Law and Order Quetta
Maintaining law & order is the main function of the district administration. Judiciary, Police/ Levies and Administration are three components who perform this task. As far as Judiciary is concerned, the District Session Judge controls and supervises the Judiciary work. As a result of separation of judiciary from executive tasks a number of Judicial Magistrates were appointed in the District. This would result in quick and not so costly Justice for the community. While under the Jirga system, the Deputy Commissioner was the final authority to make decisions. People had to wait for years to settle their disputes and rivalries under the previous setup*.
The general security in district Quetta to a greater extent is satisfactory. According to the police information about crime rates in the district during 1995/96, the total crimes have increased by 20%. However, heinous crimes such as murder and dacoity are negligible. There is complete freedom of travelling in rural and urban areas in day time. In some of the areas due to a number of factors (including free availability of arms) travelling is some what risky at night time. Travelling in convoy is not needed both for Pakistani and foreigners. Keeping in view the size of population in Quetta district, the crime rates are relatively low.