By Shahid Aslam Punjab’s Crime Control Department, or CCD, has become the most feared and the most praised arm of the provincial police. Supporters cite sharp declines in robbery, snatching, and car theft. Critics point to a trail of bodies, grieving families, and courts flooded with petitions. The clash between crime control and the rule of law now defines policing in Punjab. One of the starkest cases comes from Bahawalpur. Zubaida Bibi says 22 children in her family lost their fathers in one day. In ...

By Shahid Aslam May 10, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Following orders of the Supreme Court, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started a massive probe across the country to scrutinise accounts of all the 100 private medical colleges registered with the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) for bringing uniformity in fee structure, The News has learnt. Sources in the FIA told this correspondent that SC bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar had ordered formation of an FIA committee led by FIA Punjab Director Dr ...