Pakistan is the third-worst country globally in terms of law and order. This was revealed in a recent survey released by the World Justice Project (WJP). The WJP's Rule of Index evaluates a total of 142 countries and jurisdictions across the world.

Pakistan is the third-worst country globally in terms of law and order. This was revealed in a recent survey released by the World Justice Project (WJP). The WJP's Rule of Index evaluates a total of 142 countries and jurisdictions across the world. Countries are ranked on eight parameters- constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil justice, and criminal justice. Pakistan had an overall rating of 129 out of 142 nations on the Rule of Law Index, ranking behind a few countries including Ethiopia, Bolivia, Cameroon, Afghanistan, and Haiti. However, the South Asian country was the third worst in terms of law and order. Pakistan third worst nation in terms of order and security The Rule of Index showed Pakistan at the 140th rank in terms of order and security- ranking behind Nigeria and Mali. The order and security parameter takes three factors into account- crime control, protection from armed conflicts and the use of violence to resolve civil disputes. Pakistan ranked 103rd for constraints on government powers, 120th for corruption, 106th for open government, 125th for fundamental rights, 127th for regulatory enforcement, 128th for civil justice and 98th for criminal justice, the survey revealed. A resurgence in militant attacks, growing ethnic separatist insurgency The WPJ's survey came as the country battles a resurgence of militant attacks in its northwest, as well as a growing ethnic separatist insurgency in the south. Eight people were killed and five others were in a suicide bombing in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday. Also read | Pakistan: Eight dead in suicide bombing in western town of Mir Ali A police official told the news agency AFP that the bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the province's Mir Ali region. Four police officers were killed alongside two members of a state paramilitary force and two civilians in the attack, the official added. This attack came two days after 10 Pakistani frontier police were killed in a militant attack on an outpost near the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan. The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). (With inputs from agencies)

Pakistan ranked third-worst nation in terms of order and security: Survey

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Pakistan ranked third-worst nation in terms of order and security: Survey