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LAHORE - The Punjab Police Sports Department announced its weight-lifting team for participation in the fourth Inter-Provincial Police Games to be held at Karachi. Raza Shah, Sports Officer, announced the Punjab Police team.
The Inter-Provincial Police Games will be held from April 6 to 12, in which 18 events will be held. The Punjab weight-lifting team comprises Rashid Aqeel Aslam, Kashif Barkat, Akeel Javed Butt, Mohammad Rizwan, Riasat Ali, Haroon Bin Rasheed, Ali Irfan and

KARACHI - The city's police chief was on Saturday directed to revive the community policing system and ensure effective policing in commercial and industrial areas for protecting the business community from extortionists. Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah issued these directives in a meeting with traders and businessmen of the city at the Chief Minister's House. The meeting was also attended by Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi Saud

BAKU - Azeri police arrested dozens of opposition activists who tried to stage a protest rally in the centre of the oil-producing Muslim country's capital Baku on Saturday. Riot police seized protesters and pushed them into buses near Fountains Square in Baku, where the opposition had wanted to hold a rally but failed to receive approval from authorities. One of the opposition leaders said after completion of the protest that about 1,000 people had taken part and more than 200 were

KARACHI - Agang of arms smugglers was busted on Thursday and two arrested in a raid conducted near Hotel Mehran Hotel by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) police. The gang is accused of providing illegal weapons to different groups of gangsters operating in the city - albeit with the assistance of legal arms dealers.
"The two men arrested are Shahzado Bhalkani and Dhabani alias Rabbani, and this gang has links with different ethnic, political, sectarian and terrorist

LAHORE - Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aasma Jahangir condemned the police's torture of Punjab Tenants' Association, young doctors and lady health workers and their arrests. In a statement issued on Thursday, she said that the police 'highhandedness' on the protestors exposed the slogan of good governance in Punjab. She said holding a protest was a basic human right and people could not take to roads when their rights were not protected.
She said that in a

TIKRIT - Gunmen wearing military uniforms and suicide vests were locked in a shoot-out with security forces on Tuesday after storming a Tikrit building in an attack that left at least 20 dead and 65 injured, Iraq officials said.
The gunmen swarmed into the building in the city of Tikrit, about 160 kilometres north of Baghdad, immediately after a suicide bomber detonated his payload and cleared the way, a police official said.A car bomb exploded shortly afterwards as police

MOHALI - Police were out in even greater numbers in and around the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium just 48 hours out from the India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. An already high-profile encounter between the rivals was given added security status when Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani accepted an invitation from India counterpart Manmohan Singh to attend the match. It will be the first game between the two teams on Indian soil since the 2008 Mumbai

MOHALI - Angry protestors hurled stones and clashed with police outside the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on Monday in the runup to Wednesday's India-Pakistan Cricket World Cup semi-final. Baton-wielding police and security forces on horseback tried to push back the crowds as a protest outside the stadium turned ugly and a Reuters witness said seven people were arrested and taken away in a police van.
Injured men were seen lying on the grounds as they tried to escape the

KARACHI - Awami Jamhoori Party (AJP) President Abrar Kazi and other office-bearers including Hussain Bux Narejo and Wishno Mal have condemned the "brutal" police shelling on peasants who were staging a march for ownership of lands in Punjab. In a statement issued on Monday, the AJP leaders said that the PML-N government in Punjab is turning a civilian set up into

MOHALI - Angry protesters hurled stones and clashed with police outside the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in the runup to Wednesday's India-Pakistan Cricket World Cup semi-final.
Baton-wielding police and security forces on horseback tried to push back the crowds as a protest outside the stadium turned ugly and a Reuters witness said seven people were arrested and taken away in a police van.
Injured men were seen lying on the grounds as they tried to escape the police

LAHORE - The 46th edition of the National Men's Volleyball Championship reached quarter-finals stage and WAPDA, Police, Railway Army, NAVY, PAF, Punjab, and KPK qualified for the last eight stage here on Sunday at WAPDA Sports Complex.
It was after 20 years that Railways made to the quarter-finals of the championship. From Pool A WAPDA and Railway have qualified. From Pool B Navy and KPK, from Pool C Army and Punjab and from Pool D PAF and Police have qualified. WAPDA beat

KASUR - The local WAPDA employees observed a comlete strike and took a rally against the police for not arresting the accused involved in the attack on their office. Reportedly, the powerloom workers and local residents protested against the Wapda over unscheduled loadshedding in Kasur on Monday.
The protesters also set seven motorcycles, vans and the office record on fire. Four LESCO officials, Jehangir Khan, Fayyaz, Shaukat and Nasir Joiya were also injured during a scuffle

LAHORE - Police were off to a brilliant start in the 46th National Men's Volleyball Championship, defeating Higher Education Commission in straight sets here on Friday at Wapda Sports Complex, Lahore In the other three matches, Punjab beat Sindh 3-1(25-17, 18-25, 25-14, 25-16), Railways overpowered AJK 3-1and Army routed Balochistan 3-0.
Police displayed an all-round performance, dominating with superior attacking skills and winning the match 25-13, 25-14, 25-12. Police were far

LAHORE - The newly-appointed Cantonment SP has not taken charge five days after the notification issued by the Punjab Inspector General of Police's (IGP) office. Additionally, a number of superintendent of police (SP) positions are vacant in Lahore but the authorities concerned appear uninterested in filling the empty posts. Five days ago, IGP Mr Javed Iqbal ordered the transfer of then SP Cantt Division (Operations) Jawad Qamar and made him SP Security against a vacant seat. Sarfraz

LAHORE - Eight dacoits, wearing police uniform abducted a trader and left his family injured on resistance in Chungi Amar Sadhu police jurisdiction on Friday. Eight dacoits stormed into the house of Qasim Ali (22), a cloth trader and resident of Javed Colony. Police said the accused abducted the trader and asked him to handover his money.
When Javed's family showed resistance, the accused men manhandled the family and left the house after looting money and jewellery. Killed:

FAISALABAD - The relatives and friends of a murdered cable operator gathered in front of the Faisalabad Press Club (FPC) to protest against the police inaction towards the arrest of an alleged killer. About two weeks back, cable operator Muhammad Shahbaz was killed by Qasim after a trivial altercation in Gulshan Colony under the jurisdiction of Gulberg Police Station. The victim's brother Abbas registered first information report (FIR) with Gulberg police but they were unable to

LAHORE - Two alleged robbers were shot dead in a shootout with the police in Harbanspura Police precincts late on Wednesday. The police claimed that one robber died as a result of firing from his accomplice while the other was shot dead by the police. The police arrested one robber while three others fled.
Police said robbers snatched a mobile phone and Rs 3,500 from a pedestrian namely Ashraf near Wada Sattar, Sheran Wali Kothi. Muhafiz Squad personnel, who were on a routine