Tag: Crime

Doctor’s house robbed!

A robbery took place in the house of a citizen named Dr Sameer Qazi in the area of Gulberg. According to details, Dr Sameer...

Man shot dead

A man named Iftakhar, resident of Guldast Town, was returning from his job late night when unidentified men opened fire and murdered him. The police...

Over 22,000 criminals roaming in Karachi: SC

Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a case regarding Karachi law and order situation and scolded high police officials who produced reports on law-enforcement agencies’...

Despite mounting crime, police performance review boasts of success

In the annual police performance review revealed on Wednesday, it was found that 1,483 accused of 519 gangs were arrested and over Rs 103...

Car theft cases show 50% increase in November

The Islamabad Police seems least bothered over the increasing crime rate in the federal capital as the month of November witnessed an upward trend...

Incidents of crime escalate in provincial metropolis

Adulterated Tino syrup took another life when a man named Muhammad Zeeshan resident of Nolakha died in Mayo Hospital after taking the poisonous medicine. In...

New York City celebrates day without violent crime

For the first time in living memory, New York has spent a day entirely without violent crime. The city police department's chief spokesman said...

Punjab crime rate down by 30 percent, says IGP

Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Habibur Rehman said that due to untiring efforts of the police officials, the crime rate in Punjab has...

Country hit by a ‘youth bomb’

“This is just a trailer of the horror that awaits us,” says noted demographer Farid Midhet, referring to Pakistan’s bulging population and the possibly...

Karachi traders vow to protest tooth and nail against rising crime

Sindh government sees politics involved as the traders and industrialists have vowed to protest tooth and nail against the ever-increasing incidents of crime in...

Street crime on rise in Railway quarters

Street crimes, on the rise in the Railway quarters of Dhok Ratta, have turned the area into a den of criminals and robbers. ...

Our policy is to eliminate crime, not criminals: Punjab police chief

The Punjab Police is determined to eliminate crime from the province but there’s no truth in claims that police stages encounters as a means...

Assassin claims Nargis hired him to kill drama producer

A hired assassin arrested by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) has alleged that stage and film actress Nargis had employed him to kill a...

Over 29,000 killed in El Salvador crime: report

More than 29,000 people have been murdered in El Salvador in the last seven years, although the rate of killings has dropped in the...

‘Crime reducing’ cardboard policeman is stolen

A cardboard policeman used as a crime prevention aid has been stolen from a supermarket. The six-foot tall life-size figure, named PC Bobb, was...

Sacrilege be declared a global crime, says PM

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Friday demanded from the world community to declare sacrilege a crime globally. Sacrilege was intolerable for the Muslims, as...

Dhok Jumma, Alipur become home to rampant crime

Growing street crimes in Dhok Jumma have become a source of perpetual agony to the residents of the area. “With the advent...