Tag: police raid

  • Seven arrested for renting smartphones to minors for online games and obscene content

    Seven arrested for renting smartphones to minors for online games and obscene content

    A total of seven individuals have been apprehended in the Faqirabad area of Peshawar for their involvement in renting out smartphones to children.

    The suspects allegedly facilitated the children in playing online games, including PUBG, and accessing explicit videos at their establishments, according to the police.

    The law enforcement authorities took action following the circulation of a viral video on social media that depicted children utilizing smartphones.

    Subsequently, a raid was conducted at two shops in the vicinity, resulting in the confiscation of 45 phones. These shops were found to be renting out smartphones for Rs60 per hour.

    Yesterday, three of the suspects were arrested, and an additional four were apprehended based on information provided by the initially detained individuals.

    The police have sealed the shops to discourage similar operations and have initiated an investigation into the matter, alongside registering a case.

  • Maulana Parliament Lodges showdown: What happened in Islamabad last night?

    Maulana Parliament Lodges showdown: What happened in Islamabad last night?

    On Thursday (March 10), a heavy contingent of the police raided the Parliament Lodges to expel members of the Ansarul Islam — a volunteer force of the Jamat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) — who were invited to provide security to Opposition lawmakers.

    At least four legislators and more than a dozen Ansarul Islam volunteers were arrested during the operation. As per reports, MNA Maulana Jamaluddin, Salahuddin Ayubi, and spokesperson Mufti Abdullah were also arrested.

    After the release of JUI-F workers and lawmakers, Maulana Fazlur Rehman directed party workers to open the highways they had earlier blocked in protest against the police operation. He had set a deadline of 9am for the government to release arrested parliamentarians and party workers.

    In an audio message shared on Twitter, Maulana Fazl said there was “no need” to block the roads now since all parliamentarians and workers have been released.

    Addressing a press conference after the police action, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed had said the Opposition was bringing “mobs” into parliament, adding that “no one is allowed to keep private militia”.

    The federal minister had said the government conducted “five-hour long talks with the Opposition” as Pakistan was not a “banana state”.

    “I have directed all chief secretaries and inspector generals to take those into custody who attempt to take the law into their hands.”

    Rasheed warned that no one should take the law into their hands, otherwise action would be taken

    Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter and said, “The Jamiat goons apologised by holding their ears and left. They are part of a specific mafia group that is working for their own interests.”

    Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill said that Maulana Fazl had been “making calls all night and asking for forgiveness and for his workers to be released so he could have some honour left”.

    Opposition Leader and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif said that raiding the residence of members of parliament was dictatorship and fascism.

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that the attack on parliamentarians cannot be tolerated. “This police attack is proof that Imran Khan is panicking,” Bilawal said, “Imran Khan, enough is enough,” he warned.

    The incident happened just days after the Opposition filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan.

  • Police say waiters at Cafe Aylanto guilty of supplying liquor

    The investigation into a raid at Lahore’s popular Cafe Aylanto on MM Alam Road in September has held three of its waiters guilty.

    According to a report in Dawn News, the police concluded the case by holding three waiters responsible after a joint raid was conducted by the excise department and police at the restaurant in September. The police have submitted the investigation report to the court for further proceeding. No further details regarding the incident have been shared as to why the waiters have been held responsible instead of the owner.

    Cafe Aylanto was sealed on September 7 after a raiding party, led by Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) Masood Bashir Warraich and Model Town assistant commissioner, had claimed recovering imported liquor from the restaurant. An FIR [First Information Report] had been lodged and interestingly did not include the restaurant owner’s name and only 13 employees — mostly waiters — were arrested at the time. Several bottles of liquor were also seized and a criminal case against the outlet’s administration was lodged.

    Warraich had earlier been accused of deliberately delaying the renewal of liquor licences of four hotels in Lahore after their managements allegedly refused to pay him 30 percent commission from daily liquor sales.

    “I am being accused of corruption just because I implemented the rules,” Warraich had said while rejecting the claims, adding that before he took charge, all four hotels were selling over 100,000 liquor bottles each illegally every day which reduced to about 8,000 each after he intervened.

    After the incident, Gulberg circle ASP Abdul Wahab and Warraich had been transferred from their position. However, later it was revealed that the officers had committed no violation and their transfers were politically motivated.

    A source said that many in police circles believed that someone in Islamabad’s power corridors took up the matter, ensuring the officer’s ouster from Punjab knowing that he had committed no mistake.

    The case was lodged against the café on an application submitted by excise inspector Akhtar Zaman Sindhu. Before taking action against the ASP, an impression was created that the contents of the first information report (FIR) were changed in favour of the café owner.

    However, during the investigation, the allegations were proved false as the contents of the application and the FIR appeared the same, the source added.