CRIME/LAW & ORDER
      
For the last couple of years, like rest of the country, Islamabad also witnessed and upward trend in crime. 
Contributory factors, specific to Islamabad is: 
(a) The adjacent areas of Rawalpindi, especially in the south of ICT are infested with the criminal elements for which the
ICT is just a walking distance. 
(b) Increase in population. 
(c) Visiting laborers for the on-going construction works.
(d) Geography of ICT makes it easier for the criminals to make escape after committing crime. 
(e) Majority of recorded criminals is residents of areas outside Islamabad.

ICP  Punjab NWFP AJK  T.Area  Sindh    Baluchistan Refugees
852  1363   653        138   35         28        14              62

(f) Presence of a large number of refugee community, mostly from Afghanistan and some from Somalia. 
      
      
       Country            Legal        Illegal          Total
       Afghanistan         4440          27534          31974
       Somalia             568            298              866

(g) Resource available for combating crime are either insufficient or have out lived their utility, like transport and other logistics, which will be taken up later.
(h) Unemployment/hard economic condition. 
(i) Corruption and inefficiency of Criminal justice system.
(j) Prevention through detection/convictions CTP has been pursing control of crime with all the diligence despite difficulties