The Bannu Police Boycott: A Frontline Force Under Strain in Pakistan

In Khyber Pukhtunkhwa embattled southern districts, the police are simultaneously the targets of militancy, the instrument of state policy, and lately, protesters themselves. On August 25, 2026 police personnel in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) gathered at the district police lines and boycotted their duties. The trigger was bureaucratically mundane: transfer orders, issued by the Central […]