Hotel Eye software to be launched in Sukkur and Hyderabad soon: IG on November 2, 2017KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Allah Dino Khawaja has said that Hotel Eye software has been launched at 20 key hostels of the city to ensure enhanced security for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)-related projects. Presiding over a follow-up meeting of the CPEC Security at the Central Police Office on Wednesday, the inspector general […]
NAB arrests three in sales tax refund scam on November 1, 2017KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in illegal tax refund scam, in separate raids. According to a NAB spokesperson, the two suspects allegedly involved in illegal tax refund scam, were arrested during separate raids. The suspects arrested were identified as Luqman Javed and Abdul Hameed Agar, […]
Suspected robber shot dead in encounter on October 31, 2017KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead during an encounter with police in Site Area on Monday. Police said that two robbers riding a motorcycle were snatching cash and valuables from people near Habib Bank Chowrangi. “A police party spotted them. In the resulting shootout, one of the robbers was killed. However, his companion managed […]
14 arrested in targeted operations on October 26, 2017KARACHI: As many as 14 suspects were apprehended during ongoing targeted operations by paramilitary forces in parts of Karachi, on Wednesday. A suspected street criminal was arrested during a targeted raid conducted in Zaman Town. A Rangers spokesperson said the accused was involved in various cases of street crimes and robberies. Separately, eleven suspects were […]
Rangers claim arresting Perween Rehman’s killer on October 25, 2017KARACHI: Police and Rangers on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in murdering Orangi Town Pilot Project (OTPP) director Perween Rehman. Rangers also claimed to have arrested at least 10 more suspects during ongoing raids and operations in parts of the city, including the activists of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London. The suspect allegedly […]
NAB arrests Sharjeel Memon on October 24, 2017KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday rounded up former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, a close aide of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zadari, in a multi-billion-rupee corruption case from outside the Sindh High Court (SHC) along with his other 11 ‘accomplices’. NAB Sindh Deputy Director Rizwan Soomro told Daily […]
Police arrest 50 more in bid to catch the ‘knifeman’ on October 21, 2017KARACHI: After spending over three weeks investigating knife attack suspects Waseem and Shehzad, police sped up its operations and detained around 50 more in a bid to catch the ‘knifeman(s)’. According to reports, those arrested were mostly of a young age and with no connection to the knife attacks. Most of the detained were released […]
25 policewomen deployed in Central District on October 20, 2017KARACHI: Following the increasing number of knife attacks on women in Karachi, the police high-ups have deployed at least 25 policewomen in Central District. At least two women were recently stabbed there. Police officials said that the decision regarding deployment of policewomen in Central District was made following the rising incidents of women stabbing. They […]
Mystery persists after girl stabbed despite ‘prime’ suspect’s arrest on October 18, 2017KARACHI: Questions are being raised over the alleged involvement of prime suspect Waseem, who is in custody of Punjab Police, in the serial knife attacks after another girl was stabbed on Monday. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Baloch, a girl was injured in a knife attack on Monday’s in Karachi’s FB Area. […]
Karachi Police seeks custody of knife attack suspect on October 16, 2017KARACHI: Karachi Police initiated the legal process to obtain the custody of the prime suspect in the knife attack case from the Punjab Police. Earlier on Sunday, Punjab Police had arrested the suspect, Waseem, from Mandi Bahuddin, Punjab. Sources said that it would take a week or two for the Punjab Police to interrogate the […]