Adiala Jail is not the same any more
According to Dunya (April 7, 2015) after the arrival of model Ayan Ali at Adiala Jail, there has been a change in the conduct of the staff and prisoners. The policemen wear clean uniforms and take care of their health, and the behavior of the convicts has improved significantly.
Defused bomb goes off at scrap warehouse
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt (April 7, 2015) a defused (nakara) bomb went off at a scrap warehouse in Gujranwala. Four laborers were injured in the explosion.
Punjab lawmakers get answers, a year later
Jang reports (April 8, 2015) the home department in Punjab responded to two questions by members of Punjab Assembly more than a year after they were asked. A third question by a lawmaker was answered 10 months later.
Ahmed Faraz’s Pride of Performance stolen
Reported by Khabrain (April 8, 2015) dacoits fled with late poet Ahmed Faraz’s pride of performance award, among other things, after they robbed his house in Islamabad.
Bank robber arrested with TV remote control
A man entered a bank in Havela Lakha and threatened to blow up a bomb with the remote control in his hand if the manager did not give him Rs 10 million, Dunya reports (April 9, 2015). When police and a local journalist overpowered him, it turned out to be TV remote control. They also seized a gun from him.
Imran Khan fans fight in Hyderabad
According to Express (April 9, 2015) when Imran Khan arrived in Hyderabad, some PTI workers at the airport began chanting slogans against a local party leader, and another group began chanting slogans against them. They began to fight each other (hatha pai, gutham gutha), and used their flags as rods to take out their anger (bharraas nikali).
The five-year-old goat thief
Express reports (April 10, 2015) a five year old boy and his father were accused of stealing two goats in an FIR in Vihari. When police raided his house, he had gone to school. In the afternoon, he went to the police station to surrender, but the police declined to arrest him.
Passengers injured as people throw stones at a train
Jang reports (April 10, 2015) when the Faiz Express left Lahore railway station for Narowal, unidentified men threw stones at the train, injuring eight passengers including women.
Madrassa ‘terror suspect’ robbed of laptop
Reported in Jang (April 11, 2015) two men in police uniform stopped a madrassa student carrying a laptop and said he looked like a terrorist. The boy took them to his madrassa so that the administrator could talk to them. When he went into the madrassa, they fled with his laptop, money and other belongings.
Five suspended after Zardari stuck in traffic jam
According to Khabrain (April 11, 2015) five traffic officers were suspended after former president Asif Zardari’s car was stuck in traffic on his way to the Karachi airport.
Man accused of stealing Mehdi Hassan’s awards flees from court
Reported in Dunya (April 12, 2015) when a court rejected the bail plea of a man accused of stealing late vocalist Mehdi Hassan’s awards, he ran away from the court before the police could arrest him.
Rs 1,000 for ‘special rooms’ in matriculation exams
Nawa-e-Waqt reports (April 12, 2015) ‘special rooms’ were set up at matriculation exam centers in Karachi where cheating was allowed. Students were charged Rs 1,000 for a seat in the special rooms.