Crime Dynamics in District Bahawalpur: A Case Study in Socio-Economic Paradigms

Abstract

Former princely state of Bahawalpur (1727-1947), now one of the administrative divisions of Punjab Province remained the socio-cultural hub. Their rulers assumed the titles of ‘amir’ and ‘nawab’ in due course of the history and proved themselves as capable administrators. At this stage of history one finds their capability of good governance, especially their measures to control the crimes. One can learn a number of positive lessons from this piece of history. In later decades, a number of factors in socio-economic domain affected and altered the crime dynamics in the region, especially in Bahawalpur District which is the main focus of the study in hand. These factors mainly include unemployment, lack of industrial development, landlessness and other rural obligations, ignorance or unawareness about the law of the land, low literacy rate, etc.