Tag: Crime
Karachi and its sectarian malaise
It wasn’t quite the Battle of the Camel, but the pitched battle at Karachi’s Numaish Chowrangi on Sunday was seemingly from the same trend:...
Juvenile justice: ‘Laws are there but need to be implemented’
Effective implementation of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO) 2000 and other related laws can be an effective tool in reducing the number of...
When all else fails, Sindh govt bans pillion riding
And here we go again. The Sindh government’s outrageous ban on pillion riding is back for an indefinite period to add to the vicissitudes...
Irked by high crime rate, Keamari residents warn they will strike...
Political activists, traders and residents of Keamari took to the streets on Friday to protest the high crime rate in their impoverished port area...
Pakistani family stand trial for ‘honour killing’ in Belgium
Belgium's first "honour killing" trial opened on a note of high drama when a young Pakistani man suddenly confessed to the murder of one...
PHP arrests robbers, seizes stolen goods, weapons
Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) arrested two dacoits, and recovered three unlicensed weapons along with a snatched motorcycle. PHP Team Rind Adda Ghazi Ghat,...
17 profiteers fined
The Islamabad Capital Territory administration on Sunday conducted raids to check prices in the area of Shahzad Town and imposed fines on 17 profiteers....
Poet deprived of cash by imposter
Poet Safdar Shahid Malik was deprived of Rs 25,000 by an imposter when he was depositing the cash in the branch of a local...
Spiralling crime haunts Faisalabad businessmen
Businessmen in the industrial city of Faisalabad have expressed fears over the city’s security situation, which got more notorious with the murder of Khawaja...
IGP stresses effective steps to curb crime in capital
Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bani Amin Khan has ordered his subordinates to take effective steps to control crimes in the city and...
Lahore Police clamps down on crime
Lahore Police on Sunday claimed to have caught 353 criminal gangs involved in heinous crimes, and arrested 1,143 hardened criminals, besides tracing 2,016 cases...
Four die in various incidents
Four people died and three were injured in different incidents on Thursday.
A 28-year-old security guard, who was deployed for security of former Punjab IT...
Police told to curb crime
Islamabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Yousaf Malik has told police officials to take effective steps to control crime in the city and...
CDA environment regulations say littering is a crime
Littering in the federal capital is a crime under clause 5 of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Environment Protection Regulations 2008 and violators can be...
Post-arrest bail plea of cyber crime accused rejected
Additional District and Sessions Judge Yaar Muhammad Gondal on Monday granted bail to an accused in a case of cyber crime and rejected the...
Mujahid Squad on its toes against crime
The Mujahid Squad Police (MSP), while responding to 15 calls on Sunday, claimed to have arrested 1,100 people including drug-peddlers, gamblers, robbers and other...
Berlusconi faces bribery, sex crime hearings on Monday
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces trial hearings for bribery and for paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl on Monday, as the Italian leader...
