Shopkeepers directed to shut markets by 4pm
- 04-Feb-2026
MASTUNG: Amid security concerns after recent attacks in Balochistan, shopkeepers have been asked to close markets by 4pm daily in Mastung, ARY News reported on Wednesday. District police in Mastung have issued the directive in view of a potential security threat, advising that markets must shut early until further notice. Police officials said that, because […]
Shopkeepers fined over profiteering in Karachi
- 12-Aug-2024
KARACHI: The local authorities took action against the shopkeepers and imposed fines to those found involved in profiteering, ARY News reported on Monday. In a review meeting chaired by Commissioner Karachi, significant measures against illegal profiteering were discussed. Over the past week, actions were taken against 576 shopkeepers, resulting in fines totaling Rs. 1.522 million. […]
Shopkeepers who tortured, ‘stripped’ Faisalabad women released on bail
- 25-Jan-2022
FAISALABAD: A sessions court in Faisalabad on Tuesday granted bail to five accused in the case related to allegedly assaulting, stripping and filming four women at a market in Faisalabad, ARY News reported. The five accused, all of them shopkeepers, were released from jail after the Faisalabad court accepted bail pleas in a case pertaining […]
Shopkeepers move SHC against anti-encroachment op in Karachi
- 01-Jan-2021
Shopkeepers have moved to the Sindh High Court (SHC) to file a petition against the wide-scale anti-encroachment operation in Karachi.
Police officials torture shopkeepers, guards of Lahore mall
- 28-Mar-2019
Police brought both of them to police station, the spokesman said.
Man thrashed to death on suspicion of mobile phone theft
- 13-Oct-2018
KARACHI: The family of man who was severely torturing by several shopkeepers for allegedly stealing a mobile phone have filed a complaint against his death and called for legal action. The incident occurred yesterday in the Cantt Station area when a man, Ghulam Sarwar, was apprehended and severely thrashed on suspicion of stealing a mobile […]
Two arrested for torturing women over alleged theft in Lahore
- 07-Sep-2018
LAHORE: Lahore police on Thursday night claimed to have arrested two suspects in a case pertaining to torture and mistreatment of two women over alleged theft, ARY News reported. According to ARY News correspondent, the police arrested Ijaz Manawan and Adnan, the two shopkeepers who can be seen beating two women after accusing them of […]
Lahore shopkeepers beat women over alleged theft
- 06-Sep-2018
LAHORE: Police on Thursday registered a case after a video showing shopkeepers in Lahore city’s Batapur area beating two women after accusing them of theft went viral, ARY News reported. According to details, the shopkeepers in Jalo Mor Market on GT Road took the two women hostage on Wednesday after accusing them of stealing […]