Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 07/2014

Former U.N. Peacekeepers: Agents of Cultural Change in Pakistan's Police

Muhammad Quraish Khan

June 2014

United States Institute of Peace

Abstract

Former U.N. peacekeepers are an emerging cadre within Pakistan’s police who are precursors of professionalization and other positive changes in police culture. They are torchbearers of human rights protection in policing and form a resilient force when it comes to fighting the tide of militancy and terrorism in Pakistan.