Police have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the robbery and fatal shooting of Dr Akash outside a bank in Karachi’s Clifton area, with investigators claiming the operation was completed within 36 hours of the incident. Addressing a press conference, DIG South Asad Raza, accompanied by DIG CIA Muqaddas Haider and other police officials, […]
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Minor boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Karachi: police
A six-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered after being abducted from outside his residence in Karachi’s Napier area, police said. According to the police, Muhammad Wali – the lone brother of four sisters – was abducted on Monday evening. After several hours of unsuccessful searches, his family lodged a kidnapping case at Napier […]
Police told to treat high-profile suspect in foreign women abduction case on merit
Lahore Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Faisal Kamran said on Sunday that the police were ordered to treat a suspect – reportedly linked to a senior government minister – in the case of alleged abduction and assault of two foreign women like “any other criminal”. On Thursday, the police booked five suspects over alleged abduction […]
Six killed in shooting at youth welfare centre in Germany
Six people were killed in a shooting at a youth welfare centre in northern Germany, while police arrested two individuals, including the suspected gunman, as investigations into the attack continue. According to German authorities, the shooting occurred in the city of Stade when an armed man allegedly opened fire inside a youth welfare facility, causing […]
Police constable shot dead while travelling to duty in Bannu
A police constable was shot dead by terrorists after being pulled from a rickshaw near Lora Bridge in Bannu on Monday while travelling to his place of duty, District Police Officer (DPO) Bannu Yasir Afridi confirmed. According to Afridi, Constable Umar Niaz Khan was on his way to the DIG Bungalow, where he was posted, […]
Police launch probe into rape, murder of three-year-old girl
A high-level team formed by Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Alam Odho has launched an investigation into the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Karachi’s Quaidabad, collecting DNA samples from over a dozen suspects from the same neighbourhood. The body of Kulsoom Mohammed Qasim, who had left her home to play […]
Police register terror case against driver in Karachi’s DHA imambargah car crash
Police on Monday registered a terrorism case against the driver of a van that crashed into a tent of mourners outside an imambargah in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) a day earlier. A Suzuki pick-up had rammed into a tent outside an imambargah in Phase VI, where mourners were attending a Muharram majlis. It resulted […]
Women in Police
A former minister’s remark that women should not join the police force might have passed as another crude social-media provocation had it not echoed a much older and more dangerous assumption: that women may be governed by the state, policed by the state and blamed by the state, but must still ask permission before serving […]
Rs 970 million spent on welfare of Punjab Police personnel, families
Punjab Police continues to undertake vigorous welfare measures for its personnel and their families. In continuation of these initiatives, Punjab Police has spent a total of more than Rs. 970 million on the welfare and well-being of police personnel and their families during the current year. Providing details, the Punjab Police Spokesperson said that more […]
ICT Police rolls out Eid security plan with 7,000 personnel across capital
Islamabad Police has finalized a comprehensive security plan for Eid-ul-Adha under which more than 7,000 police officers and personnel will perform security duties across the federal capital during the Eid holidays. An official told APP on Monday that Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi chaired a high-level meeting to review security arrangements […]