New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has charged Punjab's Crime Control Department (CCD) with institutionalising fabricated police encounters that have reportedly caused hundreds of extrajudicial executions, sparking grave alarms regarding the breakdown of constitutional protections in the region.

Utilising media reports and legal records, the Commission tracked no fewer than 670 CCD-driven encounters between January and August 2025. These missions allegedly resulted in the fatalities of 924 suspects, whereas only two law enforcement officers died during that period.

The remarkable imbalance in deaths, which averages over two lethal encounters per day, coupled with identical tactical descriptions across v...