Gunmen abducted 38 worshippers from a church in Eruku, Kwara State, Nigeria, on Tuesday, demanding a ransom of 100 million naira (around $69,000) per person, a church official told Reuters on Friday. The attack also claimed at least two lives, including the pastor, according to local reports. A video verified by Reuters showed parishioners taking […]
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Five Indian nationals kidnapped in Mali
BAMAKO – Gunmen abducted five Indian nationals in western Mali on Thursday, company and security sources confirmed Friday, highlighting the ongoing security challenges in the West African country. The workers were taken near Kobri while employed on electrification projects. A company spokesperson confirmed the kidnappings and said other Indian employees had been evacuated to the […]
Balochistan operation rescues Karachi transporters
KARACHI: A joint operation by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC), Crime Investigation Agency (CIA Police), and Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) in Sohrab, Balochistan, successfully recovered two transporters, Amir and Shahzeb, who had been abducted from Karachi’s Garden area on September 23. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 3 billion. SSP Asif Raza […]
Missing Noshki police officer found dead in Mastung
QUETTA – The body of DSP Muhammad Yousef Reki, a senior Noshki police officer who had been missing for nearly a week, was discovered in the Kirdgab area of Mastung district on Thursday. The officer had disappeared while travelling alone from Noshki to Quetta last weekend. According to police reports, unidentified armed men intercepted DSP […]
Kidnapped Son of AC Ziarat Recovered Safely, Father Still Missing
QUETTA – The kidnapped son of Assistant Commissioner (AC) Ziarat, Mustansar Bilal, has been safely recovered after two months, police confirmed on Friday. However, his father, AC Muhammad Afzal Baqi, is still missing. Authorities said efforts are ongoing to find him and bring him home safely. According to police, Mustansar reached the Zardalo area of […]
Famous YouTuber Rajab Butt faces serious crime allegations
Pakistani YouTuber Rajab Butt, along with Maan Dogger and others, is now in legal trouble. A woman filed a case against them in Lahore’s Nowshera Town. She accused them of kidnapping, rape, blackmail, and wrongful confinement. The police registered an FIR based on her complaint. This case has shocked many fans and social media users. […]
Court sentences three to seven years for kidnapping Khalilur Rehman Qamar
Three individuals have been sentenced to seven years in jail for their involvement in the honey trapping and kidnapping of playwright Khalilur Rehman Qamar. The verdict was announced by Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Arshad Javed on Monday. While Amna Urooj, Mamnoon Haider, and Zeeshan were convicted, other suspects in the case were acquitted. Khalilur Rehman […]
8 girls among 10 people abducted in Lahore
Lahore: 10 people including 8 girls were abducted from different parts of Lahore within 24 hours in Lahore. The cases of abduction in Lahore could not be stopped. The police registered many cases separately. Among the abducted, 18-year-old Mehwish and 17-year-old Aminh are included. The two were abducted from Liaquatabad area of Lahore by unknown […]
Shehla urges parents to raise voice against kidnapping of girls
HYDERABAD: Provincial Women Development Minister Syeda Shehla Raza has urged the parents for raising voice to stop the alleged incidents of girls kidnapping to protect them from forced marriage. The minister said this while addressing a press conference on the alleged kidnapping of Umm -i- Hania on Thursday. Shehla Raza said that the Department of […]
Hamilton police casting about three suspects involved in murder of Pakistani-origin man
On Friday, Steve Bereziuk, the Detective-Sergeant of Hamilton Police Service, said that the Canadian police are casting about three suspects involved in killing and injuring members of a Pakistani-origin family, Faqir Ali, 63, in Hamilton was kidnapped by the suspects on Thursday. On the spot of the incident, his sons tried to stop the kidnappers […]