BAHAWALPUR: Police are planning to launch an operation against criminals in the riverine areas of the district Rahim Yar Khan.

Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sher Akbar told Dawn that he had visited Rahim Yar Khan where he was briefed on the criminals’ presence in the katcha areas of the district. He said police would soon decide to launch an effective operation to eliminate the criminals from the riverine areas.

Mr Akbar expressed satisfaction with police in the district Bahawalpur, which showed a downward trend in the crime graph. However, he added, the districts of Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan showed high crime rates but the respective DPOs were making efforts to control the crime situation.

He expressed satisfaction with law and order situation in the range.

RPO makes decision after briefing on criminals presence in Katcha area

PROTEST: The teaching and non-teaching staff of the Government Workers’ Welfare School held a strike to press for acceptance of their demands of better salaries.

Employees union president Chaudhry Muhammad Siddique claimed that the employees of the workers welfare schools across Punjab had been on strike for six days to press for their demands. According to him, the demands included grant of timescale, pension payment of the retired employees and resolution of other basic issues.

ACCIDENT: Twelve passengers suffered injuries in a collision between two buses at Laloowali Moori near Uch Sharif.

According to Rescue 1122, a bus was on its way from Gujranwala to Sadiqabad while another was going in the opposite direction Liquatpur to Kot Addu. They had a collision speeding.

The injured were shifted to the THQ Ahmedpur East while the two serious passengers were shifted to Bahawal Victoria Hospital where they were stated to be in serious condition.

Police officials claimed that both the buses had been impounded and their drivers were taken into custody.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2021

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