Posts tagged as: illegal

Four drown after boat of illegal immigrants capsizes near Gwadar

QUETTA: At least four people drowned after their speedboat capsized near Gwadar and the Iranian border in the Arabian Sea, while they were en route to Iran. “Four bodies were brought to the District Headquarters Hospital Gwadar by local fishermen,” District Police Officer (DPO) Gwadar  Pervez Umrani told The Express Tribune, adding that the incident is being investigated by officers. […]

Funding terrorism: Illegal cash flows may be aiding terrorists

KARACHI:  Terrorist groups in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Balochistan have been receiving billions of rupees each month through banking channels and money exchange companies, sources in Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have revealed. These companies in collusion with some bankers have been transferring huge amounts to unnamed bank accounts in Quetta and Peshawar. […]

Amnesty ‘bears fruit’ as FBR registers 51,000 illegal vehicles

ISLAMABAD: The amnesty scheme for registering smuggled vehicles may be a controversial move introduced by former Federal Board of Revenue chairman Ali Arshad Hakeem, who was removed recently, but it ended up legalising over 51,000 vehicles besides fetching Rs16 billion in revenues. If the numbers provided by the FBR are to be believed, the tax authorities […]

Shahzain Bugti, others acquitted in illegal weapons case

QUETTA: Shahzain Bugti and others involved in the illegal weapons case have been acquitted due to a lack of evidence. Bugti along with his gua Quetta News Sources

Illegal stay: Govt decides to free 35 Nigerian prisoners

ISLAMABAD:  The government on Tuesday decided to release Nigerian nationals from prisons, who were detained in different jails for their illegal stay in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities. An official from the foreign office requesting anonymity told The Express Tribune that the decision came after a formal request was made by the Nigerian authorities to […]

Quetta cops arrest 42 suspects, recover illegal weapons

QUETTA: The Quetta police launched crackdown against criminal mafia and arrested 42 suspects on top of holding above 100 for violating pillion-riding Quetta News Sources

Telecom workers involved in sale of illegal SIMs: Report

LAHORE:  The interior ministry has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and other law enforcement agencies to initiate a crackdown and strict legal action against those who register Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) cards under false identities. Intelligence agency reports reveal that the telecommunications sector is involved in the sale of illegal SIMs. An intelligence agency […]

SC orders action against illegal arms, vehicles

QUETTA: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday ordered police and Frontier Corps (FC) to launch a crackdown against illegal weapons and smuggled vehicles within three days.A three-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, heard the petition filed by the […]

SC orders action against illegal arms, vehicles

QUETTA: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday ordered police and Frontier Corps (FC) to launch a crackdown against illegal weapons and smuggled vehicles within three days.A three-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, heard the petition filed by the […]

Around 5m illegal immigrants in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Around five million illegal immigrants have been residing in different cities of Pakistan for more than three decades. The illegal immigrants, around two million Bangladeshis, 2.5 million Afghanis and 0.5 million other nationals including Africans, Iranians, Iraqis and Myanmars, are living at present in Quetta, Peshawar, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities, an official […]

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