Tag: Crackdown

FIA launches crackdown against illegal DTH businesses

--517 dishes confiscated, 13 persons held in different cities --Online stores continue selling illegal equipment as authorities target physical markets LAHORE: On the orders of the Supreme...

Amid austerity, govt increases electricity prices as circular debt mounts

---ECC approves price hike of Rs2 per unit which will generate Rs150bn annually  ---Prepaid meters to be introduced as govt launches crackdown on power theft ISLAMABAD: A...

CTD arrests murderer of cop in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested an accused involved in the murder of a policeman during a crackdown here on Tuesday. On a tip-off regarding presence...

Indonesia plans crackdown on condemned cleric’s militant network

JAKARTA: Indonesia's counter-terrorism police plan to arrest more than 100 suspected militants in a bid to prevent retaliatory attacks after a radical cleric linked...

Crackdown launched against one wheelers

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police has launched a crackdown against one wheelers and impounded several motorcycles. During the special anti-one wheeling drive, check posts have been...

Death toll in Bangladesh ‘anti-drugs’ crackdown rises above 50

DHAKA: Shootouts across Bangladesh left nine alleged drug dealers dead Thursday, police said, as authorities stepped up a crackdown that now has claimed at...

Battlefield sights as police hold crackdown against dengue workers

--Dozens injured, arrested in use of force against protesters on Cooper Road --Tear gas, water cannons used to disperse protesters aiming to besiege PA building   LAHORE: Provincial...

PFA seals 24 eateries in Punjab imposes fine on 90 others:...

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Friday sealed 24 premises and imposed fines totalling Rs 638,000 on 90 others, according to latest reports. Warning notices...

Police crackdown against realtors dissolves protest in Lahore

LAHORE: Property dealers protest at Mall Road Lahore ended after police launched a crackdown against the participants of the sit-in late Thursday night. A heavy contingent...

Karachi commissioner orders crackdown against milk ‘mafia’

KARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Ejaz Ahmed Khan on Friday ordered a crackdown against retailers and wholesalers who refused to sell milk at government-approved price of Rs85 per...

UN warns Indonesia over LGBT clampdown

JAKARTA: Indonesia must clamp down on rising intolerance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the United Nations human rights chief warned...

20 suspects among seven street criminals held in police crackdown

KARACHI: Karachi police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested 20 suspects, including seven street criminals in different search operations. According to police sources, during search...

US strips Indian man of citizenship as crackdown on fraudulent immigration...

NEW JERSEY: A naturalised American from India has been stripped of his United States citizenship, the first case under a government initiative designed to...

PSQCA starts crackdown, seals 11 illegal bottled water companies

LAHORE: Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has started a crackdown against illegal bottled water companies and sealed 11 plants, discarding their total...

CM determined for cleaner province,orders crackdown against land-grabbers

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah said on Tuesday that the process of lifting garbage and cleaning the city has been started...

Sindh apex committee decides to forward 28 terrorism-related cases to military...

KARACHI: Members of the Sindh apex committee on Wednesday decided in principle to forward 28 terrorism-related cases to military courts. Chaired by Sindh Chief Minister...

PFA seals fish vendors, production units in province-wide crackdown

LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday sealed various food points, production units and water filtration plants in a province-wide crackdown. At least six renowned fish vendors...