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 ...
SOCIETY
By Shahid Aslam March 10, 2018 LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, in a late Friday night development, arrested four more accused in its ongoing probe into the Ashiana Housing scam, The News has learnt. According to NAB officials, among those arrested included the incumbent Lahore Development Authority Chief Engineer Israr Saeed, incumbent Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC) Chief ...
FIA faces issues in curbing human trafficking
By Shahid Aslam February 12, 2018 LAHORE: The unfortunate incident ...
Illegal drugs: DRAP seeks action against company
By Shahid Aslam February 03, 2018 LAHORE: The Drug Regulatory ...
POLITICS
Opinion Policing by the Gun: Punjab’s Dangerous Turn Toward Encounters
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 ...
FIA begins scrutiny of accounts of 100 private medical colleges
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 ...
By Shahid Aslam February 03, 2018 LAHORE: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approached the FIA with a request to take action against a pharmaceutical company allegedly involved in manufacturing and selling drugs illegally, The News has learnt. Sources within DRAP told this correspondent that with the approval ...
