Punjab CM warns police of removal if law and order lags
Maryam Nawaz also ordered action on over-speeding, camera-equipped glasses and wheat smuggling, and a police briefing put the fall in Lahore crime at 41 percent.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif gave Punjab police four weeks to improve law and order, especially crimes against women and children.
Officers concerned will be removed if the situation does not improve, she warned at a special meeting on October 22.
She ordered action on illegal weapons, over-speeding, corruption inside the force, wheat smuggling and the camera-glasses ban.
A police briefing said crime in Lahore fell 41 percent and in the Dera Ghazi Khan Region 16 percent.
Lifetime salaries and financial packages were ordered for families of police officers who died on duty.