A London court heard on Thursday about the arrest of an Israeli private investigator who was wanted by the US for allegedly conducting a cyberespionage operation for an unnamed US public relations agency. On a technicality, however, a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday dismissed an early request to extradite Amit Forlit to the […]
In a combined intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district, security forces have executed terrorists implicated in the recent kidnapping of the district and sessions judge of South Waziristan, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Thursday. Monday saw the safe return of District and Sessions Judge Shakirullah Marwat, who was kidnapped […]
The Sindh government is planning to auction off inheritable and transferable “Premium Number Plates” for cars in order to raise up to Rs3 billion a year, following the introduction of CNIC-based vehicle registration and camera-readable number plates. Several significant decisions were approved by the provincial cabinet meeting on Thursday, which was presided over by Chief […]
On Thursday, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) stopped a major methamphetamine smuggling effort to reach Belgium and seized almost 224 kg of the illicit drug. Five shipping containers’ walls and roofs were used to expertly conceal the narcotics, which were disguised as soapstones. Through the border crossing at Torkham, the containers were being transported from Karachi […]
On Thursday, Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch dismissed as “preposterous” the accusations made against Pakistani institutions by Shahzad Akbar, advisor to former premier Imran Khan. The spokesperson described Akbar’s charges as “baseless and politically motivated” during her weekly news briefing. Baloch underlined Pakistan’s dedication to the protection of its citizens overseas and refuted […]
On Thursday, a police constable working in the judicial wing of Lahore was shot and killed in the Gwalmandi neighborhood. The cop, Ghulam Rasool, was shot in the chest, according to police, and was pronounced dead when he arrived at the emergency room of Mayo Hospital. After the event, the local police launched an operation […]
In the Gulda Khala section of the district on Thursday, terrorists ambushed a police car that was assigned to guard a polio team in Tank, Khyber-Paktunkhwa. DSP Syed Marjan owned the car, according to police, and everyone inside was unharmed in the incident. In a another incident in K-P, three terrorists opened fire after being […]
After fierce pro-Palestinian rallies rocked Sciences Po, one of the nation’s most famous colleges, the Paris area authority caused uproar on Tuesday by temporarily withholding funds for the institution. Valerie Pecresse, the right-wing leader of the larger Paris Ile-de-France region, posted on social media on Monday saying, “I have decided to suspend all regional funding […]
Two Pakistanis have been taken into custody by Saudi law enforcement during an operation against drug dealers in the Madinah area, according to a Tuesday report from Geo News, which quoted Saudi media. The suspects have reportedly been turned over to the public prosecution following the conclusion of the legal proceedings, according to the Saudi […]
The White House declared on Monday that it considered the alleged involvement of the Indian intelligence agency in two assassination schemes in the US and Canada to be a significant issue. According to a revelation published in The Washington Post, an Indian intelligence agency official played a direct role in the abortive attempt to kill […]
