Overview

• The Punjab Additional IGP Operations directed all district and city police, including Rawalpindi CPO Khalid Hamdani, to move on immediate arrests of proclaimed offenders.
• The Punjab Food Authority director general issued a formal appeal calling deliberate adulteration a crime against humanity.
• More than 600 accused remain absconding across Punjab, including over 125 in Lahore, 40 in Rawalpindi, 8 in Attock, and 2 in Chakwal, with others in Gujranwala and additional districts.
• The PFA flagged persistent delays in submitting challans to courts as a key obstacle to prosecutions.
• In a separate push, PFA teams in Chiniot inspected 109 food points, imposed Rs82,000 in fines, and destroyed expired and unsafe items recovered during checks.