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title: "Lahore police to launch crackdown on IMEI altering and stolen phones"
description: "Most outlets led with the announcement that Lahore police are launching a crackdown on individuals altering IMEI numbers and dealing in stolen phones. Dawn and ProPakistani both highlighted the directive from police authorities, with ProPakistani additionally naming the officer involved and describing the scope as \"comprehensive.\" Otherwise, the framing and details were largely consistent across the excerpts."
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# Lahore police to launch crackdown on IMEI altering and stolen phones

pakistan · updated 22 Sep 2026, 2:28 PM PKT · 22 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the announcement that Lahore police are launching a crackdown on individuals altering IMEI numbers and dealing in stolen phones. Dawn and ProPakistani both highlighted the directive from police authorities, with ProPakistani additionally naming the officer involved and describing the scope as "comprehensive." Otherwise, the framing and details were largely consistent across the excerpts.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **ProPakistani** — [Police to Crackdown on Stolen Phones With Altered IMEI Numbers](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/22/police-to-crackdown-on-stolen-phones-with-altered-imei-numbers/) · 22 Sep 2026, 2:28 PM PKT
  > Capital City Police Officer Bilal Siddique Kamyana has directed police to launch a comprehensive crackdown on individuals involved in altering… Read More
- **Dawn** — [Lahore police directed to launch crackdown on IMEI altering, stolen phones](https://www.dawn.com/news/2031786/lahore-police-directed-to-launch-crackdown-on-imei-altering-stolen-phones) · 22 Sep 2026, 9:59 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > https://www.dawn.com/news/2031704

2 articles from 2 outlets, 22 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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