ISLAMABAD: A homicide unit has been established under the police’s investigation wing to investigate manslaughter cases.

The new unit, consisting of five teams was inaugurated on Wednesday. It will work under the SP investigation wing.

According to sources, five vehicles have been provided to the new unit and each team will consist of an inspector, and sub-inspector, an assistant sub-inspector and three constables.

The teams will be trained locally and in other countries in solving various kinds of murders and will also be trained in handling modern and sophisticated equipment and techniques for investigating killings. The SP investigation will be responsible for ensuring the homicide unit teams are well trained.

Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2016

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...