Eight arrested from ‘brothel’

Published April 26, 2008

TAXILA, April 25: Eight persons, including five women, were held on the charge of running a brothel in a hotel in Hassanabdal on Thursday night.

Police said they raided the hotel situated on GT Road near the main bus stand and arrested Shabana, Nadia, Asya, Neena and Komal along with Aurangzeb, Irfan and Mansoor.

Police also booked the manger of the hotel identified as Mazhar Shah. Sources in the police said the brothel was running in the hotel for a long time.

However, some eyewitnesses told this reporter that the police had also arrested two other persons from the hotel but later they were set free due to unknown reasons.—Our Correspondent

Opinion

Editorial

Border clashes
19 May, 2024

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Penalising the dutiful
19 May, 2024

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Students in Kyrgyzstan
Updated 19 May, 2024

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.
Ominous demands
Updated 18 May, 2024

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Property leaks
18 May, 2024

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Heat warnings
18 May, 2024

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...