Tag: Kidnap

Police deny recovery of US national

The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore, Ahmed Raza Tahir has dismissed reports that US national Warren Weinstein has been rescued by police personnel...

Lie-detectors for Weinstein kidnap case

Five days after an elderly American aid expert was kidnapped in Pakistan, police said Thursday they would carry out lie-detector tests on his staff...

Girls foil rickshaw driver’s kidnap bid

A rickshaw driver attempted to kidnap four girls on Thursday while they were coming back from Samanabad on his rickshaw. The girls were Amina, 9,...

Police releases sketch of kidnapper of American national

Police on Thursday released sketch of alleged kidnapper who abducted the US citizen Warren Weinstein last week. According to media reports sketch of one kidnapper...

Police draws blank on American kidnap

Police scrambled for leads on an American aid expert, who was kidnapped at gunpoint from his house in Lahore, interrogating his guards and combing...

U.S. citizen kidnapped from Lahore: police

An American citizen was kidnapped from his residence in Model Town Lahore on Saturday, police said. Police identified the man as "J.E. Warner", who they...

Local sardars involved in kidnapping, killings in Balochistan: Ansar Burney

Head of Ansar Burney Trust, Ansar Burney said on Wednesday that several sardars are involved in kidnapping people for ransom, they have hands in...

Gunmen kidnap 28 Afghan deminers

Gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped 28 Afghan deminers working for a charity in western Afghanistan, police said. The deminers were snatched in a district that...

Swiss couple kidnapped for ransom: Taliban

A Swiss couple that was kidnapped in Balochistan has been moved to South Waziristan near the Afghan border, a rebel source claimed Tuesday. Olivier...

Swiss hostages moved to tribal area: official

A Swiss couple kidnapped in Pakistan have been smuggled into the tribal belt on the Afghan border. Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 28,...

Search operation begins to recover abducted Swiss couple

Balochistan Police has started search operation for the recovery of Swiss citizens, who were abducted from Loralai. Earlier, on Saturday while talking to the Media...

Abducted person recovered after 4 months

A person, who was kidnapped four months earlier from Sohbatpur has been recovered here on Sunday, said sources. Sources said that unknown persons...

ATC remands four in kidnap case

KARACHI - An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday remanded four suspects to police custody until April 25 in a case of kidnapping for ransom. ATC Administrator Judge Karachi Justice Maqbool Baqar allowed remand of the alleged accused belonging to a political party.
As per details, Jahangir Khan, Saeed Alam, Aamir Khan and Ajmal Khan had abducted a man named Naimatullah on April 10 and demanded Rs 1 million 10 as ransom for his release. However, the abducted person called the

Bid to kidnap journalist foiled

CHICHAWATNI - The residents of Chak No 189/9.L of Chichawatni foiled a bid to kidnap a local journalist the other day. The incident occurred on the last night in the Ghaziadad police precincts when Sarfraz Ali, 33, accompanied by his friend, was going to his village from Lahore after duty hours.
As per reports, when Sarfraz Ali reached near his village, three men in a car forcibly stopped him and beat him up. Later, they tried to drag him into their car, but the locals came to

Philippine tribal gunmen kidnap 16

BUTUAN - Philippine tribal gunmen abducted 16 children and adults in a bizarre bid to have their leader released from prison after he was jailed for another mass kidnapping, police said Saturday. The kidnappers have threatened to kill their hostages, who include at least two students and were taken captive on Friday from a number of schools in a remote town on the violence-plagued southern island of Mindanao, police said.
"They should behave because if they continue to come into

Taliban kidnap 24 people from festival

LAHORE - Taliban kidnapped 24 tribesmen and also took away 15 vehicles from a festival in Kurram Agency on Tuesday while another four people were whisked away in a similar fashion from the same area, reported a private TV channel.
The incident has been reported from the Baggan area of Lower Kurram where militants attacked the weekly festival and shifted the tribesmen to their hideout in the central parts of the agency. Sources claimed that the rebels belonged to the Sattar group

IG sacks cops on kidnap, rape charges

QUETTA - Balochistan Police Inspector General Malik Muhammad Iqbal has put two constables under termination for being guilty of kidnapping and raping a girl in Quetta. Police has taken constable Jahanzaib and Shahzaib into custody.
According to details, accused constables abducted a girl and later raped her. They also took nude photos of the victim besides threatening her of dire consequences if she told anybody about the incident. After being informed of the incident, the IG