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QUETTA: Ziarat Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Afzal and his son, who had been abducted nearly a month ago, were killed by their captors, official sources confirmed on Sunday. According to details, the kidnappers shot the officer and his son before dumping their bodies in the mountainous area of Ziarat. Law enforcement […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights was presented with alarming statistics on Friday, revealing that incidents of child abuse and violence in madrasas across the country have not decreased. According to official documents, 17 cases of violence against children were reported from Punjab’s madrasas during the first eight […]
RAWALPINDI: Prominent religious scholar and YouTuber Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza was moved to Adiala Jail on Thursday after the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) completed the initial legal formalities in his blasphemy case. Authorities confirmed that Mirza, who was earlier detained under public order laws, was officially handed over […]
KARACHI: A costly trade ended in a heist on Thursday when a jeweller was deprived of Rs12 million in Karachi’s Karimabad area on his way back from a gold deal. According to the president of the Karimabad Jewellers Association, the robbery took place near the Government APWA College for Women […]
GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 22 men accused of posing as professional footballers after Japanese immigration authorities exposed their forged travel documents and deported them back to Pakistan. According to FIA officials, the group travelled to Japan wearing football kits and claimed to be registered with the […]
KECH: More than 15 armed men looted Rs220.5 million from two private security cash vans in Balochistan’s Kech district on Tuesday in what officials described as one of the province’s largest robberies. Deputy Commissioner Kech, Major (retd) Bashir Ahmed Badich, confirmed the incident but refrained from sharing further details. Another […]
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) chief executive Musharraf Rasool Cyan has accused land grabbers of illegally seizing his ancestral property in the capital, prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to constitute a seven-member investigation committee. According to officials, Mr Cyan submitted a complaint to the premier on Monday alleging that […]
QUETTA: Former provincial minister of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulvi Ghulam Sarwar Musakhail was arrested on Sunday following allegations of harassment, physical assault and threats against Balochistan Communications Secretary Lal Jan Jafar. The arrest came after multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) were lodged against the former minister at two separate police […]
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Peshawar Zone on Saturday arrested six individuals allegedly involved in illegal currency exchange and Hawala Hundi operations during targeted raids in Mansehra and Charsadda. According to an FIA spokesperson, the operations were carried out by the Commercial Banking Circle Peshawar and the Composite Circle […]
KARACHI: Police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting more than 100 underage girls in the city. The suspect, identified as Shabbir Ahmed, posed as a sherbet vendor to lure children, mostly daughters of domestic workers. Karachi Police said he confessed to the assaults and admitted recording videos of […]