Tag: Cop

Cop’s son attempts suicide

A police officer’s son attempted suicide on Wednesday after slaughtering his six-month-old daughter. Mustansar, whose father is the station house office (SHO) of Bahwalnagar...

Cop at US consulate gunned down

Unknown armed men killed a policeman while he was returning from duty at US Consulate here late Sunday night. According to police, unidentified gunmen opened...

Estranged husband kills cop guarding his ex-wife

A policeman was killed while another cop and a woman were seriously injured when a man opened gunfire on his ex-wife and policemen in...

Cop killed in Peshawar gun attack

Some unidentified armed men, riding a motorbike, gunned down a police constable here on Wednesday. According to the police, the constable was on way back...

UK top cop quits over phone-hacking scandal

Britain’s most senior police officer Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday, citing allegations about Scotland Yard’s links to Rupert Murdoch’s empire amid the phone-hacking scandal. “I...

Hamza denied an extra cop

Lahore Police has refused to provide an extra Elite Force personnel to MNA Hamza Shahbaz, sources said on Monday. The sources said that Hamza...

Sacked cop tries self-immolation at Supreme Court

The country’s highest court of justice was shocked d on Monday with the cries of a man longing for justice after he resorted to...

Cop’s bid to self-immolate outside SC foiled

A man reportedly seeking justice vainly for three hectic years from the Supreme Court, tried to self-immolate himself, in the Supreme Court’s premises on...

MQM man, cop among 4 gunned down

A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist and a policeman among four citizens were gunned down in separate incidents across the city on Thursday. Iqbal Market...

MPA, 9 others booked for torturing cop

At least 10 people, including MPA Asad Ullah Arain and his brother Obaid Ullah, were booked on the charge of torturing a motorway police...

Three militants, one cop killed in Peshawar shootout

PESHAWAR - At least three militants were gunned down in a clash with police at Hayatabad Industrial Estate in the wee hours of Monday. The encounter also left a police officer dead and a constable injured. The incident occurred when dozens of militants attacked a police post at Hayatabad Industrial estate before the dawn. They killed an assistant sub inspector (ASI), Sajid Khan and injured one police constable.
In retaliation, the policemen cordoned off the militants and killed

Lahore cop shoots two robbers dead

LAHORE - Two robbers were shot dead by a 50-year-old constable in an alleged encounter in the Baghbanpura Police precincts on Thursday. According to the police, two robbers carried out a robbery bid in a house one Naveed resident of Rasheedpura located in Harbanspura Police precincts. The police said that the two robbers looted valuables including gold ornaments, cash and mobile phones worth thousands of rupees on gun point and later tried to escape but locals of the area chased them

Woman’s alleged rape by cop – Faryal Talpur directs IGP to...

KARACHI - Taking serious notice of alleged rape of a woman in Model Colony by a police sub-inspector, PPP Women Wing President Faryal Talpur on Monday directed the Sindh inspector general of police (IGP) to submit his report of the incident within 24 hours and take stern action against the accused if proven guilty, so that no one dares to commit such heinous crimes.
In a separate statement, PPP Women Wing Information Secretary Sharmila Farooqui stated that Talpur had directed

Kidnapped cop is in South Waziristan: IGP

ISLAMABAD - Inspector Rana Pervez of Turnol Police Station, who was kidnapped for ransom three months ago, is still being held hostage by the abductors belonging to South Waziristan, said IGP Islamabad Wajid Ali Khan Durrani on Wednesday. Durrani was talking to media after addressing a prize distribution ceremony organised by Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) for the position holders of a declamation contest on `Role of Students in Checking Road Accidents'.
The IGP said efforts were

GUJRANWALA - An elderly woman was crushed under a train and a police constable sacrificed his life while trying to rescue her at the railway crossing near Sheranwala Park. Reportedly, an unidentified old woman, unaware of the arrival of a train, tried to cross the rail line near the secondhand clothing bazaar situated on both the sides of the track.
Constable Azeeb Khalid rushed to rescue her and both were crushed by Quetta-bound Jafer Express. The woman died instantly while

Cop killed in Quetta blast

QUETTA: A bicycle bomb exploded Friday in the city of Quetta, killing a policeman and wounding four others, police said. The bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed in the suburbs of Quetta, senior police official Hamid Shakil told AFP.
"At least one policeman was martyred and three others and a passer-by were injured in the bomb blast," Shakil said. Police station officials also confirmed the attack and casualties. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Cop turns robber, injures three boys

LAHORE: A Lahore police constable and his accomplice shot and injured three young boys in a failed robbery bid in Johar Town police precincts late on Monday.
The injured victims were identified as 20-year-old Waqas Ashraf, 21-year-old Bilal Waris and 21-year-old Malik Kaleemullah Khokhar - all residents of B/2 Block Johar Town. According to the injured victims, they were standing outside the house of Umer, a friend, when two unidentified men riding a motorcycle approached them.