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Pak unit, made to combat crime, accused of extrajudicial killings
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on Friday, 20 February, 2026
Pakistani Punjab government's Crime Control Department (CCD), formed to combat crime, is facing allegations of systemic extrajudicial killings, intimidation of families, according to fact-finding report released by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Between April-December 2025 alone, at least 670 police encounters attributed to CCD were reported in Punjab, resulting in deaths of 924 suspects.
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