Five poachers held.

BAHAWALPUR -- The Wildlife department on Sunday claimed to have arrested five poachers and seized several slaughtered birds of rare species and arms from Cholistan.

Officials said Sajjad Ramay, Wazir Ahmed, Muhammad Boota, Muhammad Ramzan and Khalid Mehmood had been taken into custody and they would be produced in a court of law on Monday.

GANG: The Civil Lines police claimed to have smashed a gang of robbers who looted valuables from various houses while displaying government's number plates on two cars.

DSP city Shafqat Atta told the media that Muhammad Yaqoob and Waseem Abbas and Imran Shani were also employees of local courts and their ringleader Ayub alias Mona was absconding. He...