Pakistan: In-Between Extremism and Peace

Mr. Mohammad Ali Babakhel belongs to the Federal Police Service of Pakistan. He is deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, presently serving as deputy commandant of Frontier Constabulary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Mr. Mohammad Ali Babakhel joined the police service in 1996. As a law enforcement officer, he started his career as an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) and administered municipal subdivisions of Bannu Charsadda and Peshawar. The author worked in militancy-infested provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan. As senior superintendent of police, he also served with National Highways & Motorway Police. As chief of police of administrative regions, he headed Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, and Peshawar. The author also worked as an instructor with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and thus also possesses the experience of international peacekeeping. Security and protection are his specialized areas of professional interest. He also worked as deputy chief of the security unit of the prime minister of Pakistan. The author pursued degrees with distinction in journalism, international human rights law, and women laws. He is the author of two books. To mobilize public opinion against inhumane customary practices, he penned Swara: Women as Property and, for the students of competitive examination, wrote Journalism for CSS. As an op-ed writer, he contributes in leading dailies such as the Express Tribune, Dawn, Daily Times, and The Nation.