Rajanpur | Pakistan

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said the riverine (katcha) areas of Rahim Yar Khan and Rajanpur districts had been “100 per cent cleared” of dacoits during security operations carried out over the past few weeks. “It was a no-go area for the state, police, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), and other agencies. The writ of the state and its authority have been restored in the area,” she said while addressing a high-level meeting following the successful operation in the riverine areas. Briefing on the operation, she said it was launched in three phases. “The first phase was launched at the end of December, in which ground operations were integrated with aerial surveillance. It targeted multi-pronged criminal activity.” “In the second phase, we cordoned off major criminal strongholds, including Mach, Katcha Rajwani, and Katcha Karachi, and brought them under control,” she said. She further said: “The third phase was the surrender phase, which continued from January 7 to February 13, during which...

Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday announced that the Rajanpur and Kacha regions have been completely cleared of criminals following a large-scale operation carried out with the support of law enforcement agencies and the Pakistan Army.

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A man and a woman who had married of their own free will a year ago were shot dead on Sunday, allegedly by the woman’s brother in the jurisdiction of Muhammad Pur Dewan police station in Rajanpur district. Rajanpur District Police Officer (DPO) Farooq Amjad told Dawn that Saqlain, son of Ghulam Sadiq, a resident of Muhammad Pur Dewan, had contracted marriage with Ayesha Bibi, a year ago, without the consent of her family. He said that on Sunday, when the couple was in their house, the armed suspect barged in and opened indiscriminate fire, leaving his sister and her husband dead on the spot. The DPO said that on being informed of the incident, the police acted promptly and arrested the suspect. The police, after collecting evidence from the crime scene, moved the bodies to the hospital for autopsy. According to initial investigation, the double murder was committed over ‘honour’. A case is yet to be registered. NOSE CHOPPED OFF: Four assailants chopped off the nose of a man in a brutal attack...

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a flood alert for hill torrents (Rod-Kohi) in the Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts, warning of a potential medium flood due to ongoing monsoon rains in the Koh-e-Suleman region.