By Iqbal Malik

RAWALPINDI: Traffic problems have compounded in the City Traffic Police Sadiqabad circle due to the negligence and the involvement of traffic wardens in corrupt practices and money harvesting. Traffic wardens have confined themselves to discharging only one obligation of setting up pickets in deserted places and issuing challan tickets to citizens instead of controlling traffic. […]

RAWALPINDI: The “Access to Justice Programme” is in jeopardy in district Rawalpindi owing to traditional slackness and lack of interest on the part of the district police in sending challans of the cases to the courts. During the first seven months of the current year challans of only 4247 cases out of 10203 registered cases […]

RAWALPINDI: The newly appointed Chief Traffic Officer (CTO), Rawalpindi, has reportedly assigned the task to all traffic wardens and lifter operators to increase the number of challans two to threefold and warned that those who failed to come up to the task would have to face the music. In order to comply with the orders […]

RAWALPINDI: As many as 153 children were abducted during the last five years all over the district Rawalpindi and police have recovered 149 children while four are still untraceable. According to statistics of the Rawalpindi district, 132 cases of kidnapping of children were registered in 30 police stations of the district during the period from […]

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has awarded contract of issuance of fitness and passing certificates in respect of public transport to a foreign firm across the Punjab province while this firm has increased the fees five fold sparking resentment among the transporters. Sources said that the contract for issuing passing and fitness certificate has been awarded […]

RAWALPINDI: The alleged serial attackers, who are in the custody of the police for one week, being accused of injuring women with daggers, have not been declared arrested so far for want of evidence. Even a nurse from the Fauji Foundation Hospital who was injured in a dagger attack has refused to recognise the detained […]

RAWALPINDI: The 69th Independence Day of Pakistan will be celebrated with fervour and enthusiasm in Rawalpindi. Different functions will be held at the government and the private levels all over the city and security and stringent traffic arrangements have been made on this count. A complete ban has been imposed on holding ceremonies in connection […]

  RAWALPIND: As many as 150 citizens are reported to have lost their lives and 860 persons including 47 police men sustained injuries in 1416 cases of murder, attempt to murder, kidnappings, rapes, suicide attacks and armed clashes registered in 30 police stations of district Rawalpindi during the first seven months from January to July. […]

RAWALPIND: The Punjab government has accorded approval to set up two new graveyards to be built on modern lines in Rawalpindi due to lack of more space in existing graveyards. These proposed graveyards are likely to be built in Dhok Munshi near Chaklala and Adiala Road (Rakh Dhamial). These graveyards will be constructed on the […]

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Government has decided to abolish the present infrastructure in historical Liaqat Bagh Rawalpindi and transform it into a modern park with imposing ban on all political and public meetings therein. District Management Rawalpindi has informed about proposal in this respect to the provincial government. Consultation process at high level is underway to find […]