QUETTA: A police officer, who survived a bomb attack on Thursday, was gunned down in Shalkot area here on Friday night, officials said. DIG (operations) Qazi Abdul Wahid said Inspector Jalal Shah was going home when gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on him.“Shah received multiple bullet wounds and died ... Read More »
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ISLAMABAD: In a surprising move, the government removed Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Javed Iqbal on Friday and appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Narcotics Control Zafar Abbas Lak to the post. Javed Iqbal was the 6th FIA chief removed by the present regime ostensibly for not ... Read More »
Threatening calls`: jails security beefed up
LAHORE: Security was tightened in and around two jailsDistrict Camp Jail and Kot Lakhpat Central Jailand other government establishments on Thursday after police received calls threatening terrorist attacks on such places. Officials said the outer security of all jails in the province had already been enhanced following a meeting called ... Read More »
Cops punished for fining justice’s vehicle
LAHORE – A team of Motorway Police on Thursday had to wait for four hours as punishment for issuing a fine ticket to the official driver of a Lahore High Court Justice. Following a phone call from judge’s office, the Motorway Police team led by SSP Jaffer Khan appeared before ... Read More »
Lawyers torture police officer in front of judge
LAHORE-IN yet another episode of hooliganism, a group of lawyers on Thursday brutally tortured a sub-inspector, injured him with a pistol butt, in front of an additional district and sessions judge in the courtroom after he refused to investigate a theft case as per their desire. The incident took ... Read More »
Lawyers beat women counsel, policeman
LAHORE-IN two separate incidents, unruly lawyers crossing all limits of decency thrashed two female colleagues and an assistant sub-inspector of police on the Session Courts premises . In the first incident of lawyers’ hooliganism, a lawyer named Rana Arshad along with his clients Nabeela Bibi, Sakina Bibi, Abdul Ghani, Abdurazaq ... Read More »
Crime highest in Cantt, Sadar police divisions
LAHORE-CANTT and Sadar police divisions have become criminal-friendly areas in the provincial metropolis as robbers had shot at and wounded two citizens and deprived 82 others of cash, valuables, gold ornaments, cell phones, cars and motorcycles worth millions of rupees during the last one week. Out of the total reported ... Read More »
Fake supdt caught red-handed
LAHORE – Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Controller of Examinations Anwar Faroor caught red-handed a fake superintendent Sana Khan during a surprise visit on Wednesday. Anwar Faroor paid a surprise visit to an Examination Centre L-64 (Punjab College of Commerce for Women, Noon Avenue, Muslim Town, Lahore) ... Read More »
Ban on display of weapons
LAHORE– A complete ban has been imposed on the display of all types of weapons in Punjab with a view to eliminating terrorism and controlling crime, announced Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Habibur Rehman while presiding over the Regional Police Officers (RPOs) Conference at Central Police Office on ... Read More »
3 cops suspended
LAHORE – The City’s Operations Police Chief on Wednesday reprimanded divisional SP’s on several complaints of motorbike snatching which had no details at police pickets in the Punjab Capital. The DIG also suspended three policemen deployed at pickets on negligence and censured several others on the same charges. He issued ... Read More »