The records of the old Anarkali police station, the oldest police station in the history of Pakistan, also contain the court records of a man who was declared a fugitive 65 years ago. The person named in the case is Abdul Rehman, a former resident of Chittagong, East Pakistan and present-day Bangladesh. The local police declared the accused a foreign national and registered the case. |
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No record was found of any attempt to bring the accused back through Interpol. The then local court had declared the accused Abdul Rehman a fugitive on charges of raping a child. According to police officials, cases against Bhagat Singh and Ghazi Alam Din were also registered in the same police station of Lahore a century ago but the record of these cases was not found in the treasury of this police station. |
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Establishment of Police Station 159 years ago Old Anarkali Police Station of Old Lahore came into existence in 1860 AD while the then British rulers enacted the Police Act in 1861, many parts of which are still part of the Police Act of Pakistan and India. ۔ There is also an FIR record in the warehouse of this police station which was registered in the year 1860. However, the police authorities could not say with any certainty about the language in which this case was written. ۔ According to the present SHO of this police station, Tahir Mahmood, although some parts of this FIR are also in Urdu, it is very likely that this case has been registered in Persian and it is not clear in the text of this case that Who was the person under whom the first case was registered? |
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The police station has a 159-year-old record from 1860 to 2019. However, no evidence has been found that the police station's treasury has a complete record of that period. The building's past and renovation The building of this police station is still in the same condition as it was handed over to the police in 1860 after its construction. The only difference is that now the building has been slightly renovated, the idea of which was given by Kamran Lashari, former chairman of Islamabad Development Authority (CDA). |
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According to the evidence obtained from the Punjab Police Chief and locals about the land of Old Anarkali Police Station, it belonged to Mirza Ghias-ud-Din, the father of Queen Noorjahan, the wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, who had given it to the army. According to SHO Tahir Mahmood, the records show that after the end of Mughal period, this area remained under the control of army for a long time. Done. The police station has a total of ten rooms in which apart from the SHO of the police station there are rooms for scribes and investigating officers and there are two referral rooms in this police station building which are adjacent to the main entrance of the police station. |
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The location of the IG's office is the historic site of Emperor Jahangir's ride. A few yards away from the police station building is the office of the Punjab Police Chief and this place is also of historical significance. According to an official of the Inspector General of Police's office, the walls of the place where the IG Punjab's office is located are quite high and this place was reserved for the ride of Emperor Jahangir when he sat on an elephant at Mirza Ghiasuddin's house. He used to come to see his daughter Noor Jahan. |
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With the passage of time and due to the rapidly growing population, the boundaries of this police station have been reduced and now there are 7 new police stations within its boundaries which used to be the boundaries of old Anarkali police station. These new police stations include New Anarkali Police Station, Islampura Police Station, Mozang Police Station, Gawal Mandi Police Station, Lytton Road Police Station, Ichhra Police Station and Lower Mall Police Station. |
