MULTAN: Police have busted 22 gangs and arrested 57 criminals besides recovering looted valuables of worth over Rs 12.8 million during a special crackdown launched in the last month of June, police sources said on Thursday. Under the supervision of the City Police Officer (CPO) Khurram Shahzad Haider, the police launched a crackdown against criminals […]
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CTD arrests terrorist involved in Railway track blasts
HYDERABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) managed to arrest a terrorist belonging to the banned Sindh Revolutionary Army (SRA) here the other day. Police have recovered equipment used in terrorism on the identification of arrested terrorist Manzoor Hussain. The CTD officials have alleged that accused Manzoor Hussain was involved in blasts on railway tracks and high […]
Man held for biting off uncle’s ear
MULTAN: A man accused of having bitten off his maternal uncle’s ear was arrested here on Friday, around two weeks after the offense was reported, said a police spokesman. Two weeks back, Muhammad Afzal had informed Jalilabad police that his nephew Muhammad Haris, accompanying others, had tortured his brother Muhammad Ajmal. Haris attacked his maternal […]
PTI leader Shireen Mazari arrested from Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Former Human Rights Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari has been arrested from Islamabad by Punjab’s anti-corruption department. In a tweet, Mazari’s daughter Imaan Zainab Mazari claimed her mother was beaten and taken away by male police officers. Male police officers have beaten and taken my mother away. All I have been […]
Two arrested for desecrating girl’s body
LAHORE: The Okara police have arrested two suspects Naeem and Saleem on the charge of desecrating the body of a girl the other day. District Police Officer (DPO) Okara Faisal Gulzar had taken note of the incident taking place in the limits of Police Station B Division Okara. During interrogation, the accused confessed that they […]
Eight schoolchildren killed in China, suspect arrested: official
Eight schoolchildren have died and two others were injured in a “school-related criminal case” in central China, with a 40-year-old suspect arrested, local authorities said Tuesday, the latest attack targeting an educational institution in the country. The man was detained by police on the spot following Monday’s incident in Chaoyangpo Village in Hubei province, according […]
Singaporean couple arrested in Sri Lanka for attempting to smuggle in $199,000 worth of gold
SINGAPORE — A Singaporean couple have been arrested in Sri Lanka for attempting to smuggle some 26 million rupees (S$199,000) worth of gold into the country. Sri Lanka news portal Adaderana.lk said the couple, aged between 45 and 55, were detained at Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday (28 June). A customs official said the jewellery […]
4 suspects arrested by security agencies in connection with Data Darbar bombing
Four suspects were picked up during a late night raid on Thursday by the security forces in Lahore. They were picked in Lahore’s Garhi Shahu area soon after the alleged suicide bomber was traced by the agencies investigating the Dara Darbar bombing. On Wednesday, suicide bomber targeted an Elite Force van detailed to the security […]
Swindler arrested
A swindler-who used to threaten innocent peoples in the city for money-was caught red-handed by employees of SNGPL and was handed over to local police. Senior Superintendent SNGPL Usman Ejaz informed that last week, a permanent employee of the company brought into his notice the accused named Nasir who was portraying himself as SNGPL employee, […]
Top Abraaj executives arrested on US fraud charges
The chief executive and a managing partner of the collapsed Dubai private equity firm Abraaj Capital Ltd. have been arrested on US charges that they defrauded their investors, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Abraaj founder and Chief Executive Arif Naqvi was arrested in the United Kingdom last Friday, while managing partner Mustafa Abdel-Wadood […]