KARACHI: Sindh Police have announced an intelligence-driven operation targeting bandits in the katcha area, officials said on Thursday. IG Sindh Javed Alam Odho said the operation will aim to permanently resolve the issue of criminal gangs in the region. Read More: Notorious bandit, son killed in police encounter The police chief added that the Punjab Police would be […]
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Azad Khan takes charge as new police chief of Karachi
Karachi has a new police chief following a major reshuffle in the Sindh Police leadership, with senior officer Azad Khan appointed to head policing in the provincial capital. The development comes after the promotion of Javed Alam Odho to the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh. Read More: BLA’s bid to groom child […]
Citizen questions Karachi traffic fines, seeks court intervention
A Karachi resident, Johar Abbas, filed a petition in Sindh High Court against rising e-challan fines. He included top officials as respondents, including the Chief Secretary Sindh, IG Sindh, DIG Traffic, DG Excise and Taxation, and DG NADRA. The petition claims the fines are unfair, inconsistent across cities, and cause financial strain on citizens. Abbas […]
State sponsored killings?
Sir: It is coming to our notice frequently that the police cops are using their weapon to innocent people just because they are not trained that how to handle the situation on ground. Recently, a big example of 19-month-old child Ahsan is killed by a police cop in Gulistan-e-Johar. This is not happened first time […]
Under the garb of religion
It has been estimated by various human rights organisations that every year 1000 girls from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and married off to their abductors in Pakistan; particularly Hindus in Sindh and Christians in Punjab. It is commonly observed in all cases of forced conversions of girls that the victim is abducted and […]
Naqeebullah Mehsud case: Rao Anwar’s aides identified by eyewitnesses
KARACHI: Eyewitnesses in Naqeebullah Mehsud case have identified three out of the four policemen involved in the 27-year-old’s alleged encounter on Wednesday. The aides, identified as ASI Allahayar, policemen Mohammad Iqbal and Arshad Ali, were brought at the court of judicial magistrate Malir for identity parade. Eyewitnesses told that Allahayar was in plain clothes at […]
Malik Riaz refutes claims of assisting Rao Anwar
KARACHI: Bahria Town Chairman Malik Riaz has on Tuesday denied all rumours regarding his alleged assistance to suspended Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Rao Anwar. In a message through his official Twitter account, Malik Riaz said that he has been out of Pakistan for the past few weeks and that he has nothing to do with […]
Rao Anwar remains at large as Islamabad police raid house to no avail
ISLAMABAD: Police on Tuesday raided a house in Islamabad’s F10 region in search of suspended Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Rao Anwar, but were unable to find him. The former police officer, who is wanted in Naqeebullah Mehsud’s alleged encounter remains at large as the Supreme Court’s (SC) three-day deadline to arrest Anwar ended earlier today. […]
Police report: 444 accused killed in encounters during Rao Anwar’s tenure
KARACHI: According to a report submitted by Sindh Police in Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Friday, former Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Rao Anwar has been involved in 444 encounters over a span of 7 years. From July 25, 2011, to January 19, 2018, cases of 745 police encounters have been registered, in which 192 […]
Inquiry committee submits report to SC in Naqeebullah case
KARACHI: The inquiry committee investigating Naqeebullah Mehsud’s alleged encounter by former Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Rao Anwar on Friday presented its report to the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan. The probing unit, headed by Inspector General Police (IGP) Counter-terrorism Department (CTD) Sanaullah Abbasi, said in its 15-page document that Naqeebullah was nabbed along with two […]