Tag: Crackdown

Thai junta launches crackdown on ‘influential figures’ stoking crime

Thailand’s junta launched on Thursday a crackdown on organised crime, its latest effort to clean up the country and improve the image of the...

Crackdown on illegal weapons

  DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf said on Wednesday that police had started a crackdown on illegal weapons in the provincial capital ahead of local...

Center calls in Punjab food’s ‘iron lady’ for crackdown

The federal government has acquired the services of Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Director Aysha Mumtaz who achieved fame for launching a mass scale crackdown against butchers, food outlets and hotels for selling unhygienic and substandard meat and food.

Crackdown against beggars, Police could arrest just 25

The police and city district administration conducted operation against the professional beggars in the provincial capital, during which just 25 beggars including women and...

India extends crackdown to Catholic charity

India has placed the Catholic charity Caritas on a government watch list, an official and news reports said Tuesday, in a growing crackdown on...

Hate material seized in Balochistan crackdown

Police and Frontier Corps (FC) on Saturday launched a crackdown against shopkeepers selling hate material in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan. Quetta Capital City...

When coats are not black enough

Crackdown launched against fake lawyers in district courts A crackdown has been launched against imposter lawyers in district courts Rawalpindi. A majority of the fake...

CDGL launches crackdown on encroachments

The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) during anti encroachments operation demolished several illegal structures in various areas of nine constituent towns of the city. The...

ANF arrests 579 suspects‚ seizes huge cache of drugs

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested five hundred and seventy nine suspects and seized a huge quantity of drugs during operations in various parts...

Pakistan eyes US crackdown on TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan

  Pakistan may seek severing of ties between Mullah Omar-led Afghan Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and urge the United States to eliminate TTP...

Crackdown against profiteers, hoarders to continue: commissioner

Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Siddiqui on Monday said the crackdown against profiteers, black-marketers, hoarders and those involved in adulteration of food items will continue in...

APCNGA welcomes crackdown on gas pilferers

The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) has appreciated the government’s decision to launch crackdown on gas pilfering, saying the move could save the national...

ANF busts narcotics den

Anti Narcotics Force Regional Headquarter Quetta Director General on Wednesday launched a massive crackdown in Habib Nullah known as City Nullah in Quetta. Seven drug...

Drive against power theft launched

Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) has constituted a special team comprising of magistrates, police officers and IESCO officials to arrest all those involved in power...

Nadal the acid test for new crackdown on timewasting

As the new season kicks into gear, the players have a new rule to contend with as tennis chiefs try to crack down on...

Crackdown against more than two CNG cylinders in public transport

The Rawalpindi Transport Authority (RTA) began a crackdown against public transport vehicles with more than two CNG cylinders, following the new government policy. On the...

Myanmar rejects Muslim crackdown concerns

Myanmar on Monday told a UN rights envoy it rejected accusations of abuse by security forces in the wake of communal unrest, after the...