officer; 
(c)  be subject to orders of the Capital City Police Officer, City Police 
Officer and District Police Officer. 
(3)  The employment of additional police may be made at the request of 
any person reasonably requiring such police and the cost of such employment 
shall be recovered in such manner  as provided  under  this Order  or rules made  
there under. 
31.  Ministerial staff etc.– (1) Subject to rules, Provincial Police Officer, 
Capital City  Police  Officer  and  City  Police  Officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  may  
appoint ministerial staff and other employees to assist the police. 
(2)  Any person employed under clause (1) shall be under the direction 
and control of Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer, or City Police 
Officer, as the case may be. 
(3)  The powers of direction and control referred to in clause (2) shall 
include the powers of discipline and dismissal. 
(4)  Subject to rules, Provincial Police Officer, Capital City Police Officer or 
City Police Officer, as the case may be, may delegate his powers and authority 
under this Article to an officer of appropriate rank. 
19[31A.    Establishment of Riot Management Unit .– (1) The Government shall, by a 
notification in the official Gazette, establish the Riot Management Unit, comprising 
such number of officers  and officials of Police as may be prescribed by the rules, to 
manage the riot across the Province.  
(2) The administration of the Riot Management Unit shall vest in an officer 
of the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police who shall work under the overall 
supervision of the Provincial Police Officer. 
(3) The Riot Management Unit shall have such equipment for management 
of riot, as may be prescribed.  
                                                           
19Inserted by the Police Order (Second Amendment) Act 2025 (II of 2026); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 06.01.2026, pp.3715-3718, s.3. 
(4)  The officers and officials of the Riot Management Unit shall be trained 
to manage unlawful asse mblies and riots and to maintain  law and order and security 
in the Province.  
(5)  The Riot Management Unit shall assist the Head of the District Police in 
management of  unlawful assemblies and riots, and to maintain law and order and 
security in the District. 
31B. Procedure to manage unlawful assemblies and riots .– (1) Notwithstanding 
anything contained in the Code, the Deputy Commissioner and the Head of District 
Police shall jointly declare any area where an unlawful assembly or riot is taking place 
as a  Riot Zone, thereby enabling them to cordon off roads and order the public to 
vacate the Riot Zone and the said declaration shall be notified by the Head of District 
Police: 
Provided that, in case of any disagreement between the Deputy Commissioner 
and the  Head of District Police regarding such declaration, the matter shall be 
immediately referred to the Commissioner and the Head of the Regional Police, who 
shall jointly decide the matter through a written order. 
(2) The Head of District Police may notify a n Incident Commander in a Riot 
Zone declared under sub-article (1) and the Incident Commander shall pass directions 
for coordination between all the departments, authorities and agencies working in the 
Riot Zone in order to ensure that the functions relate d to riot control and dispersing of 
unlawful assemblies are efficiently discharged.  
(3) The Incident Commander shall follow the procedure to disperse the 
members of an unlawful assembly or riot as laid down in sections 127 and 128 of the 
Code.  
(4) The Incident Commander shall be authorized, as may be prescribed, to 
make communications or issue warnings, as the case may be, to the people living and 
working in the Riot Zone requiring them to clear it for securing order in the Riot Zone.  
(5) The Incident Co mmander may detain rioters and persons assembled 
for unlawful assemblies within the Riot Zone and shall take necessary legal action 
under the law.  
(6) The officers and officials of the Riot Management Unit in discharge of 
their official duties shall be presumed to have acted in good faith.  
(7) No suit, prosecution, or any other legal proceedings shall lie against 
officers and officials of the Riot Management Unit and any other officers and officials 
assisting in respect of any act done in good faith under this Article. 
31C.  Use of latest technology by the Riot Management Unit .– (1) The Riot 
Management Unit may use such technology as may be prescribed, for the prevention 
and surveillance of rioters and unlawful assemblies in coordination with Punjab Safe 
City Authority established under the Punjab Safe Cities Authority Act 2016 (I of 2016).  
(2) Any video and photo collected in coordination with the Punjab Safe City 
Authority under sub-article (1) shall be admissible in evidence and shall be presumed 
to be true unless proven otherwise.] 
CHAPTER IV 
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HEAD OF DISTRICT POLICE 
32.  Policing Plan.– (1) Head of District Police shall prepare an annual 
Policing Plan consistent with Provincial Policing Plan wherever applicable in 
consultation with the 20[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the 
District] in the prescribed manner. 
(2)  The Policing Plan shall include:–  
(a)  objectives of policing; 
(b)  financial resources likely to be available during the year;  
(c)  targets; and 
(d)  mechanism for achieving these targets. 
(3)  Head of District Police shall obtain the approval of the plan from the 
appropriate Public Safety Commission and send copies of the approved plan to 21[the 
Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the Distri ct], Tehsil or Town Nazim, 
Provincial Government, Provincial Public Safety Commission and Provincial Police 
Officer and in case of Islamabad Capital Territory to 22[the Mayor or, as the case may 
be, the Chairman of the District ], Islamabad District Public S afety Commission, 
National Public Safety Commission and Federal Government. 
(4)  Head of District Police shall prepare a report on the policing of the 
district during the year and send it to the District Public Safety Commission by end of 
August. 
33.  Relationship  of District  Police  with 23[the Mayor or, as the case may 
be, the Chairman of the District] etc.–  (1) Subject  to the provisions of this Order, 
Head of District Police shall be responsible to the 24[the Mayor or, as the case may 
be, the Chairman of the District ] for police functions under this Order but shall not 
include administration of the district police,   investigation of criminal cases and 
police functions relating to prosecution, which shall rest with the police: 
Provided that 25[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the 
District] may visit a police station to find out if any person is u nder unlawful 
                                                           
20Substituted for the words “Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
21Ibid. 
22Ibid. 
23Ibid. 
24Ibid. 
25Ibid. 
detention and in appropriate cases may also direct action in accordance with law 
having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case. 
(2)  In case of a difference of opinion between the 26[the Mayor or, as the 
case may be, the Chairman of the District ] and the Provincial Government on any 
matter concerning the district police, the decision of the Provincial Government shall 
prevail. 
34. Police support to Government functionaries, etc.– (1) Any functionary 
of the Federal Government, Provincial Government, any statutory body or any body 
or corporation owned, set up or controlled by any such Government or in w hich 
such Government has a controlling share or interest, District Government, Tehsil or 
Town Municipal Administration or Union Administration, or Cantonment Board may 
for the discharge of his official duties which in his opinion require police assistance, 
ask for police support from the concerned police authority of the area and such 
authority shall provide the requisite support: 
 Provided that, if for any reason, the police authority is unable to provide the 
police support requested under this clause it shall forthwith bring the matter through 
its channel of command to the notice of Head of District Police who shall make 
arrangement for provision of police support and, where he is unable to provide such 
support, he shall inform the 27[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the 
District] accordingly: 
 Provided further that before making a report to the higher officer, each officer 
in the chain of command shall make an effort to provide the requisite police support: 
 Provided also that where any police officer is of the opinion that the request for 
police support is unnecessary, unlawful or malafide, he shall, through his channel of 
command, report to Head of District Police who may seek recourse to the appropriate 
Public Safety Commission and in that case the decision of th e Public Safety 
Commission shall prevail. 
 (2) Where the 28[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the 
District] so directs, the 29[Deputy Commissioner] shall be responsible for coordination 
of police support by Head of District Police to the Dist rict Government, Tehsil 
Municipal Administration, Union Administration and Cantonment Board in exigencies 
threatening law and order, natural calamities and emergencies. 
 (3) In case of an unlawful or malafide order issued by any authority, the 
Head of Dist rict Police shall seek recourse to the appropriate Public Safety 
Commission whose decision shall prevail. 
35.  Responsibility  on complaints  of neglect and excesses  by police.– (1) 
                                                           
26Substituted for the words “Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
27Ibid. 
28Ibid. 
29Ibid., for the words “District Coordination Officer”. 
Where the 30[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the Distric t] on the 
basis of any complaint or information has reason to believe that any police official 
has committed an act of neglect, failure or excess, or the Union Public Safety 
Committee on its own motion or on receipt of a complaint from an aggrieved person 
reports to the 31[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the District] about 
police neglect, failure or excess, the 32[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the 
Chairman of the District ] may direct Head of District Police to take remedial 
measures, including registration of First Information Report in a cognizable offence in 
appropriate cases within the period specified by him and the 33[the Mayor or, as the 
case may be, the Chairman of the District ] shall inform the appropriate Public Safety 
Commission accordingly. 
(2)  Head  of  District  Police  or  the  concerned  competent  authority  
shall immediately take remedial measures, and may suspend the concerned official 
where necessary, initiate an enquiry and take appropriate action in accordance with 
law. 
(3)  Head of District Police shall without delay inform the 34[the Mayor or, as 
the case may be, the Chairman of the District ] and appropriate Public Safety 
Commission of the action taken by him pursuant to the directions given under clause 
(1) and forwa rd a copy of the final report of enquiry within forty five days of such 
directions. 
36.  Reference to Police Complaints  Authority.– Head of District Police and 
Head of Federal Law Enforcement Agency shall inform the Provincial Police 
Complaints Authority or the Federal Police Complaint Authority, as the case may be, 
of any incident or a complaint of rape, death or serious injury to any person in police 
custody. 
CHAPTER V 
DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION 
37. Establishment.– The Provincial Government shall establish a District Public 
Safety Commission in each district consisting of 8,10 or 12 members depending upon 
the area and population of the district. 
38. Composition.– (1) Half of the members of the District Public Safety 
Commission shall be elected by t he Zila Council, from amongst its councillors on the 
basis of each member casting only one vote in favour of any contesting candidate 
through secret ballot. 
                                                           
30Ibid., for the words “Zila Nazim”. 
31Substituted for the words “Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
32Ibid. 
33Ibid. 
34Ibid. 
 (2) The other half comprising independent members shall be appointed by 
the Governor from a list of names recommended by the District Selection Panel. 
 (3) One third of both the elected and the independent members of the 
District Public Safety Commission shall be women. 
 (4) The 35[ Deputy Mayor or, as the case may be, the Vice Chairman of the 
District] shall request the Chairperson of the District Selection Panel to conduct the 
election of the members of the District Public Safety Commission referred to in clause 
(1). 
 (5) The appointment of members shall be notified in the official Gazette. 
39.  Appointment of Chairperson .– (1) The Chairperson shall be elected by the 
members from amongst themselves annually alternating between independent and 
elected members. 
 (2) The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings of the Commission. 
40.  Meeting  in  the  absence  of  the  Chairperson.– In  the  absence  of  the 
Chairperson  the District Public Safety Commission  shall elect one of its member 
to preside over a meeting. 
41.  Selection of independent members.– (1) There shall be a Selection 
Panel for independent members consisting of District and Sessions Judge who shall 
be its Chairperson   and  one  nominee   each   of  the  Provincial   Government   
and  the District Government:  
Provided  that  such  nominee  shall  not  be  elected  representative  or public 
servant. 
(2) The selection of independent members shall be by consensus. 
 (3) The selection process shall be completed within thirty days from the 
commencement of the selection process. 
 (4) Independent members shall be of impeccable integrity and proven  
professional competence in such fields as social work, law, administration, education, 
corporate sector, etc. 
42. Functions of the Selection Panel .– The selection panel shall invite 
applications or nominations from the public for selection of independent members, 
and after interviewing eligible and willing candidates, forward names of persons twice 
the number of appointments to be made to the Governor of the Province. 
43.  Selection criteria of independent members.– A person shall be 
disqualified from  becoming  a  member  of  Dist rict  Public  Safety Commission if 
he– 
                                                           
35Substituted for the words “Naib Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
(a)  is an activist of any political party or has held any representative office 
or has remained a public servant in the  six months immediately 
preceding such appointment; 
(b)  is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness;  
(c)  is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; 
(d)  is not a citizen of Pakistan; 
(e)  holds an office of profit in the service of Pakistan; 
(f)  is in the service of any statutory body or any other body which is 
owned or controlled  by the  Go vernment  or in which  the  
Government  has  a controlling share or interest; 
(g)  has been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired from the service 
of Pakistan on grounds of corruption or any other form of misconduct;  
(h)  is convicted of a criminal offence; 
(i)  has any conflict of interest; or 
(j)  is  involved  in  activities  prejudicial  to  the  ideology,  interest,  
security, unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of Pak istan and its 
people, and the good order and harmony of society. 
44.  Functions of the District Public Safety Commission .– The District Public 
Safety Commission shall perform the following functions including those related to 
complaints against the police:– 
(a) approve an annual  Local Policing Plan prepared by the District Police 
Officer in consultation with the 36[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the 
Chairman of the District ] setting out the arrangements for the policing 
during the year: 
Provided that such Policing Plan shall include– 
(i) a statement of the financial resources expected to be made 
available by the Provincial Government; and 
(ii) performance targets for the year and their delivery mechanism; 
(b) evaluate the delivery of performance targets contained in the Local 
Policing Plan on quarterly basis and send half -yearly reports to 37[the 
Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the District ], Tehsil 
Nazim, Provincial Government, Provincial Public Safety Commission 
and Provincial Police Officer; 
(c) encourage police-public cooperation; 
                                                           
36Substituted for the words “Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
37Ibid. 
(d) provide recourse to District Police Officer or City Police Officer for 
reporting against any unlawful or malafide order or request for police 
support from any authority received by him or any officer subordinate to 
him and give a decision thereon which shall prevail; 
(e) refer the matter in writing to the Provincial Government for appropriate 
action where the District Public Safety Commission is satisfied that a 
collusive relationship detrimental to the interest of the people exists 
between the 38[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the 
District] and District Police Officer or City Police Officer: 
Provided that before making such report the District Police Officer or City 
Police Officer and the 39[the Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman 
of the District ] shall be given an opportunity to be heard in person to 
explain their respective positions; 
(f) direct the District Police Officer or City Police Officer as to disposal of 
unclaimed property under clause (4) of Article 135 
40
[;] 
(g) direct the District Police Officer or City Police Officer in writing, where 
the District Public Safety Commission has reasons to believe that the 
head of the police station has unjustifiably refused or avoided to register 
any First Information  Report, to conduct an inquiry into the matter and 
cause the registration of the First Information Report under section 154 
of the Code, if any cognizable case is made out from the allegations of 
the complainant and report to the District Public Safety Com mission 
within forty-eight hours the action taken by him; 
(h) on receipt of a complaint of excess by a police officer– 
(i) direct the District Police Officer or City Police Officer in writing to 
take appropriate action and submit a report within a specifie d 
period; or 
(ii) conduct a fact finding enquiry through two or more of its 
members, and in case the complaint is found correct, send its 
report and direct District Police Officer to suspend the defaulting 
police officer and take departmental action agains t him in 
accordance with the rules; 
(iii) report the matter to the Provincial Police Officer, Provincial 
Government or the Police Complaints Authority for appropriate 
action if the District Police Officer does not submit a report or 
take action on the dire ction given by the District Public Safety 
Commission; 
                                                           
38Substituted for the words “Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
39Ibid. 
40Misprinted in the Gazette as “full-stop”. 
(i) direct the District Police Officer in writing to enquire into a complaint of 
neglect in general or by a functionary of a district police and take 
appropriate action and report within the specified period. 
(j) on a complaint of excess committed by any member of Federal Law 
Enforcement Agency and civil armed forces acting in support of the 
district police, require the appropriate authority of the concerned 
department in writing to take remedial action and report within a 
specified period. If no action is taken by the concerned authority, a 
reference may be made by the District Public Safety Commissions to 
the head of concerned organization or the Federal Complaints Authority 
for appropriate action. 
45.  Terms of members of the District Public Safety Commission.– (1) The term 
of office of a member shall be three years unless he resigns at any time before the 
expiry of his term or ceases to be a member of the Zila Council. 
 (2) No member shall be eligible for a second term. 
 (3) Members shall be paid TA and DA for attending meetings, as per rules. 
 (4) Independent members may be paid honoraria as per rules. 
 (5) Members shall be Justices of Peace within the district in accordance 
with the Code.  
46. Removal of members .– The Governor on his own volition or on the 
recommendation of the District Public Safety Commission may remove a member 
from office if he– 
 (a) ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan; 
 (b) is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; 
 (c) is guilty of misconduct; 
(d) is found to have dealt with any matter in which he had a conflict of 
interest; 
 (e) is convicted of a criminal offence; 
 (f) is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; 
(g) is involved in activities preju dicial to the ideology, interest, security, 
unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of Pakistan and its people, and the 
good order and harmony of society; 
 (h) brings the District Public Safety Commission into disrepute; 
(i) fails to attend its three consec utive meeting s without any reasonable 
cause. 
47.  Meetings and conduct of business of the District Public Safety 
Commission.– (1) The business of the District Public Safety Commission shall be 
conducted by the Commission in a meeting. 
 (2) The meeting may be convened by the Chairperson or on the requisition 
of three members. 
 (3) Quorum for a meeting of the District Public Safety Commission shall be 
two third of its total membership. 
 (4) Members shall attend meetings of the Commission as and when required 
for which at least a week‟s notice, with agenda, shall be given. There shall be minimum 
of one meeting in a month provided an emergency meeting may be held at a short 
notice not exceeding twenty four hours. 
 (5) Decisions of the Commission shall be by simple majority. 
 (6) District Police Officer or City Police Officer or in their absence their 
deputy may be invited to attend a meeting, which he shall attend. 
 (7) The Commission may invite any expert for consultations on specific 
issues. 
 (8) The Commission  may frame rules of procedure for the conduct of 
business.  
48. Secretariat.– (1) The Government shall establish a permanent secretariat of 
the District Public Safety Commission. 
 (2) The Secretariat shall be headed by an officer of BPS 17 who shall be 
appointed in consultation with the Commission by the Provincial Government. 
 (3) The Secretariat shall consist of such number of officers and staff as the 
Government may, in consultation with the Commission, determine from time to time. 
CHAPTER VI 
CAPITAL CITY DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION 
49. Establishment.– The Provincial Government shall establish a Capital City 
District Public Safety Commission in each district consisting 12 members depending 
upon the area and population of the district.  
50. Composition.– (1) Three members of the Capital City District Public Safety 
Commission shall be elected by the Zila Council, from amongst its councillors on the 
basis of each member casting only one vote in favour of any contesting candidate 
through secret ballot. 
 (2) Three members shall be nominated by the Speaker of the Provincial 
Assembly from amongst its members two from the treasury and one from the 
opposition in consultation with the Leader of the House and the Leader of the 
Opposition. 
 (3) The remaining six members shall be independent members and shall 
be appointed by the Governor from a list of names recommended by the Capital City 
District Selection Panel. 
 (4) One third of both the elected and independent members of the 
Commission shall be women. 
 (5) The Naib Zila Nazim shall request the Chairperson of the Capital City 
District Selection Panel to conduct the election of the members of the Capital City 
District Public Safety Commission referred to in clause (1). 
 (6) The appointment of members shall be notified in the  Official Gazette.  
51. Appointment of Chairperson .– (1) The Chairperson shall be elected by the 
members from amongst themselves annually alternating between independent and 
elected members. 
 (2) The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings of the Commission.  
52. Meeting in the absence of the Chairperson .– In the absence of the 
Chairperson the Capital City District Public Safety Commission shall elect one of its 
member to preside over a meeting. 
53. Selection of independent members .– (1) There shall be a Selection Panel 
for independent members consisting of Chief Justice of High Court who shall be its 
Chairperson and one nominee each of the Provincial Government and the District 
Government: 
 Provided that such nominee shall not be elected re presentative or public 
servant. 
 (2) The selection of independent members shall be by consensus. 
 (3) The selection process shall be completed within thirty days from the 
commencement of the selection process. 
 (4) Independent members shall be of impeccabl e integrity and proven 
professional competence in such fields as social work, law, administration, education, 
corporate sector, etc.  
54. Functions of the Selection Panel .– The Selection Panel shall invite 
applications or nominations from the public for se lection of independent members, 
and after interviewing eligible and willing candidates, forward names of persons twice 
the number of appointments to be made to the Governor of the Province.  
55. Selection criteria of independent members .– A person shall be  disqualified 
from becoming a member of District Public Safety Commission if he– 
(a) is an activist of any political party or has held any representative office 
or has remained a public servant in the six months immediately 
preceding such appointment; or 
 (b) is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; or 
 (c) is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; or 
 (d) is not a citizen of Pakistan; or 
 (e) holds an office of profit in the service of Pakistan; or 
 (f) is in the service of any statutory body or any other body which is owned 
or controlled by the Government or in which the Government has a 
controlling share or interest; or 
 (g) has been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired from the service 
of Pakistan on grounds of corruption or any other form of misconduct; 
or 
 (h) is convicted of a criminal offence; or 
 (i) has any conflict of interest; or 
 (j) is involved in activities prejudicial to the ideology, interest, security, 
unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of Pakis tan and its people, and the 
good order and harmony of society.  
56. Functions of the Capital City District Public Safety Commission .– The 
Capital City District Public Safety Commission shall perform the following functions of 
Public Safety and Complaints Authority:– 
 (a) approve an annual Local Policing Plan prepared by the Capital City 
Police Officer in consultation with the Zila Nazim setting out the 
arrangements for the policing during the year: 
 Provided that such Policing Plan shall include– 
(i) a stat ement of the financial resources expected to be made 
available by the Provincial Government; and 
(ii) performance targets for the year and their delivery mechanism; 
(b) evaluate the delivery of performance targets contained in the Local 
Policing Plan on qu arterly basis and send half -yearly reports to Zila 
Nazim, Tehsil Nazim, Provincial Government, Provincial Public Safety 
Commission and Provincial Police Officer; 
(c) encourage police-public cooperation; 
(d) provide recourse to Capital City Police Officer f or reporting against any 
unlawful or malafide order or request for police support from any 
authority received by him or any officer subordinate to him and give a 
decision thereon which shall prevail; 
(e) refer the matter in writing to the Provincial Govern ment for appropriate 
action where the Capital City District Public Safety Commission is 
satisfied that a collusive relationship detrimental to the interest of the 
people exists between the Zila Nazim and Capital City Police Officer: 
 Provided that before making such report the Capital City Police Officer and the 
Zila Nazim shall be given an opportunity to be heard in person to explain their 
respective positions; 
(f) direct the Capital City Police Officer as to disposal of unclaimed 
property under clause (4) of Article 135 
41
[;] 
(g) direct the Capital City Police Officer in writing, where the Capital City 
District Public Safety Commission has reasons to believe that the head 
of the police station has unjustifiably refused or avoided to register any 
First Infor mation Report, to conduct an inquiry into the matter and 
cause the registration of the First Information Report under section 154 
of the Code, if any cognizable case is made out from the allegations of 
the complainant and report to the Capital City Distric t Public Safety 
Commission within forty-eight hours the action taken by him; 
(h) on receipt of a complaint of excess by a police officer 
(i) direct the Capital City District Police Officer in writing to take 
appropriate action and submit a report within a specified period; 
or 
(ii) conduct a fact finding enquiry through two or more of its 
members, and in case the complaint is found correct, send its 
report and direct Capital City District Police Officer to suspend 
the defaulting police officer and take depar tmental action against 
him in accordance with the rules; 
(iii) report the matter to the Provincial Government or the Police 
Complaints Authority for appropriate action if the Capital City District 
Police Officer does not submit a report or take action on the direction 
given by the Capital City Public Safety Commission; 
(i) direct the Capital City District Police Officer in writing to enquire into a 
complaint of neglect in general or by a functionary of a district police 
and take appropriate action and report within the specified period; 
(j) on a complaint of excess committed by any member of Federal Law 
Enforcement Agency and civil armed forces acting in support of the 
district police, require the appropriate authority of the concerned 
department in writing to take remedial action and report within a 
specified period. If no action is taken by the concerned authority, a 
reference may be made by the Capital City District Public Safety 
Commission to the head of concerned organization or the Federal 
Complaints Authority for appropriate action.  
57. Terms of members of the Capital City District Public Safety 
Commission.– (1) The term of office of a member shall be three years unless he 
                                                           
41Misprinted in the Gazette as “full-stop”. 
resigns at any time before the expiry of his term or ceases to be a member of th e 
Provincial Assembly or the Zila Council. 
 (2) No member shall be eligible for a second term. 
 (3) Members shall be paid TA and DA for attending meetings, as per rules. 
 (4) Independent members may be paid honoraria as per rules. 
 (5) Members shall be Jus tices of Peace within the district in accordance 
with the Code.  
58. Removal of members .– The Governor on his own volition or on the 
recommendation of the Capital City District Public Safety Commission may remove a 
member from office if he– 
 (a) ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan; 
 (b) is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; 
 (c) is guilty of misconduct; 
(d) is found to have dealt with any matter in which he had a conflict of 
interest; 
(e) is convicted of a criminal offence; 
(f) is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; 
(g) is involved in activities prejudicial to the ideology, interest, security, 
unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of Pakistan and its people, and the 
good order and harmony of society; 
(h) brings the Capital City District Public Safety Commission into disrepute; 
(i) fails to attend its three consecutive meetings without any reasonable 
cause.  
59. Meetings and conduct of business of the Capital City District Pubic Safety 
Commission.– (1) The business of the Capital City District Public Safety Commission 
shall be conducted by the Commission in a meeting. 
 (2) The meeting may be convened by the Chairperson or on the requisition 
of three members. 
 (3) Quorum for the meeting of the Capital City District Comm ission shall be 
two-third of its membership. 
 (4) Members shall attend meetings of the Commission as and when required 
for which at least a week‟s notice, with agenda, shall be given. There shall be minimum 
of one meeting in a month provided an emergency m eeting may be held at a short 
notice not exceeding twenty four hours. 
 (5) Decisions of the Commission shall be by simple majority. 
 (6) Capital City Police Officer and in his absence his deputy may be invited 
to attend a meeting which he shall attend. 
 (7) The Commission may invite any expert for consultations on specific 
issues. 
 (8) The Commission may frame rules of procedures for the conduct of 
business.  
60. Secretariat.– (1) The Government shall establish a permanent secretariat of 
the Capital City District Public Safety Commission. 
 (2) The Secretariat shall be headed by an officer of BPS 17 who shall be 
appointed in consultation with the Commission by the Provincial Government. 
 (3) The Secretariat shall consist of such number of officers and staff a s the 
Government may in consultation with the Commission, determine from time to time. 
CHAPTER VII 
ISLAMABAD DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION 
61.  Establishment.–  The Federal Government shall establish Islamabad 
District Public Safety Commission for Islamabad Capital Territory consisting of 12 
members. 
62.  Composition.–  (1) Three  members  of the Islamabad  District  Public  
Safety Commission shall be elected by the District Council, from amongst its 
councillors on the  basis  of  each  member  casting  only  one  vote  in  favour  of  
any  contesting candidate through secret ballot. 
(2)  Three  members  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Speaker  of  
National Assembly  from  amongst  its  members  two  from  the  treasury  and  one  
from  the opposition in consultation with the Leader of the House and the Leader of 
the Opposition. 
(3)  The remaining six members shall be independent members and 
shall be appointed by the President from a list  of names recommended by the 
Islamabad District Selection Panel. 
(4)  One  third  of  both  the  elected  and  independent  members  of  
the Islamabad District Public Safety Commission shall be women. 
(5)  The 42[ Deputy Mayor or, as the case may be, the Vice Chairman of the 
District] shall request the Chairperson of the Islamabad District Selection  Panel 
to conduct the election of the members of the Islamabad District Public Safety 
Commission referred to in clause (1). 
(6)  The appointment of members shall be notified in the Official 
Gazette. 
63.  Appointment of Chairperson.– (1) The Chairperson shall be elected by 
the members from amongst themselves annually alternating between independent 
                                                           
42Substituted for the words “Naib Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
and elected members. 
(2)  The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings of the 
Commission. 
64.  Meeting  in  the  absence  of  the  Chairperson.– In  the  absence  of  the 
Chairperson  Islamabad  District  Public  Safety  Commission  shall  elect  one  of  
its member to preside over a meeting. 
65.  Selection of independent members.– (1) There shall be a Selection Panel 
for independent members consisting of Chief Justice of the High Court who shall be 
its Chairperson and one nominee each of the Federal Government and the District 
Government: 
Provided  that  such  nominee  shall  not  be  elected  representative  or 
public servant. 
(2)  The selection of independent members shall be by consensus. 
(3)  The selection process shall be completed within thirty days from 
the commencement of the selection process. 
(4)  Independent  members  shall  be  of  impeccable  integrity  and  
proven professional   competence   in   su ch   fields   as   social   work,   law,   
administration, education, corporate sector, etc 
43
[.] 
66.  Functions  of  the  Selection  Panel.– The  selection  panel  shall  invite 
applications or nominations from the public for selection of independent 
members, and  after  interviewing  eligible  and  willing  candidates,  forward  names  
of  persons twice the number of appointments to be made to the President. 
67.  Selection criteria of independent members.– A person shall be 
disqualified from becoming a member of Islamabad District Public Safety 
Commission if he– 
(a)  is an activist of any political party or has held any representative 
office or  has  remained  a  pub lic  servant  in  the  six  months  
immediately preceding such appointment; or 
(b)  is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; or 
(c)  is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; or 
(d)  is not a citizen of Pakistan; or 
(e)  holds an office of profit in the service of Pakistan; or 
(f)  is in the service of any statutory body or any other body which is 
owned or controlled  by  the Government  or in which the 
Government  has a controlling share or interest; or 
(g)  has been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired from the 
                                                           
43Misprinted in the Gazette. 
service of Pakistan on grounds of corruption or any other form of 
misconduct; or 
(h)  is convicted of a criminal offence; or 
(i)  has any conflict of interest; or 
(j)  is involved  in activities  prejudicial  to the ideology,  interest,  
security, unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of Pak istan and its 
people, and the good order and harmony of society. 
68.  Functions of Islamabad District Pub lic Safety Commission .– The 
Islamabad District Public Safety Commission shall perform the following functions of 
Public Safety and Complaints Authority:- 
(a) approve an annual Local Policing  Plan  prepared  by the Capital 
City Police Officer in consultation with the 44[the Mayor or, as the case 
may be, the Chairman of the District ] setting out the arrangements for 
the policing during the year: 
 Provided that such Policing Plan shall include– 
(i)  a  statement  of  the  financial  resources  expected  to  be  
made available by the Federal Government; and 
(ii)  performance targets for the year and their delivery mechanism; 
(b)  evaluate the delivery of performance  targets contained  in the Local 
Policing Plan on quarterly basis and send half- yearly reports to 45[the 
Mayor or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the District ], Tehsil 
Nazim, Federal Government and National Public Safety Commission; 
(c)  encourage police-public cooperation; 
(d)  provide recourse to Capital City Police Officer for reporting against 
any unlawful  or  malafide  order  or  request  for  police  support  from  
any authority received by him or a ny officer subordinate to him and 
give a decision thereon which shall prevail; 
(e)  refer the matter in writing to the Federal Government for 
appropriate action  where  the  Islamabad  District  Public  Safety  
Commission  is satisfied that a collusive relationship detrimental to 
the interest of the people exists between the 46[the Mayor or, as the 
case may be, the Chairman of the District ] and Capital City Police 
Officer:  
 Provided that before making such report the Capital City Police 
Officer and the 47[the Mayor or, as the case m ay be, the Chairman of 
                                                           
44Substituted for the words “Zila Nazim” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (IV of 2018), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 28 May 2018, pp. 8259-8267, s. 2 read with the Schedule, item 28. 
45Ibid. 
46Ibid. 
47Ibid. 
the District ] shall be given an opportunity to be heard in person to 
explain their respective positions; 
(f)  direct  the  Capital  City  Police  Officer  as  to  disposal  of  
unclaimed property under clause (4) of Article 135 
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(g)  direct the Capital City Police Officer in writing, where the 
Islamabad District Public Safety Commission has reasons to believe 
that the head of the police station has unjustifiably refused or avoided 
to register any First  Information  Report,  to  conduct  an  inquiry  into  
the  matter  and cause the registration of the First Information Report 
under section 154 of the Code, if any cognizable case is made out 
from the allegations of the complainant and report to t he Islamabad 
District Public Safety Commission within forty-eight hours the action 
taken by him; 
(h)  on receipt of a complaint of excess by a police officer; 
(i)  direct the Capital City Police Officer in writing to take appropriate 
action and submit a report with in a specified period; or 
(i) conduct  a  fact  finding  enquiry  through  two  or  more  of  
its members, and in case the complaint is found correct, send its 
report and direct Capital City Police Officer to suspend the 
defaulting  police  officer  and  take  departmental  action  
against him in accordance with the rules; 
(ii)  report  the  matter  to  the  Federal  government  or  the  
Federal Police Complaints authority for appropriate action if 
the Capital city Police Officer does not submit a report or take 
action on the direction  given  by the Isl amabad District  Public  
Safety Commission; 
(j)  Direct  the  Capital  City  Police  Officer  in  writing  to  enquire  into  
a complaint of neglect in general or by a functionary of a district 
police and take appropriate action and report within the specified 
period; 
(k)  on a complaint of excess committed by any member of Federal 
Law Enforcement  A gency and civil armed forces acting in support 
of the Islamabad district police, require the appropriate authority of the 
concerned  department  in writing  to  take  remedial  action  and  
report within  a  specified  period.  If  no  action  is  taken  by  the  
concerned authority, a re ference may be made by the Islamabad 
District Public Safety  Commission  to  the  head  of  co ncerned  
organization  or  the Federal Complaints Authority for appropriate 
action. 
69.  Terms of members of the Islamabad District Public Safety Commission.– 
                                                           
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(1) The term of office of a member shall be three years unless he resigns at any 
time before the expiry of his term or ceases to be a member of the National 
Assembly or the Zila Council. 
(2)  No member shall be eligible for a second term. 
(3)  Members shall be paid TA and DA for attending meetings, as per 
rules.  
(4)  Independent members may be paid honoraria as per rules. 
(5)  Members shall be Justice of Peace within the district in accordance 
with the Code. 
70.  Removal of me mbers.– The President on  his own volition or on the 
recommendation of Isla mabad District Public Safety Commission may remove a 
member from office if he– 
(a)  ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan; 
(b)  is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; 
(c)  is guilty of misconduct; 
(d)  is found to have dealt with any matter in which he had a conflict 
of interest; 
(e)  is convicted of a criminal offence; 
(f)  is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; 
(g)  is involved  in activities  prejudicial  to the ideology,  interest,  
security, unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of P akistan and its 
people, and the good order and harmony of society; 
(h)  brings the Islamabad Public Safety Commission into disrepute; 
(i)  fails to attend its three consecutive meetings without any 
reasonable cause. 
71.  Meetings and conduct of b usiness of the  Islamabad District Public 
Safety Commission.– (1) The business of Islam abad District Public Safety 
Commission shall be conducted by the Commission in a meeting. 
(2)  The meeting may be convened by the Chairperson or on the 
requisition of three members. 
(3)  Quorum  for the meeting  of the Commission  shall be two-third  of 
its membership. 
(4)  Members  shall  attend  meetings  of  the  Commission  as  and  
when required for which at least a week‟s notice, with agenda, shall be given. 
There shall be minimum of one meeting in a month provided an emergency 
meeting may be held at a short notice not exceeding twenty four hours. 
(5)  Decisions of the Commission shall be by a simple majority. 
(6)  Capital City Police Officer or in his absence his deputy may be 
invited to attend a meeting which he shall attend. 
(7)  The Commission  may invite any expert for consultations  on 
specific issues. 
(8)  The  Commission  may  frame  rules  of  procedure  for  the  conduct  
of business. 
72.  Secretariat.– (1) The Government shall establish a permanent secretariat 
of Islamabad  District Public Safety Commission. 
(2)  The Secretariat shall be headed by an officer of BPS 17 who shall 
be appointed in consultation with the Commission by the Government. 
(3)  The Secretariat shall consist of such number of officers and staff as 
the Government may in consultation with the Commission, determine from time to 
time. 
CHAPTER VIII 
THE PROVINCIAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION 
73. Establishment.– There shall be a Provincial Public Safety Commission, 
consisting of twelve members and the ex officio Chairperson. 
74. Composition.– (1) Half of the members of the Provincial Public Safety 
Commission shall be nominated by the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly from 
amongst its members three each from the treasury and opposition in consultation 
with the Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition: 
 Provided that at least two members shall be women. 
 (2) The other half comprising independent members shall be appointed by 
the Governor from a list of names recommended by the Provincial Selection Panel: 
 Provided that at least two members shall be women. 
 (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (1), independent 
members appointed under clause (2) shall constitute the Provincial Public Safety 
Commission when the Provincial Assembly is not in existence. 
 (4) The appointment of members shall be notified in the Official Gazette. 
75. Appointment of Chairperson.– (1) The Provincial Home Minister will be the ex-
officio Chairperson of the Provincial Public Safety Commission. 
 (2) The Chairperson s hall preside over the meetings of the Provi ncial 
Public Safety Commission. 
76. Meeting in the absence of the Chairperson .– In the absence of the 
Chairperson, the Provincial Public Safety Commission shall elect one of its member 
to preside over a meeting. 
77. Selection of independent members .– (1) There shall be a Selection Panel 
for independent members consisting of Chief Justice of the High Court who shall be 
its Chairperson and one nominee each of the Governor and the Chief Minister: 
 Provided that such n ominee shall not be elected representative or public 
servant. 
 (2) The selection of independent members shall be by consensus. 
 (3) The selection process shall be completed within thirty days from the 
commencement of the selection process. 
 (4) Independent members shall be of impeccable integrity and proven 
professional competence in such fields as social work, law, administration, education, 
corporate sector, etc. 
78. Functions of the Selection Panel .– The selection panel shall invite 
applications or nomin ations from the public for selection of independent members, 
and after interviewing eligible and willing candidates, forward names of persons twice 
the number of appointments to be made to the Governor. 
79. Selection criteria of independent members .– A person shall be disqualified 
from becoming a member of Provincial Public Safety Commission if he– 
(a) is an activist of any political party or has held any representative office 
or has remained a public servant in the six months immediately 
preceding such appointment; 
(b) is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; 
(c) is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; 
(d) is not a citizen of Pakistan; 
(e) holds an office of profit in the service of Pakistan; 
(f) is in the service of any statutory body or any other body which is owned 
or controlled by the Government or in which the Government has a 
controlling share or interest; 
(g) has been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired from the service 
of Pakistan on grounds of corruption  or any other form of misconduct; 
or 
(h) is convicted of a criminal offence; 
(i) has any conflict of interest; or 
(j) is involved in activities prejudicial to the ideology, interest, security, 
unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of Pakistan and its peop le, and the 
good order and harmony of society. 
80. Functions of the Provincial Public Safety Commission .– (1) Subject to this 
Order, the Provincial Public Safety Commission shall– 
(a) provide guidelines on the policy of the government to Provincial Police 
Officer and Capital City Police Officers for promoting integrity, efficiency 
and effectiveness of police; 
(b) take steps to prevent the police from carrying out any unlawful or 
malafide orders or directions from any authority to any functionary of 
the police through-out the Province and in case such orders are brought 
to the notice of the commission it shall have the powers to intervene 
and its decision shall prevail; and 
(c) facilitate the establishment and functioning of Citizen Police Liaison 
Committees in accordance with Article 168. 
 (2) Without prejudice to its role under sub -section (1) the Commission shall 
perform the following specific responsibilities– 
(a) co-ordinate the functioning of Public Safety Commissions within the 
Province; 
(b) recommend to the Government premature transfer of Provincial Police 
Officer before completion of normal tenure of three years for 
unsatisfactory performance of duties: 
Provided that before making such recommendation the Provincial 
Public Safety Commission shall give the concerned police officer an 
opportunity to be heard in person; 
(c) recommend to the government for grants to various police 
establishments within the province, for enhancing their capability to 
handle public order; 
(d) assist the police establishment i n securing assistance from other police 
establishments and law enforcement agencies by approaching the 
other Provincial and National Public Safety Commissions; 
(e) determine in consultation with the Provincial Police Officer objectives for the 
policing of the Province for each financial year; 
(f) oversee the implementation of the Provincial Policing Plan prepared by 
Provincial Police Officer and approved and published by the Provincial 
Government. The plan shall include: 
(i) a statement of the financial res ources expected to be made 
available by the Government; and 
(ii) performance targets for the year and their delivery mechanism . 
(g) evaluate the delivery of performance targets on quarterly basis; 
(h) require the Provincial Police Officer to submit by end  of August each 
year a general report in a manner prescribed by the Provincial Public 
Safety Commission which shall be published; 
(i) submit an annual report to the Government and the Provincial 
Assembly that shall include the following; 
(i) an abstract co ncerning performance of the Provincial Public 
Safety Commission during the year; 
(ii) a report on the functioning of the Police Establishments;  
(iii) a report on matters connected with general law and order in the 
Province . 
(j) recommend reforms for modernization of laws and procedure in respect 
of police, prosecution, prisons and probation service; 
(k) evaluate the performance of the District and Capital City Public Safety 
Commissions on annual basis. If on the basis of the evaluation 
conducted by the Pr ovincial Public Safety Commission, the 
performance of the Commission is found unsatisfactory, it may 
recommend the dissolution of such Commission and on dissolution of 
the Commission the Government shall reconstitute the same in 
accordance with the provisi ons of this Order within forty five days of 
such decision; 
(l) conduct enquiry on the recommendation of a Zila Council through a 
resolution passed by two third majority of its total membership for the 
dissolution of the relevant Public Safety Commission on  grounds of 
unsatisfactory performance of the said commission, establish veracity 
or otherwise of the grounds of recommendation for rejection or onward 
transmission to the Provincial Government for the dissolution of the said 
Public Safety Commission. Wher e the government dissolves the 
relevant Public Safety Commission it will reconstitute the same in 
accordance with the provisions of this Order within forty five days of 
such decision;  
(m) perform functions of the relevant Public Safety Commission during t he 
period it stands dissolved; 
(n) consider the proposals made by Provincial Police Officer or National 
Police Management Board and give its recommendations to the 
government; 
(o) recommend essential criminal justice reforms; and 
(p) perform such other functions with regard to public order and safeguarding 
public interest, as may be assigned by the government to it for the purpose 
under any law for the time being in force including Prosecution, Prisons 
and Probation services. 
81. Terms of members of the Pro vincial Public Safety Commission .– (1) The 
term of office of a member shall be the same as that of the Provincial Assembly 
unless he resigns at any time before the expiry of his term, or ceases to be a member 
of the Provincial Assembly. 
 (2) No member shall be eligible for a second term. 
 (3) Members shall be paid TA and DA for attending meetings, as per rules. 
 (4) Independent members may be paid honoraria as per rules. 
 (5) Members shall be Justices of Peace in accordance with the Code. 
82. Removal of mem bers.– The Governor on his own volition or on the 
recommendation of the Provincial Public Safety Commission may remove a member 
from office if he– 
  (a) ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan; 
  (b) is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; 
  (c) is guilty of misconduct; 
(d) is found to have dealt with any matter in which he had a conflict of 
interest; 
  (e) is convicted of a criminal offence; 
  (f) is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; 
(g) is involved in activities preju dicial to the ideology, interest, security, 
unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of Pakistan and its people, and the 
good order and harmony of society; 
(h) brings the Provincial Public Safety Commission into disrepute; 
(i) fails to attend its three conse cutive meetings without a ny reasonable 
cause. 
83. Meetings and conduct of business of the Provincial Public Safety 
Commission.– (1) The business of the Provincial Public Safety Commission shall be 
conducted by the Commission in a meeting. 
 (2) The meeting may be convened by the chairperson or on the requisition 
of three members 
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 (3) Quorum for the meeting of the Commission shall be two -third of its 
membership. 
 (4) Members shall attend meetings of the Commission as and when required 
for which at least a week‟s notice, with agenda, shall be given. There shall be minimum 
of one meeting in a month; provided an emergency meeting may be held at a short 
notice not exceeding twenty four hours. 
 (5) The ex officio  Chairperson shall not have the right of vote, e xcept in 
case of a tie. 
 (6) Decisions of the Commission shall be by simple majority. 
 (7) The Commission may hold public consultations as and when required. 
                                                           
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 (8) The Provincial Police Officer and heads of prosecution service, prison 
and probation departme nts shall attend meetings of the Commission as non -voting 
members, when invited. 
(9) The Commission may invite any expert for consultations on specific 
issues. 
 (10) The Commission may frame rules of procedu re for the conduct of 
business. 
84. Secretariat.– (1) The Government shall establish a permanent secretariat of 
the Provincial Public Safety Commission. 
 (2) The Secretariat shall be headed by a Director of the rank of Senior 
Superintendent of Police who shall be appointed by the Provincial Government in  
consultation with the Commission. 
 (3) The Secretariat shall consist of such number of officers and staff as the 
Government may in consultation with the Commission, determine from time to time. 
 (4) The Secretariat shall be attached to the Provincial Law Department for 
purposes of budget and for matters pertaining to the Provincial Assembly. 
CHAPTER IX 
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION 
85.  Establishment.–There  shall  be  a  National  Public  Safety  Commission 
consisting of twelve members and the ex officio Chairperson. 
86.  Composition.– (1) Half of the  members of the Nati onal Public Safety 
Commission  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Speaker  of  the  National  Assembly  
from amongst its members three each from the treasury and the opposition in 
consultation with the Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition: 
Provided that at least one member shall belong to each Province, and to 
Islamabad Capital Territory: 
Provided further that at least two members shall be women. 
(2)  The other half comprising independent members shall be appointed 
by the President from a list of names recommended by the National Selection 
Panel: 
Provided that at least one member shall belong to each Province, and to 
Islamabad Capital Territory: 
Provided further that at least two members shall be women. 
(3)  Notwithstanding any-thing c ontained in clause ( 1), independent 
members appointed under clause (2) shall constitute the National Public Safety 
Commission when the National Assembly is not in existence. 
(4)  The appointment of members shall be notified in the Official 
Gazette. 
87.  Appointment of Chairperson.– (1) The Federal Interior Minister will be ex-
officio Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission. 
(2)  The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings. 
88.  Meeting  in  the  absence  of  the  Chairperson.– In  the  absence  of  the 
Chairperson the National Public Safety Commission shall elect one of its member to 
preside over a meeting. 
89.  Selection of independent members.– (1) There shall be a Selection 
Panel for independent members consisting of Chief Justice of Supreme Court of 
Pakistan who shall be its Chairperson and one nominee each of President and 
Prime Minister : 
Provided  that  such  nominee  shall  not  be  elected  representative  or 
public servant. 
(2)  The selection of independent members shall be by consensus. 
(3)  The selection process shall be completed within thirty days from 
the commencement of the selection process. 
(4)  Independent mem bers  shall  be  of  impeccable  integrity  and  
proven professional   competence   in   su ch   fields   as   social   work,   law,   
administration, education, corporate sector, etc. 
90.  Functions  of  the  Selection  Panel.– The  selection  panel  shall  invite 
applications or nominations from the public for selection of independent 
members, and  after  interviewing  eligible  and  willing  candidates,  forward  names  
of  persons twice the number of appointments to be made to the President of 
Pakistan. 
91.  Selection criteria of independent members.– A person shall be 
disqualified from becoming a member of National Public Safety Commission if he – 
(a)  is an activist of any political party or has held any representative 
office or  has  remained  a  pub lic  servant  in  the  six  months  
immediately preceding such appointment; or 
(b)  is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or illness; or 
(c)  is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader;  
(d)  is not a citizen of Pakistan; 
(e)  holds an office of profit in the service of Pakistan; 
(f)  is in the service of any statutory body or any other body which is 
owned or controlled  by  the Government  or in which the 
Government  has a controlling share or interest; 
(g)  has been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired from the 
service of Pakistan on grounds of corruption or any other form of 
misconduct; 
(h)  is convicted of a criminal offence;  
(i)  has any conflict of interest; or 
(j)  is involved  in activities  prejudicial  to the ideology,  interest,  
security, unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of P akistan and its 
people, and the good order and harmony of society. 
92.  Functions  of  the  National  Public  Safety  Commission.– (1) In  the 
performance of its duti es the National Public Safety Commission shall oversee the 
functioning  of  the  Federal  Investigation  Agency,  Pakistan  Railways  Police,  
Anti-narcotics Force, Frontier Constabulary Pakistan Motorway and Highway Police, 
any other Federal Law Enforcement Agency and Anti-smuggling Wing of Customs 
exercising police powers. 
(2)  Facilitate the establishment and functioning of Citizen Police Liaison 
Committees in accordance with Article 168. 
(3)  Without prejudice to its role under clause (1), the National Public 
Safety Commission shall perform the following functions:– 
(a)  recommend to the Federal Government panels of three police 
officers for the appointment of Capital City Police Officer for 
Islamabad and for the appointment of head of Federal Investigation 
Agency, Pakistan Railways  Police, Pakistan Motorway and Highway 
Police and Frontier Constabulary; 
(b)  recommend to the Provincial Government panels of three police officers 
for the appointment of a Provincial Police Officer; 
(c)  recommend to the Federal Government premature transfer of 
Capital City   Police   Officer   for   Islamabad   and   head   of  a   
Federal   Law Enforcement Agency before completion of normal 
tenure of th ree years for unsatisfactory performance of d uties; 
provided that before making such  recommendation  the  Nat ional  
Public  Safety  Commission  shall give the concerned officer an 
opportunity to be heard in person; 
(d)  oversee implementation of plans prepared by heads of the 
respective law enforcement agencies and approved and published by 
the government, setting out arrangements  for achieving objectives 
during the year. The plans shall include.– 
(i)  a  statement   of  financial   resources   expected   to  be  
made available by the Government; and 
(ii)  performance targets for the year and their delivery 
mechanism.  
(e)  evaluate the delivery of performance targets on quarterly basis; 
(f)  require  heads  of  the  relevant  Federal  Law  Enforcement  agency  
to submit to the National  Public Safety Commission,  by end of 
August each year, a general report in a manner prescribed  by the 
National Public Safety Commission, which shall be published; 
(g)  submit an annual report to the Government  and the Parliament  
that shall include the following; 
(i)  an  abstract  concerning  performance  of  the  National  
Public Safety Commission during the year; 
(ii)  a  report  on  the  functioning  of  the  Federal  Law  
Enforcement Agencies; and 
(iii)  a report on matters connected with general law and order in 
the country. 
(h)  recommend   reforms  for  modernization   of  laws  and  procedure  
in respect of police, prosecution, prisons and probation services; 
(i)  facilitate coordination among the Provincial Public Safety 
Commissions; 
(j)  evaluate  the  performance  of  the  Islamabad  District  Public  
Safety Commission   on  annual  basis.  If  on  the  basis  of  the  
evaluation conducted by the National Public Safety Commission, the 
performance of  the  Commission   is  found  unsatisfactory,   the  
government   may dissolve  the Isla mabad District  Public Saf ety 
Commission and reconstitute the commission in ac cordance with the 
provisions of this Order within forty five days of such decision; 
(k)  conduct  enquiry  on  the  recommendation  of  Islamabad  Zila  
Council through   a   resolution   passed   by   two   third   majority   of   
its   total membership for the dissolution of the  Islamabad District 
Public Safety Commission on grounds of unsatisfac tory performance 
of the said Commission, establish veracity or otherwise of the grounds 
of recommendation  for rejection  or onward  trans mission  to the 
Federal Government for the dissolution of the said Public Safety 
Commission; 
(l)  perform functions of the Islamabad District Public Safety 
Commission during the period it stands dissolved; 
(m)  consider the proposals of the National Police Management Board 
and give its recommendations to the government; and 
(n)  perform such o ther functions with regard to public safety  and 
safeguarding interest of the  people, as m ay be assig ned by the 
government to it for the purpose under any law for the time being 
in force in p articular pertaining to the Prosecution, Prisons and 
Probation services. 
93.  Terms of members of the National Public Safety Commission.– (1) 
The term of office of a member shall be the same as that of the National Assembly 
unless he resigns or is removed from office at any time before the expiry of his 
term or ceases to be a member of the National Assembly. 
(2)  No member shall be eligible for a second term. 
(3)  Members shall be paid TA and DA for attending meetings, as per 
rules. 
(4)  Independent members may be paid honoraria as per rules. 
(5)  Members shall be Justices of Peace in accordance with the Code. 
94.  Removal of me mbers.– The President on his own volition or on the 
recommendation of the National Public Safety Commission may remove a 
member from office if he– 
(a)  ceases to be a citizen of Pakistan; 
(b)  is found suffering from physical or mental incapacity or 
illness; 
(c)  is guilty of misconduct; 
(d)  is found to have dealt with any matter in which he had a conflict 
of interest; 
(e)  is convicted of a criminal offence; 
(f)  is declared a bankrupt, loan defaulter or tax evader; 
(g)  is involved  in activities  prejudicial  to the ideology,  interest,  
security, unity, solidarity, peace and integrity of P akistan and its 
people, and the good order and harmony of society; 
(h)  brings the National Public Safety Commission into disrepute; 
(i)  fails to attend its three consecutive meetings without any 
reasonable cause 
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95.  Meetings and con duct of business  of the National Public Safety 
Commission.– (1) The business of the National Public Safety Commission shall be 
conducted by the Commission in a meeting. 
(2)  The meeting may be convened by the Chairperson or on the 
requisition of three members. 
(3)  Quorum for the meeting  of the Commission  shall be two-third  of 
its membership. 
(4)  Members shall attend meetings of the National Public Safety Commission 
as and when required for which at least a week‟s notice, with agenda, shall be 
given. There shall be minimum of one meeting in a month, provided an 
emergency meeting may be held at a short notice not exceeding twenty four hours. 
(5)  The ex officio Chairperson will not have the right of vote, except in 
                                                           
50Misprinted in the Gazette as “semi-colon”. 
case of a tie. 
(6)  Decisions of the Commission shall be by simple majority. 
(7)  The Commission may hold public consultations as and when required. 
(8)  Heads of law enforcement a gencies, prosecution  service, prison 
and probation services will attend meetings of the  Commission as non-voting 
members, when invited. 
(9)  The Commission  may invite any expert for consultations  on 
specific issues. 
(10)  The Commission may frame rules of procedure for the conduct of 
the business. 
96.  Secretariat.– National Police Bureau referred to in Article 162 shall function 
as the secretariat of the National Public Safety Commission. 
CHAPTER X 
POLICE COMPLAINTS AUTHORITIES 
97.  Establishment of Federal Police Complaints Authority.– The 
Government shall establish a Federal Police Complaints Authority for enquiring into 
serious complaints against the members of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. 
98.  Composition.– (1) The Federal Police Complaints Authority shall consist of 
a Chairperson and six members. 
(2)  The  President  shall  appoint  the  Chairperson  of  the  Federal  
Police Complaints Authority. 
(3)  The  Government  shall  appoint  the  members  of  the  Federal  
Police Complaints Authority on the recommendation of the Federal Public Service 
Commission. 
99.  Criteria and terms of the members.– (1) The members of the Federal 
Police Complaints  Authority  shall be eminent  p ersons  of impeccable  integrity  
with skills, knowledge and experience in such fields as may be specified by the 
Government. 
(2)  Persons may be appointed as whole-time or part-time members of 
the Authority. 
(3)  A person shall not be appointed for a period of more than three 
years.  
(4)  No member or the Chairperson shall be eligible for a second term. 
100.  Functions  of  the  Federal  Police  Complaints  Authority.– The  Federal 
Police Complaints Authority shall perform the following functions- 
(a)  receive  from  District Public Safety  Commission  or  an aggrieved 
person in writing on an affidavit complaint of neglect, excess or 
misconduct against Islamabad Capital Territory Police Officer or any 
member of any Federal Law Enforcement Agency; 
(b)  process the complaint and refer the ordinary cases to an 
appropriate authority for action and report and in serious cases initiate 
action on its own; 
(c)  receive from the Islamabad District Public Safety Commission  or 
the Capital   City   District   Police   Officer   or   Head   of   a   Fed eral   
Law Enforcement Agency  any report of death, rape or serious injury to 
any person  in police custody and take steps to preserve evidence 
relating to such incident; 
(d)  request the Chief Justice of the High Court, in serious cases, to 
appoint a District and Sessions Judge for a judicial enquiry; 
(e)  appoint in appropriate cases a police officer belonging to the 
Federal Law  Enforcement   Age ncies  who  is  senior  in  rank  to  
the  officer complained against as an inquiry officer, and supervise the 
inquiry proceedings; 
(f)  send a copy of the report to the competent authority and direct him 
for departmental action based on the findings of the enquiry or 
registration of a criminal case as appropriate and direct the competent 
authority to submit a report about the action taken on the findings of 
the report; 
(g)  inform the complainant of the outcome of the enquiry in writing as 
soon as possible; 
(h)  where the Federal Police Complaints Authority is not satisfied with 
the order in cases referred under clause (f), it may send a report 
to the next higher authority for revision of the order by the 
awarding officer and the process be repeated till it is considered by 
the final authority; 
(i)  in  case  of  any  frivolous,  false  or  vexatious  complaint,  initiate  
legal action against the complainant; 
(j)  recommend  disciplinary  action  against  an  enquiry  officer  for  
willful neglect or mishandling of an enquiry; 
(k)  prepare  and  send  to  the  Government  an  annual  report  on  
matters relating generally to its  functions, including any matter to 
which it considers  attention  of the  Government  may  be drawn  by 
reason  of gravity or other exceptional circumstances, for laying the 
report before Parliament; 
(l)  establish when necessary in consultation with the Federal Government, 
regional offices anywhere in the country or with the agreement of the 
Provincial Government designate Provincial Police Complaints 
Authority or District Public Safety Commission to deal with the 
complaints of excess or neglect. 
101.  Secretariat.– (1) The Government shall establish a permanent secretariat 
of the Authority. 
(2)  The Secretariat  shall be headed by an officer not below BS 19 
who shall be appointed in consultation with the Authority. 
(3)  The organization of the secretariat and functions of officers and 
staff shall be determined by the Authority. 
(4)  The secretariat shall consist of such number of officers and staff as 
the Government may in consultation with the Authority determine from time to time. 
(5)  The terms and conditions of service of the staff of the Authority shall 
be determined by the Government in consultation with the Authority. 
102.  Removal of the members.– The procedure of the removal of the Chairperson 
and members of the Federal Police Complaints Authority shall be the same as 
for the members of the Federal Public Service Commission. 
103. Establishment of Provincial Police Complaints Authority .– The 
Government shall establish a Provincial Police Complaints Authority for enquiring into 
serious complaints against the police.  
104. Composition.– (1) The Provincial Police Complaints Authority shall consist of 
a Chairperson and six members. 
 (2) The Governor shall appoint the Chairperson of the Provincial P olice 
Complaints Authority. 
 (3) The Government shall appoint the members of the Provincial Police 
Complaints Authority on the recommendation of the Provincial Public Service 
Commission.  
105.  Criteria and terms of the members .– (1) The members of the Pro vincial 
Police Complaints Authority shall be eminent persons of impeccable integrity with 
skills ;knowledge and experience in such fields as may be specified by the 
Government. 
 (2) Persons may be appointed as whole -time or part -time members of the 
Authority. 
 (3) A person shall not be appointed for a period of more than three years. 
 (4) No member or the Chairperson shall be eligible for a second term.  
106.  Functions of the Provincial Police Complaints Authority .– The Provincial 
Police Complaints Authority shall perform the following functions– 
(a) receive from District Public Safety Commission or an aggrieved person 
in writing on an affidavit, complaint of neglect, excess or misconduct 
against a Police Officer; 
(b) process the complaint and refer the ord inary cases to an appropriate 
authority for action and report and in serious cases initiate action on its 
own; 
(c) receive from the District Public Safety Commission or Head of District 
Police any report of death, rape or serious injury to any person in po lice 
custody and take steps to preserve evidence relating to such incident 
and request the Chief Justice of the High Court under intimation to the 
Government to appoint a Judge not below the District and Sessions 
Judge for a judicial enquiry; 
(d) may appoint in appropriate cases a police officer of the same district or 
of a different district who is senior in rank to the officer complained 
against as an inquiry officer, and supervise the inquiry proceedings; 
(e) send a copy of the report to the competent au thority and direct him for 
departmental action based on the findings of the enquiry or registration 
of a criminal case as appropriate and direct the competent authority to 
submit a report about the action taken on the findings of the report; 
(f) inform the complainant of the outcome of the enquiry in writing as soon 
as possible; 
(g) where the Provincial Police Complaints Authority is not satisfied with 
the order in cases referred under clause (e), it may send a report to the 
next higher authority for revisi on of the order by the awarding officer 
and the process be repeated till it is considered by the final authority; 
(h) in case of any frivolous, or vexatious complaint, initiate legal action 
against the complainant;  
(i) may recommend disciplinary action ag ainst an enquiry officer for willful 
neglect or mishandling of an enquiry; 
(j) prepare and send to the Government an annual report on matters 
relating generally to its functions, including any matter to which it 
considers attention of the Government may be  drawn by reason of 
gravity or other exceptional circumstances, for laying the report before 
Provincial Assembly; 
(k) may in consultation with the Provincial Government establish regional 
offices anywhere in the Province. 
107.  Secretariat.– (1) The Govern ment shall establish a permanent secretariat of 
the Authority. 
 (2) The Secretariat shall be headed by an officer not below BS 19 who 
shall be appointed in consultation with the Authority. 
 (3) The organization of the Secretariat and functions of officers and staff 
shall be determined by the Authority.  
 (4) The Secretariat shall consist of such number of officers and staff as the 
Government may in consultation with the Authority determine from time to time. 
 (5) The terms and conditions of service of the s taff of the Authority shall be 
determined by the Government in consultation with the Authority.  
108. Removal of the members.– The procedure of the removal of the Chairperson 
and members of the Provincial Police Complaints Authority shall be the same as fo r 
the members of the Provincial Public Service Commission.  
CHAPTER XI 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION COMMITTEE 
109.  Establishment.– There shall be a Criminal Justice Coordination Committee 
in a district. 
110.  Composition.– The Criminal Justice Coordination Committee shall consist 
of– 
(a) District and Sessions Judge    (Chairperson) 
(b) Head of District Police 
(c) District Public Prosecutor  
(d)   District Superintendent Jail  
(e)  District Probation Officer 
(f) District Parole Officer 
(g) Head of Investigation   (Secretary) 
111.  Functions of the Crim inal Justice Coordination  Committee.– (1) The 
Criminal Justice Coordination Committee shall– 
(a)  keep  under  review  the operation  of the criminal  justice  system  
and work towards the improvement of the system as a whole; 
(b)  promote understanding, co-operation  and  coordination  in  the 
administration of the criminal justice system; 
(c)  exchange information and give advance notice of local 
developments, which may affect other parts of the system; 
(d)  formulate  co-ordinated  priorities  and  plans  to  give  effect  to  
locally agreed policies; 
(e)  raise relevant issues with the appropriate authorities;  
(f)  promote the spread of good practices; and 
(g)  review  the  implementation  of  any  decisions  taken  by  the  
Criminal Justice Coordination Committee. 
(2)  The meeting of the Criminal Justice Coordination Committee shall 
be held at least once a month. The secretary of the committee shall record the 
minutes of the meetings. 
CHAPTER XII 
REGULATION, CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE OF THE POLICE 
112.  Rule making by Provincial  Police Officer or Islamabad C apital City 
Police Officer.– Provincial Police Officer, or Islamabad Capital City Police 
Officer, as the case may be, with the prior approval of the Government, may by 
notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying into effect the provisions 
of this Order. 
113.  Punishments.– Subject to the rules, a member of the police may at any 
time be suspended, dismissed, compulsorily retired, reduced in rank or pay, within a 
time scale, fined, censured or awarded any other punishment in the prescribed 
manner. 
114.  Code  of  Conduct.– (1)  Provincial  Police  Officer  and  Capital  City  Police 
Officer shall issue Code of Conduct to regulate police practices in respect of– 
(a)  the exercise  by police officers of statutory  powers of stop and 
search; 
(b)  the searching of premises by police officers and the seizure of 
property found by police officers on persons or premises; 
(c)  the  detention,  treatment  and  questioning  of  persons  by  police 
officers; and 
(d)  the identification of persons by police officers. 
(2)  Subject to rules, a police officer contravening the Code of Conduct 
may be awarded one or more punishments provided under Article 113. 
115.  Police officer at any time liable to be called for duty.– A police officer 
when off-duty, on leave or under suspension shall be liable to be called for duty. 
116.  Withdrawal  from duty and resignation,  etc.– (1) No Police officer shall 
withdraw from the duties of his office unless expressly allowed to do so in writing by 
Head of district Police or by some other officer authorised to grant such 
permission
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Explanation.– A police officer who being absent on leave fails without reasonable 
cause to report for duty on the expiration of such leave shall be deemed within the 
meaning of this Article to withdraw himself from the duties of his office. 
(2)  No  police  officer  shall  resign  his  office  unless  he  has  given  to  
his superior  officer  notice  in writing  for a period  of not less  than  two months  
of his intention to resign. 
                                                           
51Not printed in the Gazette. 
117.  Police officer not to engage in any other employment.– No police officer 
shall engage in any private employment while he is a m ember of the  police 
establishment. 
CHAPTER XIII 
POWERS TO ISSUE ORDERS 
118.  Power to issue orders.– The Head of District Police may, in an 
emergency, for the maintenance  of public order or preventing public nuisance, 
issue orders to give effect to the provisions of any Municipal law, rules or bye-laws 
for the time being in force. 
119.  Power to give direction to the public.– Subject to rules, a police officer 
not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector may, give such directions as may be 
necessary to: 
(a)  direct  the  conduct  and  behaviour  or actions  of  persons  
constituting processions or assemblies on roads or streets; 
(b)  prevent obstructions– 
(i)  on the occasion of processions and assemblies; 
(ii)  in the neighbourhood  of places  of worship  during  the time 
of worship; and 
(iii)  when a street or public place or place of public resort may 
be thronged or liable to be obstructed. 
(c)  keep order on streets, mosques, churches or other places of 
worship and places of public resort when these may be thronged or 
liable to be obstructed. 
120.  Regulation of  public assemb lies and pr ocessions and licensing of 
same.– (1) Head of District Police or Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of 
Police may as occasion require, direct the conduct of assemblies and processions 
on public roads, or in public streets or thoroughfares and prescribe the routes by 
which and the times at which, such processions may pass. 
(2)  He may also, on being satisfied that it is intended by any persons 
or class of persons to convene  or  collect any assembly  in any such road, 
street or thoroughfare, or to form a procession which would, in his judgement, if 
uncontrolled, be likely to cause a breach of the peace, require by general or special 
notice that the persons convening or collecting such assembly or d irecting or 
promoting such processions shall apply for a licence. 
(3)  On such application being made, he may issue a licence specifying 
the names of the  licensees and defining the conditions on which alone such 
assembly or such  procession  is to permitted  to take place  and otherwise  giving  
effect to this Article: 
 Provided that no fee shall be charged on the application for, or grant of any 
such licence. 
121.  Powers with r egard to assemblies and processions vio lating the 
conditions of licence.– (1) Head of Distr ict Police or Assistant or Deputy 
Superintendent  of Police or Inspector of police or an officer in-charge of a 
police station may stop any procession which violates the conditions of a licence 
granted under the last foregoing Article, and may order it or  any assembly which 
violates any such conditions as aforesaid to disperse. 
(2)  Any procession  or assembly,  which neglects or refuses to obey 
any order given under clause  (1) shall be deemed to be an unlawful assembly. 
122.  Power to prohibit certain acts for prevention of disorder.– (1) Head 
of District Police may, whenever and for such time as he may consider necessary 
but not  exceeding  two  days  by  notification  publicly  promulgated  or  addressed  
to individuals prohibit in any  urban or rural area, the carrying of arms, cudgels, 
swords, spears, bludgeons, guns, knives, sticks, lathis or any other article, which 
is capable of  be ing  used  for  causing  physical  violence  and  the  carrying  of  
any  corrosive substance or explosives,  the carrying, collection or preparation  of 
stones or other missiles or instruments of means of casting or impelling missiles. 
(2)  If any person goes armed with any article as is referred to in of 
clause (1), such article shall be liable to be seized from him by a police officer. 
123.  Power to g ive d irections against serious disorder at places of 
amusement, etc.– (1) For the purpose of preventing serious disorder or breach 
of the law or imminent danger to those assembled at any place of public 
amusement or at any assembly or meeting to which the public are invited or 
which is open to the public, any police officer of the rank of Assistant Sub Inspector 
or above, present at such place of public amusement, or such assembly or meeting, 
may subject to such rules, regulations or orders as may have been lawfully made, 
give such reasonable directions as to the mode of admission of the public to, and 
lawful conduct of the proceedings and the maintaining of the public safety, at such 
place of amusement or such assembly or meeting as he thinks necessary and all 
persons shall be bound to conform to every such reasonable direction. 
(2)  Every police officer while on duty shall have free access to any place 
of public amusement, assembly or meet ing for the purpose of giving effect to the 
provisions of clause (1) and to any direction made there under. 
124.  Erecting  of  barriers  in  streets,  etc.– Any  police  officer  may  in  an 
emergency temporarily close any street or public place through erection of 
barriers or other means, to prohibit persons or vehicles from entering such area. 
125.  Power to search suspected persons or vehicles in street, etc.– When in 
a street or a place of public resort a police officer on reasonable grounds suspects a 
person or a vehicle to be carrying any article unlawfully obtained or possessed 
or likely to be used in the commission of an offence, he may search such person or 
vehicle; and if the account given by such person or possessor of the vehicle 
appears to be false or suspicious, he may detain such article after recording in 
writing the grounds of   such action and issue a receipt in the prescribed form 
and report the facts  to  the  officer  in-charge  of  the  police  station  for  informing  
the  court  for proceeding according to law against the person. 
CHAPTER XIV 
SPECIAL MEASURES FOR MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AND 
SECURITY 
126.  Employment of additional police to keep peace.– (1) Capital City 
Police Officer  or  Ci ty  Police  Officer  and  District  Police  Officer  subject  to  
approval  of Provincial  Police  Officer  may on application  of any person  depute  
any additional number of police to keep the peace, to preserve order, to enforce 
any provisions of this Order, or any other law, in respect of any particular class or 
classes of offences or to perform any other duties imposed on the police. 
(2)  Subject to rules, such additional police shall be employed at the cost 
of the person making the application. 
(3)  If the pe rson upon whose application such  additional police are 
employed gives one week‟s notice for the withdrawal of the said police, he shall be 
relieved from the cost thereof at the expiration of such notice. 
(4)  If  there  is  any  dispute  on  payment,  Head  of  District  Police  on  
an application by the aggrieved party may refer the matter to the Government for 
final decision. 
127.  Employment  of  additional  police  at the  cost  of  organizers,  etc.– (1) 
Whenever it appears to Head of District Police that– 
(a)  any large work which is being carried on, or any public amusement, 
or event at any place is likely to impede the traffic or to attract a large 
number of people; or 
(b)  the behaviour  or  a reasonable  apprehension  of the behaviour of 
the persons employed on any railway, canal or other public work, or in 
or upon any manufactory or other commercial concern under 
construction or in operation at any place, necessitates the employment 
of additional police at such place; 
he may depute such number of additional police to the said place for 
so long as the necessity to employ the additional police shall appear to 
be expedient. 
(2)  Subject to rules, the cost of such additional police shall be borne by 
the organisers of such events or employers of such works or concerns, as the 
case may be, at rates approved by the appropriate government from time to time. 
52[128. Compensation for injury caused by unlawful assembly or riot .– (1) 
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code, whenever a person is convicted of 
an offence committed in furtherance of the common object of an unlawful assembly  or 
riot, and such commission results in the death of, or hurt, injury, mental anguish, or 
psychological damage to any person, or causes damage to, loss or destruction of any 
property, whether public or private, the trial court shall, at the time of convic tion, order 
the convicted person or persons to pay to the heirs of the person whose death has 
been caused, or to the person hurt, injured, or mentally aggrieved, or to the owner of 
the property damaged, lost or destroyed, as the case may be, such compensat ion as 
the trial court may determine having regard to the circumstances of the case. 
 (2) Any person who aids, assists, abets, instigates, exhorts, provokes, 
attempts, or acts in conspiracy with a member of an unlawful assembly in the 
commission of any act  provided in sub -article (1) shall be equally liable for the 
payment of compensation and the liability of such person shall be jointly and 
severally with the members of the unlawful assembly or riot. 
(3) For the purpose of determining the amount of compens ation under sub-
article (1), the trial court may, in its discretion, call for a report from the Home 
Department of the Government to aid in the assessment of the quantum of loss, 
damage, or injury. 
(4) Before passing any order under sub -article (1), the tr ial court shall take 
into consideration the nature of the offence, the motive therefor, the economic status 
of the offender and the person in whose favour such order is made and all other 
factors as may be prescribed. 
(5) The compensation determined under sub-article (1) shall be 
recoverable as an arrears of land revenue and in case of default of payment or 
recovery as aforesaid, the trial court may direct that the person or persons so ordered 
shall undergo imprisonment which may extend to three years.  
(6) The compensation awarded under this Article shall be in addition to any 
sentence which the trial court may impose for the offence for which the person has 
been convicted. 
(7) The amount of compensation ordered under sub -article (1) shall in no 
case be les s than the actual loss or damage caused by the act in furtherance of the 
common object of the unlawful assembly or riot.] 
129.  Recovery of amount payable under Articles 126 and 127.– Any 
amount payable under Article 126 and Article 127 shall be recovered in the same 
manner as if it were arrears of land revenue. 
130.  Recovered amount to go to treasury.– Amounts payable under Article 
126 and Article 127 shall be credited to the treasury. 
131.  Banning of use of dress resembling uniform of police or armed 
forces.– (1) If  Provincial Police Officer or the Capital City Police Officer or City 
                                                           
52Substituted by the Police Order (Second Amendment) Act 2025 (II of 2026);  and published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 06.01.2026, pp.3715-3717, s.4.  
Police Officer is satisfied that the wearing in public, by any member of any body, 
association or organization, of any dress or article of apparel resembling the 
uniform worn by police or members of the Armed Forces or any uniformed force 
constituted by or under any law for the time being in force, is likely to prejudice the 
security of the state or the maintenance  of  public  order,  he  may  by  a  special  
order  prohibit  or  r estrict  the wearing or display, in public of any such dress or 
article of apparel by any member of such body or association or organization. 
(2)  Every order under clause (1) shall be published in the Official Gazette. 
Explanation.– For  the  purpose  of  clause  (1)  a  dress  or  article  of  apparel 
shall be deemed to have been worn or displayed in public if it is worn or displayed 
in any place to which the public have access. 
132.  Control of camps, parades, etc.– If Head of District Police is satisfied that 
it is necessary in the interest of maintenance of public order, he may by a special 
order prohibit  or  restrict  throughout  the  district  or  any  part  thereof  all  
meetings  and assemblies of persons for the purpose of training in the use of arms 
or taking part in any such camp, parade or procession. 
133.  Authority  of Head of District  Police  over the village  police.– Head of 
District  Police  shall  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  this  Order  into  effect,  exercise 
authority and control over village watchmen or village police officers. 
CHAPTER XV 
RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLICE IN RELATION TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY 
134.  Police to make inventory of unclaimed property, etc.– It shall be the 
duty of e very police officer to take  charge and make inventory of a ny unclaimed 
property found by, or made over to him, and furnish a copy of the inventory to Head 
of District Police without delay, who shall send a copy of the same to District 
Public Safety Commission. 
135.  Procedure for disposal of unclaimed property.– (1) Where any 
property has been taken charge of under Article 134, Head of District Police shall 
issue a proclamation within fifteen days in the prescribed manner specifying the 
articles of which such property consists and requiring that any person who may 
have a claim thereto shall appear before him or some other officer not below the 
rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police or Dep uty Superintendent of P olice 
especially authorised in this behalf and establish his claim within three months from 
the date of such proclamation. 
(2)  If the property, or any part thereof, is subject to speedy and 
natural decay or if the property appears to be of the value of less than one 
thousand rupees, it may forthwith be disposed off in the prescribed manner under 
the orders of Head of District Police and the net proceeds of su ch sale shall be 
dealt with in the manner provided in Articles 136 and 137. 
(3)  Where any person who has a claim to the property is required by 
the proclamation under clause (1) to appear before an officer authorised by t he 
Head of District Police and establish his claim, such officer shall forward the record 
of the proceedings to the Head of District Police. 
(4)  Head of District Police shall follow the directions of  the District 
Pub lic Safety Commission in disposal of property under clause (3). 
136.  Delivery  of property  to person entitled.– (1) Head of District Police on 
being satisfied of the title of any claimant to the possession or administration of the 
property specified in the proclamation issued under clause (1) of Article 135 
order the same to be delivered to him. 
(2)  In case where there is more than one claimant to the same 
property the matter shall be referred by the Head of District Police to the competent 
court. 
137.  Disposal of property, if no claimant appears.– If no person establishes 
his claim to such property within the period specified in the proclamation, the 
property, or such part thereof as has not already been sold under clause (2) of 
Article 135 shall, with the approval of appropriate Public Safety Commission, be 
disposed off in the prescribed manner and the proceeds shall be deposited in the 
treasury. 
CHAPTER XVI 
OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS 
138.  Causing mischief in street by animal or vehicle.– No person shall 
cause damage, injury, danger, alarm or mischief in any street or public place by 
negligent or reckless driving or by driving any vehicle or animal laden with 
timber, poles or other unwieldy articles through a street or public place contrary to 
any regulation. 
139.  Causing obstruction in a street.– No person shall cause obstruction in 
any street or public place- 
(a)  by allowing any animal or vehicle, which has to be loaded or 
unloaded, or take up or set down passengers, to remain or stand in 
the street or the public place longer than may be necessary for such 
purpose; or 
(b)  by leaving any vehicle standing or fastening any cattle in the street 
or the public place; or 
(c)  by using  any part of a street  or public  place  as a halting  place  
for vehicles or cattle; or 
(d)  by causing obstruction in any other manner. 
140.  Wilful or negligent conduct in respect of dogs.– No person shall in any 
street or public place– 
(a)  let loose any dog wilfully or negligently so as to cause danger, 
injury, alarm or annoyance; or 
(b)  suffer a ferocious dog to be at large without a muzzle; or 
(c)  set on a dog to attack any person or horse or other animal. 
141.  Penalty  for  offences  under  Articles  138  to  140.– Any person who 
contravenes  any of the provisions  of Articles  138 to 140 shall, on conviction,  
be punished  with  fine,  which  may  extend  to  ten  thousand  rupees,  or,  in  
default  of payment, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days. 
142.  Suffering disorderly conduct.– Whoever being the keeper of any place 
of public amusement  or  public entertainment,  knowingly permits or suffers 
disorderly behaviour  or any gambling  or any other criminal  act, whatsoever,  in 
such place, shall, on conviction be punished with fine which may extend to ten 
thousand rupees. 
143.  Penalty  for  contravening  orders,  etc.  under  Article  118.– Whoever 
contravenes or abets the contravention of any order made under Article 118 or 
any of the condition of the licence issued under such regulations shall on 
conviction be fined up to ten thousand rupees. 
144.  Penalties for contravention of order, etc. under Article 119 and 
Articles 122 and 123.–  (1) Whoever contravenes, disobeys, opposes or fails to 
conform to any  order  given  by  a  police  officer  under  Article  119,  and  Article  
123  shall,  on conviction, be punished with fine, which may extend to ten thousand 
rupees. 
(2)  Whoever contravenes a notification or an order made under clause 
(1) of Article 122 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be 
less than three months but may extend to two years and with fine up to one hundred 
thousands rupees. 
145.  Penalty  for  contravention   of  orders  under  Articles  131  and  
132.–Whoever contravenes any order made under Article 131 and Article 132 shall, 
on conviction, be punished with imprisonment  for a term, which may extend to 
three years, or with fine up to one hundred thousand rupees, or with both. 
146.  Penalty for obtaining employment as a police officer through 
fraudulent means.– Any  person  who  makes  a  false  statement  or  a  statement  
which  is misleading  in  material  particulars  or  uses  a  false  document  for  the  
purpose  of obtaining employment as a police officer shall on conviction be punished 
with imprisonment  for  a  term  which  may  extend  to  one  year,  or  with  fine  up  
to  fifty thousand rupees, or with both. 
147.  Warning to first offender.– It shall be lawful for Head of District Police or 
any other  officer  authorized  by  him  not  below  the  rank  of  Inspector,  to  
request  the relevant court to issue in lieu of prosecution, a warning in writing to the 
accused in relation to first commission of any offence mentioned in Articles 138 to 
140: 
Provided that for any subsequent offence mentioned in this Article the 
offender on conviction will be awarded at least half of the prescribed punishment. 
148.  Defiling water in public wells, etc.– Whoever shall defile or cause to 
be defiled water in any public well, tank, reservoir, pond, pool, aqueduct or part 
of a river, stream, nullah or other source or means of water supply, so as to 
render the same unfit for the purpose for which it is set apart, shall on conviction 
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with 
fine which may extend to thirty thousand rupees, or with both. 
149.  False alarm of fire, etc.– Whoever knowingly gives or causes to be given 
a false alarm of fire to the fire brigade or to any officer or fireman thereof shall on 
conviction  be punished  with imprisonment  for a term which may extend  to 
three months or with fine which may extend to fifteen thousand rupees, or with 
both. 
150.  Penalty for contravention of orders made under Article 124.– Whoever 
contravenes, or abets the contravention of any order made under Article 124 
shall, on conviction, be pu nished with imprisonment which may extend to three 
months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both. 
151.  Penalty for unauthorized use of police uniform.– If any person not being 
a member of the  police wears without authorisation, the uniform of police or any 
dress having the appearance or b earing any of t he distinctive marks of police 
uniform, he shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which 
may extend to three years, or with fine up to one hundred thousand rupees, or with 
both. 
152.  Penalty for frivolous  or vexatious  complaint.– Any person  who files a 
complaint against the police, which on enquiry by the Police Complaints Authority is 
held frivolous or vexatious, shall be punished on conviction with imprisonment for 
six months, or with fine, which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both. 
153.  Certain offences to be cognizable.– Notwithstanding anything contained 
in the Code, offences falling under Articles 148 to 152 shall be cognizable. 
154.  Power  to try offences  summarily.– The court trying offences  under  this 
chapter  shall  have power to try such offences  summarily  in accordance  with 
the procedure laid down for summary trial in the Code. 
53[CHAPTER XVI-A 
OFFENCES IN THE RIOT ZONE 
154A.  Attack on Law Enforcement Agencies and others by a member of 
unlawful assembly in the Riot Zone .– (1) When a member of an unlawful 
assembly, in the Riot Zone, attacks any Police officer, personnel of oth er law 
enforcement agency, or any private person, or causes damage, loss, or destruction 
to any movable or immovable property, he shall be punished for such offence which 
may extend to ten years, and with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand 
rupees but not less than one hundred thousand rupees and in case of default in 
payment of the fine, the offender shall undergo further imprisonment for a period of 
one year. 
(2) Any person who aids, assists, abets, instigates, attempts, exhorts, 
provokes, or a cts in conspiracy with a member of an unlawful assembly in the 
commission of any act described in sub -article (1) shall be liable to the same 
punishment as provided therein, and all other provisions of this Article shall apply to 
such person in the same manner as they apply to a member of the unlawful assembly. 
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code or any other law for the 
time being in force or any other provisions of this Order, the offence under this Article 
shall be cognizable, non-bailable and triable by the Court of Sessions. 
(4) The trial court shall, on taking cognizance of a case, proceed with the 
trial from day -to-day and shall decide the case within thirty days, failing which the 
matter shall be brought to the notice of the Chief Just ice of the Lahore High Court for 
appropriate directions, keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case. 
(5) The trial court shall not give more than two adjournments during the trial 
of the case. 
(6) After the trial court has taken cognizance of the offence under this 
Article alleged to have been committed by an accused person, such person shall not, 
without the permission of the trial court, depart from Pakistan until the case has been 
finally decided by the trial court.  
(7) Any person convicted  of an offence under this Article or the 
Government, aggrieved by the final judgement and order of the trial court may, within 
thirty days of the final Judgement and order of the trial court, prefer an appeal  to the 
High Court and such appeal shall be heard by a Bench of not less than two judges. 
154B. Transfer of property void .– (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any 
other law for the time being in force, after a case regarding an offence under Article 
154A of this Order has been registered, the acc used person shall not transfer by any 
means whatsoever, or create a charge on any property owned by him or in his 
possession, until the case has been finally decided by the trial court; and any transfer 
of any right, title, interest or creation of a charge on such property shall be void. 
                                                           
53Inserted by the Police Order (Second Amendment) Act 2025 (II of 2026); and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated 06.01.2026, pp.3715-3718, s.5.  
(2) An accused person who transfers or creates a charge on property in 
contravention of sub -article (1) shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine not exceeding 
the value of the property involved: 
Provided that such transfer of any right, title, interest, or creation of a charge on 
such property shall not be void if made with the approval of the trial court, subject to 
such terms and conditions as the trial court may deem fit.] 
CHAPTER XVII 
OFFENCES BY AND PUNISHMENTS FOR POLICE OFFICERS 
155.  Penalty  for  certain  types  of  misconduct  by  police  officers.– (1)  Any 
police officer who– 
(a)  makes  for  obtaining  release  from  service  as  police  officer,  a  
false statement or a statem ent which is mis leading in material 
particulars or uses a false document for the purpose; 
(b)  is guilty of cowardice, or being a police officer of junior rank, resigns 
his office or withdraws himself from duties without permission; 
(c)  is guilty of any wilful breach or neglect of any provision of law or of 
any rule or regulation or any order which he is bound to observe or 
obey; 
(d)  is guilty of any violation of duty; 
(e)  is found in a state of intoxication, while on duty; 
(f)  malingers  or  feigns  or  voluntarily  causes  hurt  to  himself  with  
the intention to render himself unfit for duty; 
(g)  is grossly insubordinate  to his superior officer or uses criminal 
force against a  superior officer; or 
(h)  engages  himself  or participates  in any demonstration,  procession  
or strike or resorts to or in any way abets any form of strike or coercion 
or physical duress to force any authority to concede anything, shall, 
on conviction, for every such offence be punished with imprisonment 
for a term which may extend to three years and with fine. 
(2)  Prosecution under this Article shall require a report on writing by 
an officer authorized in this behalf under the rules. 
156.  Penalty for vexatious entry, search, arrest, seizure of property, 
torture, etc.– Whoever, being a police officer– 
(a)  without  lawful  authority,  or  reasonable  cause,  enters  or  searches  
or causes to be entered or searched any building, vessel, tent or 
place; 
(b)  vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person; 
(c)  vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any 
person; or 
(d)  inflicts torture or violence to any person in his custody; 
Shall, for every such offence, on conviction, be punished with impri sonment 
for a term, which may extend to five years and with fine.  
157.  Penalty for unnecessary delay in producing arrested persons in 
courts.– Any police officer who vexatiously and unnecessarily delays the 
forwarding to a court or to any other authority to whom he is legally bound to forward 
any arrested person, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to one year and with fine. 
CHAPTER XVIII 
NATIONAL POLICE MANAGEMENT BOARD 
158.  Establishment.– The  Federal  Government  shall  establish  National  
Police Management Board. 
159.  Composition.– The National Police Management Board shall consist of 
the following heads of the police establishments and the Federal Law Enforcement 
Agencies:– 
(a)  Provincial Police Officers of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan; 
(b)  Inspectors General of Railways P olice, Pakis tan Motorway and 
Highway Police, Northern Areas and AJK; 
(c)  Capital City Police Officers of Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, 
Peshawar and Quetta; 
(d)  Directors General of Federal Investigation Agency and Anti 
Narcotics Force; 
(e)  Commandants of National Police Academy and Frontier 
Constabulary; 
(f)  Director General of National Police Bureau (Member Secretary); and 
(g)  any other member that the Federal Government may nominate. 
160.  Functions of the National Police Management Board.– The National 
Police Management Board shall perform the following functions, namely:– 
(a)  advise the Federal and Provincial Governments on matters 
concerning general planning, development  and standardisation  of 
administration, education and t raining, gender sensitisation, 
communications, criminal identification  facilities, criminal statistics 
and equipment of police and other law enforcement agencies; 
(b)  identify  and arrange  research  in the areas of criminology, 
terrorism, sectarian and ethn ic violence, drug trafficking, organised 
crime, inter-provincial crime, crime having international dimensions, 
etc.; 
(c)  recommend Federal Government grants to various police 
organizations and Federal Law  Enforcement Ag encies for  enhancing  
their operational capabilities; 
(d)  recommend  steps  for  securing  inter-governmental  and  inter-
agency assistance to ensure a com prehensive and cohesive 
arrangement for crime control and internal security; 
(e)  recommend  to  the Federal and Provincial Governments  standards 
of recruitment, appointment, promotions, transfers, tenure and 
discipline; 
(f)  develop standing o perating procedures based on internationally 
accepted good practices for adoption by the Police and Law 
Enforcement Ag encies in  the country to improve the ir performance; 
and 
(g)  any other duties that the Federal Government may assign to it. 
161.  Meeting and condu ct of business of the  Board.– (1) N ormally two 
meetings shall be held in a year. M eetings may, however, be convened by the 
Secretary of the board on the requisition by half of the members of the board. 
(2)  Quorum for the meeting will be three quarters of the total 
membership and no participation by proxy shall be allowed. 
(3)  Members shall attend the meetings as and when required for which 
at least one month‟s notice, with agenda shall be given. 
(4)  The  meetings  shall  be  presided  over  by  the  senior  most  
member present. 
(5)  The Board may invite any expert for consultations. 
162.  National Police Bureau.– (1) A National Police Bureau headed by a 
Director General not below the rank of Additional Inspector General of Police shall 
be established. 
(2)  The National Police Bureau shall function as permanent secretariat 
of the National Public Safety Commission and the National Police Management 
Board. 
(3)  The  Government  shall  determine  the  organization  of  the  
National Police Bureau and provide such number of staff as it may determine 
from time to time. 
(4)  The National Police Bureau shall perform research and 
development functions  as  assigned  to  it  by  the  National  Police  Management  
Board  and  the National Public Safety Commission. 
(5)  Perform  such  other  functions  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  by  
the Government. 
(6)  The National Police Bureau as secretariat to the National Public 
Safety Commission shall function independently but for all other functions the 
Bureau shall be under the Interior Division. 
CHAPTER XIX 
MISCELLANEOUS 
163.  Provision of advice and assistance to International Organizations 
etc.– The Police may provide advice and assistance to an International 
Organization or to any other person or body engaged in investigation of crimi nal 
cases outside Pakistan with the permission of the Government. 
164.  Coordination  by Federal  Government.– The  Federal  Government  shall 
coordinate for the purpose of efficiency in the police administration among general 
police areas falling under the Federal or the Provincial governments. 
165.  Constitution of Promotion Boards et c.– Subject to rules, p romotion of 
police officers of the provincial police shall be made on the recommendations of the 
departmental promotion committees/promotion boards: 
Provided that the departmental promotion committees/promotion boards shall 
be headed by an officers not below the rank of- 
(a)  Assistant Superintendent of Police or Deputy Superintendent of 
Police for promotion to the rank of Head Constable; 
(b)  Superintendent of Police for promotion to the rank of Assistant Sub- 
Inspector and Sub-Inspector; 
(c)  Deputy  Inspector  General  of  Police  for  promotion  to  the  rank  
of Inspector 
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[;](d) Additional  Inspector  General  of  Police  for  
promotion  to  the  rank  of Deputy Superintendent of Police; and 
(e)  Inspector General f or promotion to t he rank of Su perintendent of 
Police. 
166.  Criminal  Statistics  and reports.– (1) The Provincial  Government  shall 
at such times and in such form as the Federal Government may direct, transmit 
statistic and reports to the Federal Government with respect to officers, offenders, 
criminal proceedings  and  the  state  of  law  and  order  in  the  Province  as  the  
Federal Government may require. 
(2)  The Federal  Government  shall cause a consolidated  abstract  of 
the information  transmitted  to it under  c lause  (1) to be prepared  and laid 
before  the National Assembly. 
(3)  The  Federal  Government  may  require  a  Provincial  Government  
to submit reports on such matters as may be specified in the  requirements on 
                                                           
54Misprinted in the Gazette as “full-stop”. 
matters connected with police performance. 
(4)  A requirement under clause (3) may specify the form in which a 
report is to be submitted. 
(5)  The Provincial Government may direct the submission of such 
reports and returns by the Provincial Police Officers and other police officers as it 
may deem proper and may prescribe the form in which such returns shall be made. 
167.  Maintenance  of Daily Diary at a police station.– (1) A register of Daily 
Diary shall be maintained at every police station in such form as shall, from time 
to time, be prescribed and to record therein the names of all complainants,  
persons arrested,  the offences  charged  against  them,  the weapons  or property  
that shall have been taken from their possession or otherwise, and the names of 
the witnesses who shall have been examined. 
(2)  The District and Sessions Judge of the district may call for and 
inspect such Diary. 
168.   Citizen Police Liaison Committees.– The Government may establish Citizen 
Police Liaison Committees as voluntary, self financi ng and autonomous bodies, in 
consultation with National Public Safety Commission or Provincial Public Safety 
Commission, as the case may be, for– 
(a) training and capacity building of Public Safety Commission; 
(b) developing mechanism for liaison between a ggrieved citizens and 
police for providing relief; and 
(c) assistance to Public Safety Commissions, Police Complaints Authority 
and the police for the expeditious and judicious discharge of their 
duties. 
169.  Public Safety Fund.– (1) The Government may, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, constitute Public Safety Fund at the Provincial and District levels 
consisting of– 
(a)  Grants made by the Federal Government, the Provincial 
Government and the District Governments to the police. 
(b)  Contributions made in cash or kind by the public for the improvement 
of police service delivery to be credited to District Public Safety Fund. 
(2)  The Provincial Government may credit o ne-half of the sums of the 
traffic fines to the Provincial Public Safety Fund. 
(3)  All receipts mentioned in sub-clauses (a) and (b) of clause (1) and 
clause (2) may be credited to the Provincial or District Public Safety Fund as 
the case may be under a Head of Account in the Public Account duly authorised by 
the Controller General of Accounts. 
(4)  The Fund shall be non-lapsable. 
(5)  Accounts shall be kept of payments made into or out of this fund, 
which shall be audited by the Auditor General at the end of each financial year. 
(6)  The Public Safety Fund at Provincial level shall be operated  by the 
Provincial  Public  Safety  Commission  and at the district level by the District 
Public Safety Commission subject to any rules and regulations made under this 
Order. 
(7)  The Public Safety Fund shall be applied for the purpose of:– 
(a) improving facilities for public and service delivery at police stations 
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[;] 
(b) improving traffic police; and 
(c) rewarding police officers for good performance. 
170.  Officers  holding  charge  of  or  succeeding  to  vacancies  competent  
to exercise powers.– Wherever in consequence of the office of Head of District 
Police becoming  vacant,  any officer  who  holds  charge  of such  post or 
succeeds  either temporarily or per manently to his office under the orders of the 
competent appointing authority, such officer shall be competent to exercise all the 
powers and perform all the duties respectively conferred and imposed by this Order 
on Capital City Police Officer, City Police Officer or District Police Officer. 
171.  No police officer to be liable to any penalty or payment of damages 
on account of acts done in good faith in pursuance of duty.– No police officer 
shall be liable to any penalty or to payment of damages on account of an act done 
in good faith  in  pursuance  or  intended  pursuance  of  any  duty  imposed  or  any  
authority conferred on him by any provision of this Order or any other law for the 
time being in force or any rule, order or direction made or given therein. 
172.  Suits or prosecutions in respect of acts done under colour of duty not 
to be entertained  if not instituted  within  the prescribed  period.– In case of 
an alleged offence by a police officer, or a wrong alleged to have been done by 
him or by any act done under colour of duty or in exercise of any such duty or 
authority of this Order or when it shall appear to the Court that the offence or 
wrong if committed or  done  was  of  the  character  aforesaid,  the  prosecution  or  
suit  shall  not  be entertained, or shall be dismissed, if instituted after more than 
six months from the date of the action complained of. 
173.  Notice of suit  to be g iven with sufficient des cription of wrong 
complained of.– (1) In the case of an intended suit on account of an alleged wrong 
referred to in Article 172 by a police officer, the person intending to sue shall 
give two month's notice as prescribed in section 80 of Civil Procedure Code 1908, of 
the intended suit with sufficient description of the wrong complained of. 
(2)  The provisions of section 80 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, 
                                                           
55Misprinted in the Gazette as “full-stop”. 
shall mutatis mutandis apply to the notice referred  to in clause (1). 
174.  Licences and written permissions to specify conditions, etc.– Any 
licence or written permission  granted under the provisions  of  this Order shall 
specify the period, locality, conditions and restrictions subject to which the same is 
granted and shall be given under the signature of the competent authority. 
175.  Revocation of licence or permission.– Any licence or written permission 
granted  under  this  Order  may  at  any  time  be  suspended  or  revoked  by  the 
competent authority after due notice if any of its conditions or restrictions is 
infringed or evaded by the person to whom it has been granted, or if such person 
is convicted of any offence in any matter to which such licence or permission 
relates. 
176.  When licence or permission is revoked, the grantee would be deemed 
to be without licence.– When any such licence or written permission is suspended 
or revoked, or when the period for which the same was granted has expired, the 
person to whom the same was granted shall, for all purposes of this Order, deemed 
to be without a l icence or written permission, until the order for suspending or 
revoking the same is cancelled, or until the same is renewed, as the case may be. 
177.  Grantee to produce licence a nd written permis sion when required .– 
Every person to whom any such licence or written permission  has been 
granted, shall, while the same remains in force, at all reasonable time, produce the 
same if so required by a police officer. 
178.  Public notices how to be given.– Any public notice required to be 
given under any of the provisions of this Order shall be in writing under the 
signature of a competent authority and shall be published in the locality to be 
affected thereby, by affixing copies thereof in conspicuous public places, or by 
proclaiming the same with beat of drums, or by advertising the same in l ocal 
newspapers in regional languages and English or Urdu, as the said authority may 
deem fit, or by electronic media, or by any two or more of these means and by any 
other means it may think suitable. 
179.  Consent of competent authority how to be proved.– Whenever under 
this Order, the doing or the omitting to do anything or the validity of anything 
depends upon  the  consent,  approval,  declaration,  opinion  or  satisfaction  of  a  
competent authority, a written document signed by the competent authority 
purporting to convey or  set  forth  such  consent,  approval,  declaration,  opinion  
or  satisfaction  shall  be evidence thereof. 
180.  Signature on notices may be stamped.– Every licence, written 
permission, notice  or  other  document,  not  being  a  summons  or  warrant  or  
search  warrant, required by this Order, or by any rule hereunder, to bear the stamp 
and the signature of Head of District Police and it shall be deemed to be 
properly  signed if it is a facsimile of the document bearing his signature. 
181.  Persons interested m ay apply to annul, reverse or alter any rule or 
order.– In the case of any rule or order made under an authority conferred by this 
Order and requiring the public or a particular class of persons to perform some 
duty or act, or to conduct or order themselves or those under their control in a 
manner therein described,  it  shall be competent  for  any interested person to 
apply to the authority  issuing  such  rule  or  order  to  annul,  reverse  or  alter  the  
rule  or  order aforesaid on the ground of its being unlawful, oppressive or 
unreasonable: 
Provided that the appropriate go vernment shall  exercise ju risdiction for 
revision against such orders. 
182.  Notification  of rules and regulations  in the Official Gazette.– Every 
rule and regulation made under this Order shall be made by notification in the 
Official Gazette. 
183.  Powers to prosecute under any other law not affected.– Nothing 
contained in this Order shall be construed to prevent any person from being 
prosecuted under any other law for the time being in force for any offence made 
punishable under this Order. 
56
[184.  Power to amend.–* * * * * * * * * *   ] 
185.  Repeal and savings.– (1) The Police  Act, 1861 (V of 1861),  hereinafter 
referred to as the said Act, is hereby repealed: 
Provided that– 
(a)  all  rules  prescribed,  appointments  made,  powers  conferred, 
orders made or passed, consent, permit, permission of licences given, 
summons or warrants issued or served, persons, arrested or  
detained  or  discharged  on  bail  or  bond,  search  warrants issued, 
bond forfeited, penalty incurred under the said Act shall, so far as 
they are consistent with this Order, be deemed to have been 
respectively  prescribed,  made, conferred, given, passed, served, 
arrested, detained, discharged, forfeited and incurred hereunder; 
(b)  all references made to the said Act or in any law or instrument shall  
be construed as references  to  the  corresponding provisions of this 
Order. 
(2)  Notwithstanding the repeal of the said Act, the repeal shall not– 
(a)  affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequence  of anything duly 
done or suffered under the said Act; 
(b)  affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or 
incurred under the said Act; 
                                                           
56Omitted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2013 (XXI of 2013) , w.e.f.11.9.2013, s.6; and published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 961-963. 
(c)  affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred or inflicted in 
respect of any act or offence committed against the said Act; 
(d)  affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any 
such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or 
punishment as aforesaid; 
and  any  such  investigation,  legal  proceeding  or  remedy  may  be 
instituted,  continued  or enforced,  and any such penalty, forfeiture  
or punishment may be imposed, as if the  said Act has not been 
repealed; and 
(e)  affect  any  proceeding  pending  in  any  court  or  before  any 
authority under the said Act, and any such proceeding and any appeal 
or revision arising out of such proceeding shall be continued, instituted 
or disposed of, as if the said Act had not been repealed. 
186.  Existing p olice deemed to be con stituted un der this Order.– Without 
prejudice  to the provisions  contained  in Article  185, the police  fu nctioning  in 
the Provinces and in Islamabad Capital Territory immediately before the 
commencement of this Order  shall  on such  commencement  be deemed  to be 
police  constituted under this Order. 
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[186A. Power to am end Fourth Schedule.- The Government may, by  notification 
in the official Gazette, amend the Fourth Schedule.] 
187.  Power to remove difficulties.– (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect 
to the  provisions  of  this  Order,  the  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  
Official Gazette, make such provisions as appear to be necessary or expedient for 
removing the difficulty: 
Provided that no such notification shall be issued after the expiry of two 
years from the commencement of this Order. 
(2)  Every  notification  issued  under  this  Article  shall  be  laid  before  
the Parliament or the Provincial Assembly, as the case may be. 
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57Inserted by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2025 (XXXII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated:30 May 2025,  pp.4757-4759. s.4. 
FIRST SCHEDULE 
SENIOR AND JUNIOR RANKS 
[[AArrttiiccllee 22 ((xxiiii)) aanndd AArrttiiccllee 22 ((xxxxvv))]] 
1.  Senior Police Ranks 
(i)  Inspector-General 
(ii)  Additional Inspector General 
(iii)  Deputy Inspector General 
(iv)  Assistant Inspector General/Senior  Superintendent 
(v)  Superintendent 
(vi)  Assistant Superintendent/Deputy Superintendent 
2.  Junior Police Ranks 
(i)  Inspector 
(ii)  Sub-Inspector 
(iii)  Assistant Sub-Inspector 
(iv)  Head Constable 
(v)  Constable 
SSEECCOONNDD SSCCHHEEDDUULLEE 
((AArrttiiccllee 2244)) 
FORM OF OATH OR AFFIRMATION BY MEMBERS OF POLICE 
I    _  do  hereby  swear/solemnly  affirm  that  I  shall  be faithful and bear true 
allegiance to Pakistan and to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; 
that as member of the Police I shall honestly, impartially and truly serve the 
people without fear, favour or affection, malice or ill-will; that I will to the  best  of  
my  ability,  skill  and  knowledge  discharge,  according  to  law,  such functions and 
duties as may be entrusted to me as a member of the police and in such a 
manner as to uphold and protect the dignity and rights of the citizens; that I shall 
abide by the principles contained in the Code of Conduct for police officers. 
 
--------------------------------- 
THIRD SCHEDULE 
((AArrttiiccllee 2255))  
CCEERRTTIIFFIICCAATTEE OOFF AAPPPPOOIINNTTMMEENNTT  
SSEEAALL 
No    
 
Certificate of appointment  issued under Article 25 of the Police Order, 2002,   
Mr. ________________ has  been  appointed ________________ and  is  invested  
with  the  powers, functions  and  privileges  of  a  police  officer  under  Article  _____ 
of Police Order, 2002, in the Capital City District __________ /City District 
________ /District  Police/ Area ______ under  the  charge  of  Provincial  Police  
Officer/Capital   City  Police Officer________/City Police Officer_________ on this 
day of _____________ 
 
 
 
 
Signature   
 
Designation   
 
 
 
58[FOURTH SCHEDULE 
[see Article18C] 
Sr. No. Heads of Crime 
1.  Dacoity. 
2.  Robbery. 
3.  Dacoity or robbery with murder. 
4.  Dacoity or robbery with rape. 
5.  Rape or sodomy. 
6.  Kidnapping or abduction. 
7.  Kidnapping for ransom. 
8.  Extortion. 
9.  Murder or attempt to murder. 
10.  Assault on police. 
11.  Motor vehicle snatching or theft. 
12.  Burglary. 
13.  Theft. 
14.  Narcotics. 
15.  Crimes related to arms or ammunition. 
16.  Criminal or house trespass by land grabber. 
17.  Serious or organized crime committed by using modern devices. 
18. Any other case related to serious or organized crime. 
 
                                                           
58Added by the Punjab Police Order (Amendment) Act 2025 (XXXII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated: 30 May 2025 pp. 4757-4759, s.5.