Karachi court acquits anmol ‘Pinky’ in 2021 drug case
KARACHI: An Additional District and Sessions Court South has acquitted Anmol alias Pinky in a drug case registered in 2021 after accepting her plea for...
Pakistan crackdown: 374 Chinese nationals arrested over immigration, cybercrime violations
ISLAMABAD: Authorities have arrested at least 374 Chinese nationals in separate operations carried out by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and National Cyber Crime Investigation...
Gunman killed after alleged attack on security patrol in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: A man was shot dead by security forces after allegedly opening fire on a patrol team on Mall Road in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, police...
PML-N AJK politician Rukhsar Ahmed denies allegations of child grooming, rape
WEB DESK: Rukhsar Ahmed, a newly elected member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, has firmly denied any involvement...
CA student killed while resisting robbery in Islamabad Park
ISLAMABAD: A Chartered Accountancy student was shot dead after allegedly resisting a robbery attempt at a park in Sector G-13 on Monday, police said. The...
Sharjeel Memon approaches NCCIA over alleged false social media claims
KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has approached the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) over what he described as false, fabricated and malicious...
Robbery at Edhi Home Sohrab Goth: Rs6.5 million stolen
KARACHI: In a brazen attack, armed assailants robbed Rs 6.5 million from employees at Edhi Home in Sohrab Goth, Sources stated that it was payday,...
PM Shehbaz, Saudi Crown Prince hold key talks in Makkah
MAKKAH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a high-level meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah on Friday to discuss...
Two women suspects die under mysterious circumstances in Lahore Police custody
LAHORE: Two women arrested on allegations of theft and fraud died in police custody under unexplained circumstances, prompting an official inquiry, police sources said on...
Lahore cop accused of assaulting disabled girl in police station
LAHORE: A police officer has been accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a mentally challenged girl inside Lahore’s Ghaziabad police station, prompting authorities to suspend the...
Father rejects suicide claims in Mir Raza Ali case, demands murder investigation
KARACHI: The father of young businessman Mir Raza Ali has dismissed claims that his son’s death was a suicide, insisting he was murdered and urging...
Rising street crime in Karachi neighborhoods close to police station
KARACHI: A teenage boy was recently robbed of his mobile phone at gunpoint just meters away from Baloch Colony Police Station in Karachi, and the...
Three missing Dadu schoolgirls traced in Mirpurkhas, produced before court
MIRPURKHAS: Police have recovered three schoolgirls from Mirpurkhas after they were reported missing from Mehar in Sindh’s Dadu district. The girls were presented before a...
Gangster Uzair Baloch’s brother shot, seriously wounded in Karachi’s Lyari
KARACHI: Zubair Baloch, the brother of jailed gangster Uzair Baloch, was critically injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood on...
Six abducted labourers found dead in Balochistan’s Nasirabad
TURBAT: The bodies of six labourers, two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and four from Punjab, who were kidnapped two days ago, have been recovered from...
Karachi businessman arrested for allegedly faking his death to evade massive debt
KARACHI: Police have uncovered an elaborate scheme in which a Karachi businessman allegedly murdered an innocent man and attempted to fake his own death in...
PTI leader chaudhry Abdullah Tahir shot dead in Lahore
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Chaudhry Abdullah Tahir was killed in a shooting incident in Lahore on Wednesday while visiting a private clinic for a...
11 Police Officials, Including SHO, Booked Over Botched Raid at Attorney General’s Lahore Residence
LAHORE: Punjab Police have registered a case against 11 police officials, including the Station House Officer (SHO) of Sarwar Road Police Station, following a mistaken...
Voting temporarily halted after fire erupts at Bhimber Polling Station
BHIMBER: Polling was briefly suspended on Monday after a fire broke out at Polling Station No. 161 (BHU) in the Bhimber-2 Darbar Baba Shadi Shaheed...
Pakistan announces rewards Up to Rs10 million for information on wanted terrorists
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The government has issued a list of wanted terrorists in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and announced cash rewards of...
Sessions judge, security guard killed in Mastung ambush; additional judge wounded
MASTUNG: A sessions judge and his police security guard were killed, while an additional sessions judge sustained serious injuries after unidentified gunmen opened fire on...
Indian court sentences 44 Somali Pirates to life in prison
WEB DESK: An Indian court has handed life sentences to 44 Somali nationals after convicting them in two piracy cases involving the hijacking of commercial...
Suspect in Group Captain Asim Tariq murder case remanded to police custody
ISLAMABAD: An individual linked to the killing of Pakistan Air Force Group Captain Asim Tariq has been transferred to police custody on a seven-day physical...
Man held after gunfire reported near Atta Tarar’s vehicle in Lahore
LAHORE: Police have arrested a man accused of opening fire near the vehicle of Federal Information Minister Atta Tarar in Lahore’s Defence A neighbourhood late...
Larkana: 16 Notorious bandits surrender to authorities
LARKANA: Authorities announced on Thursday that a significant number of wanted bandits, including members of the feared Dahani gang, have surrendered to law enforcement. The...
Motorway police officer Javed Shinwari killed in accidental hit by dumper Truck near Kamra
ATTOCK: A sub-inspector of the National Highways and Motorway Police lost his life on Wednesday after being struck by a dumper truck while on duty...
Court issues summons to Fazlur Rehman over remarks criticizing national security agencies
GUJRANWALA: A local judicial authority has officially summoned Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), to appear before the court on July 28 in...
Woman allegedly pays Rs.7 lakh to kill mother in Jaipur
JAIPUR: A tragic road incident in Jaipur is now being investigated as a suspected contract killing. Authorities have detained seven individuals, including the victim’s daughter,...
Wali Murder Case: main accused admits crime in court
KARACHI: Hamza, the primary suspect in the tragic case of six-year-old Wali’s assault and killing, has confessed to his involvement during a court hearing before...
Petition filed in Gujranwala seeking case against JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
GUJRANWALA: A petition has been submitted to a sessions court in Gujranwala seeking the registration of a criminal case against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana...
Karachi: Robbery at clifton bank claims young doctor’s life; Rs. 25 lakh stolen in gunfire exchange
KARACHI: A young man was killed in a gunfire exchange outside a bank in Clifton, Karachi, during a robbery. The assailants managed to escape with...
Kashmore police recover kidnapped seven-year-old girl after nearly a month
KASHMORE: Police in Kashmore successfully rescued a seven-year-old girl who had been abducted 27 days earlier during an operation that left one suspected kidnapper dead,...
Tragedy in Mashkel: Gunmen kill five laborers in Balochistan
MASHKEL: In Balochistan’s Washuk district, armed assailants opened fire in the Mashkel area, resulting in the deaths of five individuals. According to police reports, the...
World Bank approves $375.9 million for pakistan’s Grid Modernization Initiative
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has sanctioned a $375.9 million project aimed at enhancing Pakistan’s electricity transmission network, the bank announced through an official statement. This...
Riaz Ali Chandio, Relative of Umme Rubab Chandio, Killed in Dadu
DADU: Riaz Ali Chandio, a close family member and adviser to Umme Rubab Chandio—who gained prominence for her involvement in the high-profile Mehar triple murder...
Lahore: 10-year-old girl found dead in tuition center restroom
LAHORE: In a distressing incident in Lahore’s Ichhra area, the body of a 10-year-old girl named Naima was discovered inside the restroom of a private...
Prime suspect sentenced to death in Mureed Abbas murder case
KARACHI: An additional district and sessions court on Thursday handed down a death sentence to the main accused, Atif Zaman, in connection with the 2019...
Mother, three daughters vanish in civil lines: police clarify situation
KARACHI: Authorities have provided details regarding the recent disappearance of a mother and her three daughters from the Civil Lines neighborhood in Karachi. Officials revealed...
Sindh govt orders probe into multi-million rupee scam at Karachi girls college
KARACHI: The Sindh College Education Department has initiated an investigation into alleged financial misconduct involving millions of rupees related to two development projects at a...
Afghan medical resident detained at Sahiwal teaching hospital over visa concerns
SAHIWAL: An Afghan national working as a postgraduate resident doctor at Sahiwal Teaching Hospital was taken into custody by police after failing to present a...
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NAB takes control of Bahria Icon Tower in major money laundering case
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday took over Karachi’s Bahria Icon Tower Pakistan’s tallest building after a Rawalpindi accountability court upheld the provisional...
CTD arrests alleged RAW-linked suspect in Okara; five more detained in AJK
OKARA: Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has claimed to have arrested an alleged operative linked to India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing...
Lahore kidnapping, sexual assault probe enters new phase
LAHORE: The investigation into the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of two foreign women in Lahore has taken an unexpected turn, as authorities explore a...
FIR lodged over alleged abduction, assault of two foreign women in Lahore
LAHORE: Police in Lahore have registered a case against five suspects, including Muhammad Raza Dar, over the alleged abduction, extortion and sexual assault of two...
FIA seizes 580kg of human placentas bound for anti-aging injections at Islamabad Airport
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) announced the confiscation of nearly 580 kilograms of human placentas at an airport, linked to an alleged organ smuggling...
Police term Lahore tuition centre roof collapse ‘Criminal Negligence’, arrest suspects
LAHORE: Punjab police have launched a formal investigation into the deadly roof collapse at a tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area, describing the incident as...
Lahore police rescue two foreign women from Defence
LAHORE: Police rescued two foreign women who were allegedly being held against their will during a raid in Lahore’s Defence-C area, arresting four suspects in...
NA panel investigates BISP after linking one CNIC to over 5,500 women
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Tuesday expressed serious concern over alleged irregularities amounting to Rs25 billion and issues related to...
Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi petition supreme court for suspension of sentence in £190 million case
RAWALPINDI: Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and founder of PTI, along with his wife Bushra Bibi, has filed a petition with the...
Karachi Police encounter results in death of two notorious criminals
KARACHI: Authorities confirmed that two dangerous criminals were fatally shot during a police operation in Budhni Goth, according to a police official. SSP Samiullah Soomro...