Tag: Detention
India detains Kashmiri politician at airport
A well-known bureaucrat-turned-politician from Indian-administered Kashmir has been arrested in Delhi and sent back to the region, reports say.
Shah Faesal was one of the...
CIA releases Abid Boxer after a brief detention
LAHORE: Abid Boxer, a police officer known as encounter specialist, was released by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) from Nawan Kot after brief detention of...
Israel extends detention of Palestinian MP
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities have extended the detention without trial of a Palestinian politician by four months, ensuring she will remain behind bars for more...
Saad Rafique ‘detains’ voters for demanding clean water
--Students claim they were harassed by PML-N leader’s ‘goons’ for asking about party’s plan to address water crisis
--Video making rounds on internet shows ex-minister...
Pakistani prisoners at Guantanamo, Bagram await freedom
US yet to charge three detainees at Guantanamo Bay facility despite lapse of 16 years
Afghan authorities reticent on providing consular access to...
Indonesia police investigate detention of 12 transgender women
BANDA ACEH: Indonesia’s national police chief has ordered an investigation into the detention of 12 transgender women in the province of Aceh, officials said...
Turkey issues warrants against 120 army personnel over Gulen links
ISTANBUL: A Turkish prosecutor issued detention warrants for 120 suspects from the military, the state-run Anadolu agency said on Thursday, the latest in a...
Saudi closes Ritz-Carlton Hotel detention centre
RIYADH: Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation centre in a...
Oyud Titiev’s detention alarmed Chechen activists
MOSCOW: Human rights activists said on Wednesday they suspected a set-up, a day after police in Chechnya detained a human rights activist, saying they...
Senior Saudi prince Miteb freed after weeks in detention: family member
DUBAI: Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a contender to the throne, has been freed after more than three weeks in...
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to be kept under house arrest under...
--Govt withdraws his detention request under anti-terror law
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday withdrew its request for extending the detention of banned Jamaatud Dawa...
Benazir murder case: LHC accepts petitions against detention of acquitted persons
RAWALPINDI: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday accepted petitions challenging detention of those acquitted in Benazir murder case for regular hearing.
A division bench of...
MQM leader released after ‘one-day detention’
A day after he was detained by law enforcement agencies, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Izhar Ahmed Khan was released on Wednesday.
According to the...
Jaish chief’s detention will be raised during Pak team’s visit: India
India on Friday said it has "carefully noted" Pakistan Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz's remarks on detention of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and the issue...
IHC grills Secretariat Police for illegally detaining man
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Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered Islamabad IG to hold enquiry against Secretariat Police Station station house officer (SHO) and assistant sub inspector (ASI)...
SC declares it illegal to detain people
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared it illegal to take people into custody from detention centres by the army and its agencies.
A three-member bench,...