Pakistan, Nov. 15 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has welcomed a nearly 70 per cent decline in the province's overall crime rate, calling it an encouraging development. She credited digital policing measures and modern security initiatives for helping improve law and order.

In a message marking the International Day for the Prevention of and Fight Against All Forms of Transnational Organised Crime, Maryam stressed the need to combat human trafficking, drug smuggling and other illegal activities. She urged law enforcement agencies to strengthen their efforts to build a safer society. She also described organised crime as a serious threat to social stability and development.

The chief minister shared crime reduction figures from sev...