Police fail to stop increasing street crimes in Peshawar.

PESHAWAR -- The city of flowers is witnessing a sharp increase in street crimes while the police have apparently failed to stop criminals, who not only snatch belongings from Peshawariites but also open fire on streets to spread panic and fear among people.

Even the posh areas of the city are not safe anymore as in Gulbahar, many citizens were deprived of mobile phones wherein two masked motorcyclists snatched the mobile phones from two citizens at the gunpoint and escaped.

According to the eye witnesses, after committing the crime, the masked motorcyclists started firing shots in the air that created more fear among people. 'We had no option but to surrender our mobile phones and other valuable things to the masked motorcyclists without any hesitation as they could have killed us...