A petition before the Lahore High Court accuses Punjab’s Crime Control Department of turning policing into a conveyor belt of death, with nearly 1,100 citizens killed in encounters since January 2025. The court is not being approached for the first time. According to Lahore High Court Chief Justice Aalia Neelum, her courtrooms now see roughly […]
Police encounters
Four accused shot dead in Lahore police encounters
Four under-custody accused were killed during separate police encounters in Lahore. These police encounters took place in Kotwali, Township and Civil Lines areas. Crime Control Department (CCD) sources said that the accused Abdul Shakoor and Babar died during a police encounter in Kotwali area. CCD sources further said that the accused Saeed had died in […]
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 […]