Abstract
This article evaluated extant literature and conceptual frameworks and identified various stressors that are main source of occupational stress in police officers in today’s society. This study seeks to investigate the extent occupational stress can negatively affect police officer in Pakistan. Pakistani society has been passing through a critical time in post -9/11 climate. Civilian and armed forces. Especially police force has been under attack for years. A careful review of literature suggests that there has been acute shortage of empirical evidence qualitative method e.g. in-depth interviews for collecting empirical evidence from senior, middle and junior level police officers. The study reveals some of the key stressors and their effects police officers experience on duty. Main stressors include fears of terror attacks, encounters or working under indiscriminate faring of terrorists, dacoits and burglars, family member being on target, rude and abusive supervisor , bureaucratic mindset of boss, long working hours, loss of family and social life in light of findings policy implications are presented in the last section of the paper.
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