Tag: Freed

Libya given $20 billion of freed assets, says minister

Libya has received roughly $20 billion in assets that were held overseas by Moamer Gaddafi’s regime and frozen during the conflict that ousted him,...

8 abducted US charity workers freed

Eight Pakistanis working for a US charity have been released following a more than two-month kidnapping ordeal near the Afghan border, one of their...

US hikers to be freed on bail

Two US hikers convicted of espionage and illegal entry were to be released from a Tehran jail Wednesday into the care of the Swiss...

10,000 prisoners freed, 50,000 missing

More than 10,000 prisoners have been freed from Moamer Gaddafi’s jails since the fall of Tripoli but almost 50,000 others are still missing, the...

Four US nationals detained, freed

The sensitive agencies in Peshawar stopped four suspected Americans near Khalid bin Waleed Park and let them go after a 30-minute interrogation and scrutiny...

Anjum Aqeel freed on bail

The Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday accepted bail pleas of PML-N MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan and 30 others, who were allegedly involved in...

Five abducted Bangladeshis freed in Afghanistan

Five Bangladeshis abducted in Afghanistan by unidentified gunmen have been released, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry’s spokesman said the gunmen...

Traffic warden abducted freed later

Misri Shah Police arrested a scrap dealer, accused of kidnapping an on-duty traffic warden from Cop Store Chowk on Thursday. A case was also...

Freed by Indian govt, eleven Pakistani children reach Karachi

Eleven Pakistani children released by the Indian government were received by their relatives when they reached Karachi on Thursday. When the freed children arrived...

Taliban did not hurt us: freed Frenchmen

Two French journalists, reunited with their families on Thursday after 18 months’ of captivity in Afghanistan, said their Taliban captors did not hurt them...

Taliban did not hurt us: freed Frenchmen

Two French journalists reunited with their families Thursday after 18 months' captivity in Afghanistan said their Taliban captors did not hurt them, but shed...

Ex-navy commando freed after questioning over PNS Mehran attack

A former navy commando and his brother, suspected of providing maps of Pakistan Naval Station (PNS) Mehran aviation base to militants to carry out...

Drug dealer freed from police party

The Sahianwala police who arrested a drug dealer was attacked by a group of the accused’s relatives who thrashed the police and snatched him...

Militant freed by India ties the knot

LAHORE - The chief of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) - Nasrullah Mansoor Langrial - tied knot on Sunday at Jalalpur Jattan, District Gujrat. The 47-year old-guerilla commander was released on February 8 from an Indian jail after 18 years of imprisonment.
He was arrested in 1993 following a tip-off by the Indian Army in the Held Kashmir. He spent time in different prisons including Tihar Jail, Delhi. He was also kept at Balwal Jail in Jammu. While in jail along with Maulana

Day 5: Rs 95m land freed

LAHORE - The Revenue Department retrieved land worth Rs 10 million from Baghwanpura, Rs 70 million from Cantt and Rs 15 million from the interior of Lahore. In Wagha Town 95 extended walking spaces (Theray), 3 stairs, 15 shades, 10 illegal boards and loaded onto 3 trucks.
In Shalamar Town 50 extended walking spaces (Theray), 60 stairs, 20 shades and 40 illegal boards were demolished. In Allama Iqbal Town 20 extended walking spaces (Theray), 25 illegal shops, 6 generators, 4

Businessman freed after payment of Rs 40m ransom

FAISALABAD - A spinning mill owner, kidnapped from Madina Town two months ago, reached home after his son paid Rs 40 million ransom to the criminal gang. Reportedly, Muhammad Siddique disappeared from Khayaban Colony on January 14, 2011, when he was going in his car from his house to Madina Town mosque for Friday prayers. The eyewitnesses told the police that several armed men stopped their car in front of the victim's car, ordered him to alight from the vehicle at gunpoint and took

Freed criminals revert to criminal activities

SIALKOT - As many as 150 notorious criminals, freed by the local courts on bails in Sialkot, have re-indulged themselves into the criminal activities. Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Bilal Sadique Kamiyana said this while talking to the journalists.
He added that the Sialkot police had arrested the said 150 notorious criminals in last two months, in more than 450 cases. He said these accused were sent to the Sialkot district jail on separate judicial remands according to