Law and Order Situation in Sindh and Its Impacts on Politics: 1988-1999: An Assessment

Abstract

It provides the history of law and order situation in Sindh in the tenures of four consecutive elected civilian governments from 19881999. The different approaches vis a vis; political, military and judicial had been put into action by the civilian governments to attend to the issues of lawlessness and appalling law and order situation in Sindh. The effects of policies and operations on Centre-Sindh relations, Centre-military relations and Sindh-military were dreadful. The disagreements among political parties on operations had further deteriorated the situation and stability of the political system.