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Haven for hellbound

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | October 11, 2012

LAHORE – Punjab police are resorting to extra-judicial killings to get rid of desperate criminals and gangsters, but at the same time they are extending full cooperation to convicted criminals ...

Emergency Academy established

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | October 07, 2012

LAHORE – With a view to ensuring sustainable human resource development in the long-neglected and essential field of emergency and disaster management, the Emergency Services Academy has been ...

Resentment rises among Baloch PSP officers

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 28, 2012

LAHORE – The Federal Rotation Policy 2012 has been implemented and about 35 police and other law enforcement officers having domicile of Balochistan have been posted in their native province; ...

37,000 fire incidents caused Rs18b loss in Punjab

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 24, 2012

LAHORE – Around 37,000 fire incidents took place across Punjab during the past five years, resulting in a loss of Rs18.133 billion, reveals a consolidated report on fire emergencies (2007-2012) ...

Police all set to guard Punjab during protests

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 21, 2012

LAHORE – The Punjab Police have completed all arrangements to provide foolproof security to the activists and leaders of the political and religious parties, which will hold protests and ...

Rescue, CDGL to survey 2,100 industries in 15 days

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 16, 2012

LAHORE - The Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122, in collaboration with the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) will conduct a special survey of 2,100 industrial units established in the Punjab ...

Punjab up for framework to ensure fire safety

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 15, 2012

LAHORE - The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) has asked the federal government to approve its proposal of introducing fire and community safety legislation, besides establishing an impartial ...

Only 45pc drivers issued licence after proper test

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 11, 2012

LAHORE – Only 45 per cent motorists were issued driving licenses after conducting a proper test, reveal the results of a research study undertaken by the Emergency Wing of the Punjab Emergency ...

Project to promote country’s soft image

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 10, 2012

LAHORE – The rescue cadets being trained for the Enhancement of Emergency Response (Peer) countries have termed the programme ‘New Community Action for Disaster Response’ (Cadre) a ...

Inmates knitting crumbling carpet industry

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 09, 2012

LAHORE – The carpet-weaving industry is on the decline across the country because of the unprecedented loadshedding, but the industrial units inside the seven central jails of Punjab are ...

70 bear brunt of backing jailbirds

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 07, 2012

LAHORE - The Punjab Prisons Department have fired 75 officials, including warders, for having connived with gangsters and hardcore criminals to permit them to lead their rings from 32 districts and ...

Christians allege forcible conversion to Islam

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | September 01, 2012

LAHORE – A few Christian community members submitted an application on Friday with Defence-A Police Station alleging forcible conversion to Islam by three Muslims residing in quarters at Walton ...

Naulakha police to bear brunt

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 31, 2012

LAHORE – Capital City Police Officer and SSP (Discipline and Inspection) have recommended the major penalty of removal from service for Naulakha Circle DSP, SHO, SI, ASI and two constables on ...

LJ chief Malik Ishaq arrested

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 31, 2012

LAHORE – Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) head Malik Ishaq was arrested on Thursday evening, shortly after he landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport on his return from Saudi Arabia after ...

Prisoners’ pass percentage plummets

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 27, 2012

LAHORE – The pass percentage of inmates in Punjab has significantly decreased with none of the candidates passing in six of the nine examinations, an official document says.Overall, 14 courses ...

Upgrading of motorways need of the hour

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 25, 2012

LAHORE – The ratio of traffic accidents will multiply within a decade if all the four-lane motorways are not upgraded to six-lanes as the traffic volume has increased alarmingly in the past 10 ...

3 brothers among 23 die in City

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 23, 2012

LAHORE – At least 23 people including three real brothers and a proclaimed offender-cum-paramour died in separate areas of the Punjab Capital while a girl was injured by her brothers over ...

Ill-fated kid seeks help for treatment

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 20, 2012

LAHORE – Millions of children are enthusiastically celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr today except 14-year-old Asad Ali, who lives with his seven siblings and parents in a single-room accommodation in the ...

Police using delaying tactics to ‘curb’ crime

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 11, 2012

LAHORE – The mystery surrounding the ‘low’ crime rate in Punjab was solved when some senior police officers revealed to this scribe on Friday that they had been directed by their ...

Snarl-ups all the way...

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 05, 2012

LAHORE – Although the long-awaited rain spell brought relief to the sweltering heat-hit people on Saturday, the downpour exposed the tall claims of traffic managers in the City, drawing public ...

City ‘closed’ for construction

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 02, 2012

LAHORE – Blockage of different roads due to the construction work initiated by the LDA, Nespak, Tepa and other departments, coupled with ill-planned alternative arrangements by the City Traffic ...

ISI, MI heads for quashing FIR

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | August 02, 2012

LAHORE – Heads of the ISI and Military Intelligence have asked the Punjab Police chief to quash an FIR registered against them at a local police station, stating that the allegations made ...

Crime descends over Punjab

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 28, 2012

LAHORE – All types of crime, from street-mugging to murder, have been surging in Punjab, exposing the claims of provincial police chief to have reined in criminals.According to official ...

Robo-cops come to human rescue

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 27, 2012

LAHORE – Special robots will now detect, diffuse and neutralie live bombs or active devices during possible terrorism attempts in the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, to prevent further ...

Where insecurity speaks the loudest!

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 23, 2012

LAHORE – The Lorry Adda, covering an area of 285 kanals and having more than 50 bus tracks, is fast becoming a breeding ground for corruption, land-grabbing, fraud and, owing to poor security ...

IGP withdraws SSP’s posting orders

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 18, 2012

LAHORE – Another decision taken in haste by the Punjab Police Inspector General, the posting orders of newly-appointed Lahore SSP (Operations) Sohail Akhtar Sukhera were cancelled before taking ...

38pc surge in dacoities exposes police

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 14, 2012

LAHORE – Official statistics reveal 38 per cent surge in dacoities in the first half of the year, exposing the claims of Capital City Police bigwigs to have reined in robbers.According to the ...

city reels UNDER militant strikeS

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 13, 2012

LAHORE – The two-storey hostel attacked on Thursday, in which nine policemen were killed and eight others injured, was under observation of the Taliban for the past six months, residents and ...

Govt turns down police reorganisation proposal

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 08, 2012

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has turned down the recently-floated proposal to divide the Capital City Police in two zones, both to be headed by a deputy inspector general (DIG) ...

Award-winning doctor detained

By: Jam Sajjad Hussain | July 05, 2012

LAHORE – The Model Town Police have detained recipient of the presidential award, Rescue-1122 District Emergency Officer (DEO) Dr Ahmed Raza, to press his family members to produce his cousin ...

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