Tag: Criminals

Ill-equipped private security guards no threat to criminals

ISLAMABAD - Private security guards hired by citizens on the advice of capital police are ill-equipped and untrained, and have clear instructions from their employers not to use their guns in any circumstances. In the wake of rising terrorists activities and street crimes, one can see security guards on almost every street, outside hotels, markets and offices, with the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration having registered around 150 security companies so far.
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NH&MP arrests 16 criminals

Lahore - The National Highways & Motorway Police (NHMP) N-5 Central on Friday claimed to have arrested 16 criminals involved in various crimes and recovered 270 stolen cotton bales worth more than Rs 18 million, large quantities of liquor, weapons, a Honda CD-70 motorcycle, cattle and other valuables from their possession.
According to details, NH&MP arrested Zulfiqar, Nadir, Ejaz, Zafar Iqbal, Shahid, Imran, Sikandar, Qammar Abbas, Kashif, Naseem, Shahzad Khan, Ghazanfer,

Private detectives say they can trace criminals

FAISALABAD - The centuries-old method of tracking down offenders with the help of their footprints found at the scenes of crimes is valid even today to catch dacoit gangs provided footprint experts are ensured security by the police," say the two renowned Khojis (footprint experts) of Faisalabad.
"We can trace the notorious gangs involved in serious crimes if we have police protection," said Mashooq Ali from Chak No. 83 JB and Atta Muhammad from Chak No 246 RB in their joint

NH&MP claims arresting 12 criminals

LAHORE - The National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) N-5 Central on Friday claimed to have arrested 12 criminals involved in various crimes and recovered locally-made liquor, two pistols, bullets, cash worth Rs 32,000, six cellular phones and an agricultural seeds truck worth hundreds and thousands of rupees from their possession.
According to the NH&MP spokesman, officials have arrested 12 accused including Saifullah, Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Rafi, Anwar Ali, Nisar Ahmed,

MQM demands action against criminals involved in assassinations

KARACHI - The MQM on Saturday demanded that action be taken against those involved in targeted killings in the city with the backing of a political organisation.
An MQM delegation led by Dr Farooq Sattar met Interior Minister Rehman Malik and briefed him about the situation arising out of the ongoing wave of targeted killings in Karachi.
Sattar presented details about the involvement of a political party in the recent killings in various parts of the city.
Meanwhile,

Motorway police grab hold of criminals

LAHORE - National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) N-5 Central on Thursday claimed to have arrested 13 people involved in different criminal activities and have seized liquor, cash, vehicles, arms and ammunition and Pakistan Railway's eclectic wire.
NH&MP also helped three children; Arsalan, Jahangir and Sadia, to reunite with their aggrieved families in different events in last few days. NH&MP arrested 13 criminals including Javed, M Taj, Ulfat, Muhammed Akram, Ibrar Saleem,

Mujahid Squad arrests 171 criminals in a week

LAHORE - The Mujahid Squad Police, taking action on 15 emergency calls, arrested 171 criminals including 16 proclaimed offenders, 6 court absconders, robbers, drug peddlers and recovered illicit weapons, huge quantities of hashish, heroin and liquor during the last one week.
According to a handout issued on Monday, the Mujahid Squad Police registered 117 cases against the above-mentioned criminals in various police stations. Mujahid Squad Superintendent of Police (SP) Muntazir

…and more criminals have carte blanche

LAHORE: As many as 2,055 people were deprived from their valuables from January 1, 2010 to December 15, 2010, in six different divisions of the provincial metropolis, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to the Lahore Police data, maximum number of street crimes in six different divisions of Lahore was observed in Model Town as 497 such cases were lodged. Iqbal Town was placed on the second number with 302 cases followed by Cantonment Division with 299, City Division with 290 and

431 criminals arrested in 30 days

Lahore
Mujahid squad police arrested 431 criminals including 29 proclaimed offenders, 33 court absconders and 189 drug pushers in various raids last month. 85 Illegal weapons, 15 kGs of illegal drugs, and 24 bottles of liquor were recovered in the raids.
According to a handout issued on Wednesday, Mujahid squad police has registered 322 cases against the 431 accused.
Mujahid Squad SP Muntazir Mehdi directed all patrolling officers to take stern action against the

Two criminals held in Karachi

Two alleged criminals with weapons and snatched motorcycles were arrested by the Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) police on Monday.
During snap-checking near Qayyumabad, the KIA police headed by SHO Ghulam Ahmed Shaikh arrested Vicky Wilson s/o Tailor Masih and Faraz s/o Naimat. They recovered 2 pistols, 2 magazines, 3 bullets and 2 snatched motorcycles were recovered from their possession. An FIR has been registered against them.