Asim Munir’s New Security Doctrine: Pakistan Plans To Bring Provincial Police Under National Command

Critics argue that such centralisation could weaken provincial autonomy, particularly in sensitive regions such as Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. Facing an increasingly complex internal security landscape marked by terrorism, separatist violence and growing instability in several provinces, Pakistan is preparing a major overhaul of its internal security framework. According to top intelligence sources, Islamabad is working on a new five-year National Internal Security Policy that seeks to centralise policing and law enforcement structures across the country under a unified national framework. The proposed reforms come at a time when Pakistan is battling persistent militant threats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a…