Reporter Tarhub Asghar has alleged that Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) officials physically engaged with her crew during an operation.
She also claimed that she and her team were unlawfully detained by a few MCL officers for more than two hours.
Fact:
According to sources, neither Tarhub Asghar nor any member of her crew was detained or physically handled during the incident.
Sources stated that MCL was conducting a drive against stray dogs following complaints that several children and residents had been harmed.
They further claimed that the reporter arrived at the site without obtaining an NOC and was asked to leave the area to avoid disrupting the ongoing government operation.
It is pertinent to mention that dog bite incidents have increased across Punjab.
243,299 cases were reported in 2025. In the first three months of 2026 alone, as many as 38,586 incidents of dog bite were recorded in the province.
Dera Ghazi Khan recorded the highest number with 34,293 cases, followed by Rahim Yar Khan with 33,122 cases and Faisalabad with 32,853 cases.
Other districts include Muzaffargarh (29,471), Rajanpur (27,500), and Rawalpindi (26,586 cases).
In Lahore, 18,514 people were bitten by dogs, while Gujranwala reported 20,147 cases and Kasur recorded 19,372 cases. Similarly, Mianwali (19,099), Multan (16,213), Sargodha (15,746), Sheikhupura (15,340), and Gujrat (15,468) reported a notable number of dog bite incidents.
