Punjab Police (Pakistan)

 Punjab Police (Pakistan)

Operational structure
Headquarters     Lahore, Punjab

Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Punjab Police are responsible for policing in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.
  
 History
 Mughal Era

The system of policing in Mughal Era was organized on the basis of land tenure. Zamindars were responsible for apprehending disturbers of the public peace and performing other policing duties. At the level of the village these functions were performed by the village headmen. In large towns administration of the police was entrusted to, functionaries called kotwals who discharged the combined duties of law enforcement, municipal administration and revenue collection. Patrol officers in the shape of village watchmen or patels in villages and peons, horse patrolmen and such other like men in the towns were present. Violent organized crime was usually dealt with by the military.
Sikh Era
British Era

The modern system of policing was introduced during British Rule, The British administration relieved the zamindars of their responsibility for police service and introduced magistrates with daroghas and other