Illegal police check posts abolished

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SAHIWAL: As many as thirty-three unauthorised police check posts have been abolished from different areas of the Sahiwal division.

Mahboob Rasheed, regional police officer (RPO) , issued the orders to close these points and conveyed the orders to respective police stations in Okara, Pakpattan, and Sahiwal.

According to police sources, 10 unauthorised police posts have been closed in Sahiwal district, located at Gamber, Sahiwal Bypass, Kot Khadim Ali Shah, Shareainwala, Harappa City, Khotian, 73/4-R, Muhammadpur, Shabeel, and Munir Shaheed police.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2023

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