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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem |Abbas Nasir
ISLAMABAD: A kidnapping case has been registered against unidentified officials of Islamabad police more than two months after they allegedly picked up a citizen from the rural area of Islamabad, Dawn has learnt. This was the second kidnapping case registered against officials of the capital police in about two weeks. The case has been registered at the Bhara Kahu police station in response to a complaint lodged by Sanaullah.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has informed the National Assembly that the capital police have brought down the crime rate by 31pc in 2024 as compared to 2023 despite their engagements and responsibilities to maintain law and order and give security cover to visiting dignitaries and foreign diplomats residing in Islamabad.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem |Aqdas Afzal
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police chief has ordered a departmental inquiry after a resident of Tarlai informed the Inspector General of Police Ali Nasir Rizvi that police officials extorted money from him by threatening to implicate him in a false case. Haji Liaquat Ali Mughal, who identified as chairman of a local community organisation, approached the police chief at an open court held at the IGP office to share his ordeal and demand the money back from the police.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem |Aqdas Afzal
ISLAMABAD: Over 900 people, including women, were abducted and 152 sexually assaulted or molested in the capital in the year 2024. A police officer told Dawn that the police registered at least 891 cases of kidnapping and 152 cases of rape or unnatural offence during the year. He said the kidnap victims included 483 girls (majority teenagers), 306 men and boys and 150 women.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem |Zahid Hussain
ISLAMABAD: As the Afghan embassy expressed concerns over the arbitrary detention of Afghan nationals in Islamabad, the capital administration said the crackdown only targeted undocumented citizens, with 183 Afghan nationals reportedly deported by the authorities during the current month.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD: A German diplomat was found dead in Diplomatic Enclave on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Thomas Jurgen Bielefeld, 58, second secretary at the embassy of Germany. Police said the diplomat was found dead with his eyes, nose and mouth bleeding at his residence located in Karakoram Heights inside the high security area. The police said the diplomat did not come to office on Monday and also did not respond to phone calls made from the embassy.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD: The Bangladesh High Commission has distanced itself from an individual who recently lodged a police case, claiming he was being harassed by unidentified individuals. In separate statements issued in response to a report carried in Dawn on Friday, the high commission said Mohammad Ali Khalid was a Pakistani national who was not a diplomat, and was no longer their employee.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have registered a case after a high-ranking Bangladeshi diplomat received a threatening letter and reported being followed by unidentified individuals. The case was registered on Thursday under Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code. The diplomat, Mohammad Ali Khalid, had lodged a complaint with the DIG of Islamabad, according to police.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s police on Thursday refuted reports that it was allegedly profiling and victimising Pakhtuns, saying that such claims were mere ‘propaganda.’“Pakhtuns are our brothers and dear to us. Brave Pakhtuns are the defenders of dear country and are the pride of the Pakistani nation,” the Islamabad Police declared through its official social media account on X, formerly Twitter.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD: Departmental action has been initiated against more than 100 police officials of different ranks for being absent from duty during the recent protest staged by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Officials of the capital police told Dawn that about 118 police officials were not present at the points where they were deployed for law and order duties.
