Crackdown on Beggars, Addicts

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TOBA TEK SINGH: The police have initiated a crackdown against professional beggars and drug addicts across the Faisalabad region aimed at reducing traffic disruption, crime and improving the safety of citizens.

A press release issued by the office of RPO Sohail Akhtar Sukhera on Saturday said that more than 2,800 beggars and drug addicts had been detained from around bus stands, railway stations, important squares, markets and educational institutions.

It said that the detainees included 1,164 men, 936 women, 237 transgenders and 478 minors. Cases had been registered against 500 beggars, drug addicts and their facilitators, it added.

Young children, disabled people and destitute women caught during the operation had been shifted to the Edhi Home, Child Protection Bureau and other shelter homes, it added.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2025

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