Police launch crackdown against beggar.

ISLAMABAD -- Police have launched a massive crackdown against professional beggars and their handlers in the city to curb the menace of begging, a police public relations officer said on Saturday. He said that IGP Islamabad Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan has issued orders to the all zonal officers to take action against them in their respective areas adding that cases should be registered against them. He further said that these professional beggars and their handlers spread nuisance among the citizens at signals, markets and residential areas adding that ICTP would take stern action according to the law. The facilitators of these professional beggars are being identified through safe city and intelligence. These facilitators provide transport facilities and drop them at different signals, markets etc, DIG Ops maintained. He reiterated that the parents who send their children with these criminals will also face action according to the law, adding that criminals in the guise of beggars were found involved in different criminal activities. During October, 19 facilitators and contractors were arrested. The DIG...