Tag: Illegal

SC directs closure of illegal hydrants in Karachi

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) rejected on Thursday appeals filed by operators of private water hydrants established without a legal cover in Karachi. Headed by...

CDA bulldozes illegal encroachments at Centaurus

CDA operation retrieves 15 acres of state land illegally occupied by Centaurus Mall administration ISLAMABAD: In a landmark operation, Capital Development Authority (CDA) has trashed...

Police arrest five suspects, recover arms and drugs from Karachi

KARACHI: Karachi police arrested five accused and recovered arms and other illicit articles during raids in different parts of the metropolis on Sunday. Kharadar police arrested...

Pakistan tops list with 6,000 ‘illegal over-stayers’ after Umrah

JEDDAH: Pakistan topped the list of over-stayers in the last 2016-2017 Umrah season with the number reaching 6,905 out of a total of 1,453,440...

OPC retrieves 13 properties of expatriate Pakistanis

LAHORE: Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab has retrieved as many as 13 properties of expatriate Pakistanis worth Rs 60 million from the illegal occupants during...

Expatriate’s house vacated from illegal occupant

LAHORE: Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab has vacated a house owned by an expatriate Pakistani, worth Rs 10 million from an illegal occupant. Commissioner Punjab OPC...

Jirga orders two real brothers to bite shoes after their donkey...

An illegal Jirga in Sindh punished two real brothers by making them hold their shoes with their teeth because their donkey cart had collided...

Sherjeel Memon’s petition illegal, non-maintainable: NAB

  The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday termed PPP leader Sherjeel Memon’s petition filed against it illegal and non-maintainable. In its response, the NAB stated...

PAC orders probe against NICL officials for irregular land procurement

  The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly on Wednesday directed the Commerce secretary to submit an inquiry report within a month against...

Bahria Town needs time to prepare illegal land case

Counsel for Bahria Town, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, has prayed the Supreme Court (SC) for three-week adjournment of case pertaining to illegal acquisition of land...

Russia says blasphemous cartoon publication illegal

Russia's media watchdog on Friday warned publications that printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) was against the country's law and ethical norms following...

Final warning for illegal gas, petrol agencies!

The city administration has decided to take stern action against illegal gas and petrol agencies. According to details, Rawalpindi Police and administration have decided to...

Illegal arms seized from Karachi-bound train

The Railways Police recovered a heavy cache of weapons from a Shalimar Express coach on Friday. As per details, three suspects identified as Haris, Shafi...

Even EU believes drone strikes are illegal!

European Union parliament passes resolution declaring drone strikes ‘illegal’, calls for banning them Resolution says EU states should not perpetrate or facilitate unlawful drone strikes Parliamentarians...

FIA raids illegal exchange, confiscates 26 gateways

A team of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials raided an illegal exchange Friday that operated through the satellite, confiscated 26 gateways and arrested 6...

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,...

Books may not be for sale, FAS director is!

PEF unable to complete enquiry against FAS director involved in selling 65,000 old textbooks meant for school children despite a lapse of one year FAS...