| The Punjab government has banned carrying and brandishing weapons, following directions by the Interior Ministry, an official handout said on Tuesday. Instructions had been sent to the police inspector general and all senior police officials, district nazims and DCOs, the handout said. The ban, it said, would also apply to people who had been issued special permits for carrying weapons. “The Punjab government has cancelled all such permits with immediate effect.” All divisional and district heads of police have been directed to send daily reports of the number of violations, details of violators and cases registered, to the Crisis Management Cell, it said. |