According to FIA officials, Ansar Mahmood is a key member of an international human smuggling gang and was directly involved in the Greek boat incident [1). The FIA Gujranwala zone conducted a raid and arrested the two suspects Ansar Mahmood and Muhammad Owais with Ansar being taken into custody from Narowal and Muhammad Owais from […]
As per details, 13 FIA officials were found guilty of involvement in human smuggling, and cases have been registered against them. The FIA Director-General, Ahmad Ishaq Jahangir, oversaw the inquiry and ordered the dismissal of the 36 officers, including four inspectors, 10 sub-inspectors, two ASIs, five head constables, and 14 constables. The FIA Director-General stated […]
The committee decided to place the names of FIA officers, including inspectors, sub-inspectors, and constables in the Passport Control List (PCL). According to sources, 19 FIA officers from Faisalabad Airport, three from Sialkot Airport, two from Lahore Airport, two from Islamabad Airport, and five from Quetta Airport have been implicated in the scandal. The FIA […]
While presiding over a meeting today about preventing human trafficking in Islamabad, PM Shehbaz also gave instructions to identify Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials, who assist human traffickers and take strong action against them. The prime minister further instructed to complete the ongoing probe into the human trafficking issue at the earliest and submit concrete […]
The prime minister, chairing a meeting to discuss the death of Pakistani nationals in a boat capsizing incident in Greece and the measures to curb human trafficking, called for strict action against the people involved in the trafficking of innocent people to other countries. He recalled that 262 Pakistani nationals had lost their lives in […]
According to details, a miscellaneous application was filed in the LHC by Advocate Azhar Siddique. The applicant asserted that the government has ‘failed’ to take any action against human smugglers. Advocate Azhar Siddique further stated that the inaction against smugglers constitutes a violation of the law. It is noteworthy that prior to this incident, there […]
Earlier on Saturday, the foreign media reported that a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off the island of Gavdos in southern Greece, killing at least five of them. In a statement, the Foreign Office spokesperson said, “We announce with deep sorrow that, according to the latest information shared by the Greek authorities, four Pakistanis have […]
The list was compiled based on interviews conducted by the Embassy of Pakistan in Athens and information provided by Greek authorities. The names on the list include Umer Farooq, Muhammad Ahmad Shahzad, Mohsan Riaz, Talha, Raja Sajid, Raja Omar Nasir, Mehtab Rafaqat, Amir Habib, Muhammad Safdar, Nayyab Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed, Umair Ahsan, Muhammad Bilal, Rahat […]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was also felt in neighboring Albania and North Macedonia, and as far as Kosovo and Montenegro. One man was injured by falling debris but there were no other immediate reports of serious injury. Local officials reported structural damage, mainly to […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he wanted to improve relations with the European Union and was hoping for the same approach from the 27-nation bloc. “We are ready to put our relations back on track”; Erdogan said during a televised meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. “We expect our European friends to […]
