Tag: Freed

Woman accused of murdering husband freed due to insufficient evidence

ISLAMABAD: District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) Sohail Nasir Wednesday released a woman Bushra Bibi allegedly involved in a murder case. According to details, she was accused...

2 UN peacekeepers freed in Congo’s southeast

KINSHASA: An official in Congo says two United Nations peacekeepers have been released after being held by rebels in the country's southeast. Tanganyika province vice-governor...

Around 1,000 detained protesters in Iran unrest freed, 300 still in...

LONDON: The Iranian authorities have released most of the people arrested during December’s anti-government protests but around 300 remain in jail facing charges, Iran’s...

Ex-Argentine vice president freed from corruption trial

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s former economy minister and vice president, Amado Boudou, was freed from jail on Friday after an appeals court ruled that he...

Seven abducted FDA officials freed after govt takes own captives

  Seven FATA Development Authority (FDA) workers kidnapped near the Afghan border were freed on Monday, an official said, after government representatives detained local villagers...

Seven Iranian prisoners in United States to be freed in swap

Seven Iranian prisoners held in the United States will be freed in exchange for the release of four Iranian-American nationals jailed in Iran, official...

Freed Afghan village reveals key to Taliban ‘success’

Flanked by shaggy-haired gunmen, commander Ghulam Farooq peered out from a hilltop at the biggest military prize of his storied career as a warlord...

Govt warns LeJ may attempt taking hostages to get jailed colleagues...

Official letter says LeJ working in cooperation with TTP, attacking Shias to pressurise govt into halting terrorists’ executions The government has said that the outlawed...

Five hostages freed in Balochistan’s Makran district

Kidnappers freed five officials belonging to the Balochistan Irrigation Department on Friday. The officials had been abducted from the Pasni area of Balochistan's Makran...

German tourist freed by court after two-week detention in Multan

Local police arrested Kim Laura for visiting sufi festival without ‘specific permission’ Judge tells police to free woman, apologise to her Police have apologised to a...

12 Afghan Taliban inmates freed on forged letter

KANDAHAR A dozen high-profile Taliban inmates have mistakenly been freed from the central jail in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan with falsified documents, officials...

Abducted border guards freed in Pakistan: Iran

DUBAI Five Iranian border guards reportedly seized and held captive in Pakistan for three weeks have been freed, an Iranian military official has been quoted...

‘Picked up’ anti-drone activist freed

Kareem Khan’s lawyer says client was ‘tortured, beaten up, questioned and put in a cell’ Abductors warned Kareem he would be picked up again if...

Kidnapped coal miners recovered in Balochistan

Eight coal miners on Friday were freed by kidnappers in Harnai district of Balochistan, officials have said. They were abducted from the Shahrag area...

Afghan Taliban says Baradar still not freed

  The Afghan Taliban claimed on Wednesday that Pakistan was keeping the group's former deputy leader under detention despite announcing his release last month, an...

Appeal to get 40 Pakistanis released from Saudi jails

Over 40 umra-bound Pakistanis were sent to jails in Saudi Arabia. Returning a wallet found while performing tawwaf to police cost Karachi’s Rameez dearly....

Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief freed from jail

Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka was released from prison on Monday after he was jailed following his unsuccessful bid to unseat the president...