RAWALPINDI: Taking notice of road traffic accidents, the Regional Police Officer (RPO) Babar Sarfraz Alpa has directed the police to take action against speeding, dangerous driving and other violations and safety measures should be taken by identifying accident-prone places and increasing awareness among citizens about traffic rules.

The RPO Rawalpindi gave these directions while chairing a high-level meeting on crime, law and order and security at the Regional Police Office Rawalpindi on Wednesday.

The meeting was attended by City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Hassan Mushtaq Sukhera, SSP Operations Rawalpindi and SSP Investigation Rawalpindi from the regional office, while DPOs Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal and Murree participated through video link.

The meeting reviewed various issues including crime situation, crime hotspots, sexual crimes against women and children, domestic violence, traffic rules, prevention of fatal accidents, prompt response to emergency calls and search and combing operations.

Directs police to take action against speeding, dangerous driving and other violations

RPO Babar Sarfraz Alpa said patrolling and surveillance in these areas should be made effective by identifying crime hotspots.Indiscriminate action should be taken against criminals involved in street crime, robbery, banditry and other serious crimes, the RPO said.

The RPO ordered immediate legal action against sexual crimes, harassment and domestic violence, ensuring protection of the victims and investigation of the cases on merit, and said that no negligence will be tolerated in such sensitive cases.

Coordinated measures should be taken to make search operations, combing operations and snap checking more effective, to check the suspects according to legal procedures and to arrest the wanted criminals, the RPO added.

In addition, he stressed on ensuring security of important places and sensitive installations, police patrolling and prior arrangements to maintain law and order.

Regarding the implementation of traffic laws and prevention of fatal accidents, the RPO said that action should be taken against speeding, dangerous driving and other violations, safety measures should be taken by identifying accident-prone places and increasing awareness among citizens about traffic rules.

He further said that immediate response should be ensured to calls received on the emergency helpline and action should be taken against those responsible for delay or negligence in response.

It was also directed to complete the investigation of serious cases on the basis of evidence and to redress the complaints of citizens in a timely manner.

RPO Babar Sarfraz Alpa said that the protection of life and property of citizens, prevention of crimes and supremacy of law are the primary responsibilities of the police.

All officers should ensure their presence and efficiency in the field, utilize the available resources effectively and discharge their responsibilities diligently to provide immediate relief to the public.

Meanwhile: The police have arrested the suspect involved in the murder of a mother and her daughter at their house in the Dhamial area on Thursday night.

The two women were strangulated in their house, police said.

Suleman Ijaz, a resident of Gujranwala registered an FIR with the police saying that they are three brothers and two sisters and both the sisters Ms Roshani and Nomeen Ijaz lived with their mother in Rawalpindi in a rented house in Dhamial area.

He said in the FIR that he received a call on his mobile phone on Thursday at 11:08pm in which the caller informed him that his mother and sister had been murdered in their house. In response to the phone call, he contacted his sister Ms Roshani who also confirmed the incident.

The incident came to light when after knocking at the gate for some time, her six-year-old daughter unlocked the gate and as she entered inside a room, she found her sister Nomeen’s body whose head was bleeding lying in the room. Later the bodies were shifted to Benazir Bhutto Hospital and later removed to the District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem.

Police spokesman said that according to initial investigations, it appears that the woman was strangled to death. One of the women also has a head injury. However, the final opinion will be given in the light of the post-mortem report. Evidence has been collected from the spot by PFSA teams.

Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2026