TAXILA: As many as 30,585 undocumented foreign nationals have been recorded in different phases of the repatriation drive in Attock, including 20,005 who voluntarily returned to their home countries, a meeting of the District Coordination Committee on Law and Order was informed on Saturday.
The meeting, chaired by Deputy Commissioner Dr Mudassir Ahmad Shah, was briefed on the district’s law and order situation and enforcement measures taken in September 2026. Officials said 232 individuals were documented in the first phase, 4,554 in the second and 5,794 in the third, while 20,005 had voluntarily returned.
Ten undocumented foreign nationals were currently being held at a holding centre.
The meeting reviewed measures to maintain public order, prevent crime, curb illegal activities, enforce traffic regulations, remove encroachments, prevent electricity theft and take action against illegal petrol pumps and unauthorised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) decanting.
According to the performance report covering Sept 1 to 30, traffic police issued 7,680 challans for violations of traffic laws and imposed fines totalling Rs11.83 million. Two illegal petrol pumps were sealed and fines amounting to Rs205,000 were imposed.
In the campaign against unauthorised LPG decanting, authorities reported 50 violations, sealed 47 locations and collected Rs189,000 in fines. No first information report (FIR) was registered in these cases.
The anti-encroachment campaign resulted in the removal of 19 permanent and 1,218 temporary encroachments with fines totalling Rs475,500 imposed on violators. In the drive against electricity theft, officials detected 11 illegal connections, registered 11 FIRs and recovered Rs 811,000.
The meeting was also informed that police checked 13,023 suspicious vehicles on major highways, registered five FIRs and arrested five suspects. Eleven police pickets were operating on important roads across the district.
Reviewing the status of religious seminaries, officials told the meeting that Attock had 502 seminaries, of which 202 were registered while 300 remained unregistered. Geo-tagging had been completed for 28 seminaries under different categories.
The campaign against professional begging involved the deployment of six teams, which took 50 beggars into custody.
The meeting also reviewed complaints lodged by overseas Pakistanis on the relevant dashboard. Of the 437 complaints received, 360 had been resolved.
The outstanding figures included 42 cases relating to civil courts and one concerning a revenue court, while 24 complaints had been returned and 10 remained pending before the District Overseas Pakistanis Committee. The DC directed the relevant departments to strengthen coordination and monitoring to maintain law and order, prevent unlawful activities and protect the lives and property of citizens.
Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2026
