It has become a common practice in Pakistan for influential people to forcibly occupy land, no matter what department it belongs to, for their own use. It is quite unfortunate that this “Qabza Mafia” ...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has announced a Rs23 billion development package for the Katcha area.

The Government of Punjab has unveiled a Rs23 billion development package for the province’s Katcha areas, aimed at improving ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police killed two members of the Maachhi robbers’ gang on the third day of the grand operation against the outlaws in the Katch area on Tuesday. Police claimed the robbers, identified ...

KANDHKOT: Three Sukkur residents taken hostage in Karampur area of Kandhkot have returned their homes. Three labourers Sohrab Shaikh, Mir Khan and Ali Sher, who went to Karampur for labour work, were ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN: The ringleader of Lathani Gang, Shabbir Lathani, offered negotiations to police if “fake encounters” are stopped, and rejected the claims that there were terrorists, dacoits and ...

KASHMORE: The Kashmore police on Friday claimed to have killed eight dacoits during a shootout in the katcha area of the district. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amjad Ali Shaikh said the ...

KARACHI: Chairing the 28th provincial APEX committee meeting on Friday, Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar gave the nod for the launch of a joint operation by the Pakistan ...

EDITORIAL: The riverine katcha areas of Punjab-Sindh border have long been overrun by dacoits involved in all manner of criminal activities, from kidnapping for ransom to extortion, robbery and murder ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN (Dawn): After a month-long lull, gangsters from the Katcha area have become active once again, kidnapping three people, including two Hindus, on Friday night in two strikes. The dacoits ...

The recovery of a kidnapped child and two men from Sindh’s Katcha area offers yet another reminder of a grim, unresolved truth: large swathes of Pakistani territory remain under the de facto control ...