Tag: police brutality

LHC order IGP, Punjab government to submit response on mobile phone...

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered the provincial government and the Inspector General (IG) of Punjab Captain (r) Arif Nawaz to...

DSP among eight cops suspended over torture

--Pakpattan DPO suspends sub-inspector for manhandling elderly person outside shrine VEHARI/PAKPATTAN: Eight policemen among 13 accused persons were arrested on Sunday as Regional Police Officer (RPO)...

Govt to introduce legislation against extra judicial killings: Basharat

LAHORE: Punjab Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Social Welfare Raja Basharat said that the provincial government would not tolerate extrajudicial killings by police...

Murder case filed against policemen accused of killing ATM robber

The father of Salahuddin Ayubi -- the suspected ATM robber whose video captured by a CCTV camera had been doing rounds over the electronic...

Muzaffarabad residents protest against alleged police brutality

MUZAFFARABAD: A large number of people gathered in the main bazaar of the city on Wednesday to protest against the alleged killing of a young...

One official booked following protests against police custodial death

KARACHI: A case was registered against station house officer (SHO) of Taimuria Police Station after a young man died in the police custody on...

VIDEO: Punjab police abuses, harasses Careem manager for refusing cab information

Officials of the Punjab Police on Thursday arrested a Careem manager after they took his professionalism as a personal offence. Disclaimer: The video of the...

Bill for compulsory medical treatment for injured introduced in Sindh Assembly

KARACHI: The Sindh Injured Persons Compulsory Medical Treatment Bill 2019, which has been named after Amal Umer, was introduced in the Provincial Assembly of...

Sahiwal JIT’s report submitted to PM

ISLAMABAD: The joint investigation team (JIT) probing the alleged police encounter in Sahiwal which killed four people, including an innocent couple and their teenage...

Family protests death of youth in police custody

The police are investigating into the death of a youth, who according to the family, was tortured to death by the Raja Jang police...

Case registered against Sargodha Police after man dies in custody

LAHORE: Sargodha Police on Wednesday registered a case against five individuals, including a police inspector, after a man—who was arrested a day earlier on charges...

Indian police thrash Hindu woman for marrying Muslim man

A video of a Hindu woman being thrashed by police officers last week over marrying a Muslim man has gone viral on social media,...

Families of 3 tortured young men yearn for justice

KARACHI: The families of the 3 young men, who were brutally tortured by the Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP), Yaqoob Jutt, are now demanding justice...

Man dies overnight in police custody in Lahore

LAHORE: A man who died in police custody is said to have been tortured to death by his prison officers. Relatives of the departed here on...

IGP seeks report on death caused by police ‘torture’

LAHORE: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Arif Nawaz Khan on Tuesday took notice of the death of a youth due to alleged police torture in...

Punjab CM axes four policemen for torturing elderly couple in Multan

LAHORE: An elderly couple that was subjected to police torture in Multan met with the Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Lahore on...

Rights group urges Pakistan to overhaul abusive police force

A prominent international human rights group has called on the Pakistani government to overhaul its police system that enables and even encourages serious human...