{
  "id": 12089376,
  "title": "New law to turn police into govt’s ‘political force’, officials fear",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/new-law-to-turn-police-into-govts-political-force-officials-fear",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T00:16:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2034795/new-law-to-turn-police-into-govts-political-force-officials-fear"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PESHAWAR: With severe ongoing political confrontation between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and federal governments, senior police officials fear that by passing the proposed Police Act 2026 from the cabinet, the law which will replace Police Act 2017, the government wants a force that can be used for its safety and political protection against the Centre. They told this scribe that a free and independent…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}