Islamabad police helpline receives 2,471 hoax calls in 24 hours.

ISLAMABAD -- Islamabad Capital Police emergency helpline 'Pukar-15' received 3,183 phone calls in the last 24 hours of which 77 percent were hoax.

Sharing the data, the police said that a total of 3,183 calls were received at emergency helpline 'Pukar-15' on Saturday, out of which 2,471 (77 percent) calls were hoax.

On the remaining calls, police provided immediate assistance which was related to police intervention, fire brigade, ambulance and other services.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Dr Akbar Nasir Khan took notice of hoax calls on the police emergency helpline and directed the CPO Safe City to take action against those...

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