ISIS operative’s data leads investigators to 32 young recruits on March 8, 2018KARACHI: Investigators have identified 32 young men and women across the country who were communicating with a man under investigation for managing Islamic State of Iraq and Shaam’s (ISIS) recruitment drive using social media. During interrogations on Wednesday, Imran alias Saif-ul-Islam Al-Khilafati told officials of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Counter Terrorism Wing (CTW) that […]
Daesh social media manager held in early morning raid on March 7, 2018KARACHI: In an early morning operation, a law enforcement team arrested an operative of the Islamic Sate of Iraq and Shaam (ISIS) who was apparently looking after the terrorist outfit’s social media operations in Pakistan. The suspect identified as Imran alias Saif-ul-Islam al-Khilafati was an absconder in a case registered against him. The Counter-Terrorism Wing […]
MQM bigwigs under investigation for money laundering on March 3, 2018KARACHI: As many as 86 senior leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), including the central leaders of its all four factions, have been shortlisted by the Counter Terrorism Wing (CTW) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in a money laundering case. The agency is investigating whether Rs6 billion transferred by these leaders to the […]
Three killed in two targeted incidents on February 22, 2018KARACHI: An electronic shop owner and another man were shot and killed in a targeted killing in the outskirts of the metropolis on Wednesday. The incident took place in Naseerabad area within the limits of Bin Qasim Town police station. Police officials said that two unidentified armed men with their faces covered with handkerchiefs came […]
Lawyers facilitating hardcore terrorists come under the radar on February 21, 2018KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh has initiated a probe against some lawyers believed to be facilitating hardcore terrorists by preparing and submitting counterfeit documents on their behalf in court proceedings, Daily Timeslearnt on Tuesday. A senior police official says that the law enforcement agencies have gathered evidence linking some lawyers to banned […]
Karachi varsity missing student found dead on February 19, 2018KARACHI: A Karachi University’s student belonging to Bajaur Agency was found dead from Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Sunday. Police officials said that the deceased had gone missing on February 16 and later his body was found from Metrovill-III within the limits of Mobina Town Police Station. The body was shifted to Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth after […]
Key suspect in cattle feed dealer’s killing held on February 18, 2018Karachi: The Counter-Terrorism Department of the Sindh police claimed on Saturday to have arrested a key suspect in the killing of a wholesale supplier of cattle feed and medicine in Karachi. “A key suspect involved in the case has been arrested,” said CTD in-charge Raja Omar Khattab. “He was arrested during a raid conducted on […]
‘Won’t appear before SP Awan on February 17, 2018KARACHI: In a latest development in the matter involving Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) lawmaker Salman Mujahid and a woman who has accused him of sexual assault and blackmail, the latter has refused to appear before SP Farooq Awan, in charge of investigation in a case filed by Mujahid against the woman and her family. She […]
Man held for killing uncle, injuring aunt on February 15, 2018KARACHI: Manghopir police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a man who attacked his aunt and her husband in the name of honour. The aunt sustained injuries while her husband died of bullet wounds inflicted in the attack. She remains under treatment at a hospital. Police said the woman and her husband had eloped and […]
MQM man slapped with FIR for pulling gun on PTI social media activist on February 14, 2018KARACHI: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) MNA faces two inquiries as an FIR was registered against on him on Tuesday for pointing a gun at a senior activist of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and Taimuria police started a probe on the same day on allegations of sexual assault and blackmail. The FIR registered by the Gizri […]