The Center for Research and Security Studies-CRSS organized a consultative meeting with Khairpur Press Club on September 23, 2014. The agenda of the meeting was “Role of Media in Supporting Rule of Law-Problems and Solutions”.

Officer Bearers of the HPC and local journalists participated in the consultative meeting. Mr. Qaisar Mahmood, consultant for CRSS in Sindh briefed the participants of objectives of the meeting and also stressed the media to play effective role in voicing the plight of the people with stress to reform the police for the benefit of the society.

Journalists pointed out the issues faced by the common men and media representatives in reporting.

As elsewhere, the journalists were of the view that the police is not subservient to law but to powerful and ruling elite while performing their duties. Therefore, they stressed that police should be free from the political pressures and interference for better results. They also shared the view that academic qualification for the recruitment should be raised from present Metric for constables and intermediate for Assistant Sub Inspector(s).