Groups of professional beggars rushed to Abbottabad.

ABBOTTABAD -- As the summer season approaches, a large number of professional beggars have thronged to the markets, bus stands and other busy places of the Hazara division, particularly in Abbottabad city and creating a nuisance for the people.

According to the details, after the start of the summer season in Punjab and other parts of the country, dozens of organized groups of professional beggars including men, women and children have reached Hazara division and no main marketplaces of Abbottabad and other areas of the division, including tourists spots, are seen without beggars.

In Abbottabad and Manshera districts, the situation is even worse than in Haripur where organized gangs of professional beggars not only were bagging but also found involved in other crimes like theft and snatching.

A few years back, professional beggars were...