As Pakistan braces for the 2024 elections, law enforcers face a daunting task. There has perhaps never been a time like this. Anger and disappointment are widespread, and so is a hope that election day- February 8- will mark the beginning of something better.

On May 09, a video was recorded of dozens of policemen, all with masks covering their faces, dragging a disabled teenage girl. It badly tarnished the moral image of the police in Pakistan.

Predictably, an enquiry has been ordered following the terror attack on the Karachi Police Chief Office (KPO), but as traditions go, there won’t be many lessons learned.