145 accused held with arms, drugs

LAHORE: Civil Lines Division police claimed to have arrested 145 criminals and seized arms and drugs in a crackdown.

Police seized 12 pistols, one rifle, more than 5kg charas and 44 litre liquor in the crackdown launched on the directions of Civil Lines Division SP Safdar Raza Kazmi. Police busted three gangs of bike thieves by arresting their seven members. Four bikes, two mobile phones, Rs 50,000 and weapons were recovered from them. Moreover, 22 proclaimed offenders of A&B categories were arrested besides 21 court absconders. Fifty-four persons were arrested for violating the laws on kite flying, wheelie, begging and loudspeaker use.

Road safety messages on buses: Distractions for drivers are significant contributors to road accidents both on highways and motorways. National Highways and Motorway Police, Central Zone, has launched a camping to prevent road accidents and pasted road safety messages on public service vehicles. The activity of highlighting road safety messages will help road users in understanding the road safety issues, said DIG Ahmad Arslan Malik while launching the drive titled “Road Safety on Wheel” in collaboration with two bus service companies at Bau Sabu, Lahore. SSP Masroor Alam Kolachi, SSP Zafar Iqbal, CEOs of the two bus service companies, other transport owners, lawyers, traders, educationists, students, member of civil society also attended the event.

DIG Central Zone Ahmad Arslan Malik said the messages displayed on the public service vehicles would grab the attention of road users to educate them on the road safety. Motorway Police had always taken revolutionary and innovative steps to create road safety awareness among the road users. Pasting road safety messages on the buses of the country’s leading bus service companies will contribute greatly to disseminating road safety messages to the public at large, he said. The DIG said the traditional outdoor signboards could not serve the essence of road safety due to certain reasons especially while moving at the speed of 100 kilometre per hour. Due to dense traffic movement, hazards of slow-moving vehicles, populated areas and other road conditions, the drivers could not pay attention to the signboards for more than a few seconds. Keeping in view the alarming increase in road accidents, effective methods to create road safety awareness among the public were the need of the hour, he said. DIG Ahmad Arlsan Malik said other categories of vehicles would also be made part of the road safety campaign soon.

Under-training judges visit PSCA: A delegation of 10 under-training additional session court judges visited the Punjab Safe Cities Authority headquarters. PSCA COO Akbar Nasir Khan welcomed the delegation and briefed them on the functioning of the PSCA. The judges acknowledged the importance of the evidences provided by the PSCA in criminal trials. They expressed satisfaction on the international standards of the service and quality maintained by the authority.