Provincial Agencies

Three school education depts merged into one authority

LAHORE: The Punjab government on 14 June 2024 established the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessments Authority (PECTAA) after merger of three departments -Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB), Quaid-i Azam Academy for Educational Development (QAED) and Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) with a view to reform school education. Earlier, the government had constituted a five-member committee to integrate the three…

Kidnapped Teenager Rescued In Joint Operation, Three Abductors Held

A joint operation by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC), Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC), and federal intelligence agencies successfully rescued a kidnapped youth from Balochistan and led to the arrest of three abductors. The targeted operation, based on technical data analysis, was conducted in the Winder area of Hub on the…

Probe into Alleged Abduction by Cops Ordered

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to constitute a special joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the alleged involvement of Punjab Police officials in the kidnapping of three minor girls and their mother from Lahore and Bahawalpur. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued the…

Children of Pindi Police Officers to get Quality Education

RAWALPINDI: Police signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sir Syed Convent Higher Secondary School, Rawalpindi to provide quality education to the children of police officers/ officials. A spokesman for the RPO said that RPO Rawalpindi Region Babar Sarfraz Alpa signed a MoU with the Director of Sir Syed…

Rs3.06m Released for Treatment of Cops’ Kids

Inspector General of Police Punjab Dr Usman Anwar has approved the release of Rs3.06 million for the welfare of special children of police employees suffering from cerebral palsy and related conditions. According to a Punjab Police spokesperson, 102 special children have been granted Rs30,000 each, while Rs10,000 per month is…

More than 280 Policemen to Guard Polio Teams

RAWALPINDI: Police have chalked out a security plan for the polio vaccination teams during the immunization campaign from Oct 13 to 19 in the federal capital territory. According to sources, a special security order has been issued for the national polio vaccination campaign starting from October 13. The security plan…

Balakot Cops Suspended for Torturing Student

BALAKOT: Two policemen in Balakot were suspended and placed under departmental inquiry after allegedly detaining and torturing a student in their residential quarters, officials confirmed on September 30. According to the student, the policemen first demanded money and, upon refusal, took him to their residential room where they beat him…
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Minor Student’s Death Seminary Teacher, Son Detained by Police

GUJRAT: Police have reportedly detained both nominated suspects– a teacher and his son– who allegedly tortured a five-year-old student to death at a seminary at Karariwala Kalan village in Kharian Saddar police precincts. The suspects — a seminary teacher, Hafiz Qari Arfan of Miana Gondal village of Mandi Bahauddin and…

Faisalabad Police Recover Abducted Newborn

TOBA TEK SINGH: The Faisalabad police claimed to have recovered a kidnapped newborn baby from Sargodha. Faisalabad City Police Officer (CPO) Sahibzada Bilal Umar announced the recovery during a press conference on September 26. Giving details about the case, he said that Muhammad Yasin, a resident of Chak 215, RB…

Abducted Minor Girl Reunited With Family

RAWALPINDI: A minor girl, abducted by an unidentified person from outside a private hospital on the night of September 23, was reunited with her parents on September 24. Gulzar Masih, a resident of Medical College Staff colony lodged an FIR with the Banni police saying that he brought his daughter-in-law,…

Police Evacuate 348,907 Flood-hit People

LAHORE:On the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, rescue and relief operations of Punjab Police in flood-affected areas are continuing at a rapid pace. Inspector General of Police Punjab, Dr. Usman Anwar, said that Safe City thermal imaging technology and drone cameras are being used to rescue people and livestock…
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