Tag: Kidnapping

Two suspects in Karachi’s kidnapping shot dead

KARACHI: Two suspects involved in kidnapping a five-year-old from Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority were shot dead early Saturday morning, according to police reports. The suspects,...

Pakistani engineer abducted in Afghanistan returns home

RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani engineer who had been kidnapped in Afghanistan earlier this year returned home on Wednesday. According to details, Malik Faiz Ahmed, a resident of...

Islamabad protestors booked for kidnapping, torturing police officers

ISLAMABAD: Eight first information reports (FIR) were registered on Saturday against members of religious groups Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah and Sunni Tehreek Pakistan for allegedly...

Canadian says child was killed, wife raped during captivity in Afghanistan

OTTAWA/TORONTO: A US-Canadian couple freed in Pakistan this week, nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan, returned to Canada on Friday where the...

ATC issues arrest warrants of Shahbaz Taseer

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer, after he failed to...

Levies force recover kidnapped trader in Chaman

CHAMAN: Levies force recovered an abducted trader at Chaman's Bypass area of district Killa Abdullah on Monday. Chaman Assistant Commissioner (AC) Kashif Nabi told media person...

Enemy agencies suspected behind former Pak Army officer’s disappearance

The son of missing ex-Pakistani army officer in Nepal lodged an FIR in Rawat police station, saying his father went to Nepal after a...

Pakistani engineer reportedly kidnapped by South Sudanese rebels

A Pakistani engineer, who was working in South Sudan, has been kidnapped by the rebels from the country's capital city of Juba, the family...

Lawyers boycott court proceedings over kidnapping of judge

MIRPURKHAS: The legal fraternity of Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar and Tharparkar boycotted Court proceedings on Tuesday. The boycott came on the appeal of Sindh Bar Council...

Mother, son allegedly kidnapped

Mother and her son have allegedly been abducted within the Khanna Police jurisdiction. Mohammad Irshad, a resident of Khanna, lodged a complaint with the local...

American, Australian kidnapped at gunpoint in Kabul

An American and an Australian were kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of Kabul, officials said Monday, the latest in a series of abductions...

Awais Shah was abducted by TTP splinter group: DG ISPR

Inter-Service Public Relations Director General Lieutenant Asim Bajwa said that Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah’s son was abducted by the...

General Saviour: Army keeps hope alive

Pak Army troops rescue Sindh High Court Chief Justice Syed Sajjad Ali Shah’s abducted son Awais Shah after intelligence-based operation in Tank, KP SHC CJ...

Defector arrested in N.Korea for plotting kidnappings with South

  A North Korean defector who had lived in South Korea has been arrested in the North for conspiring with Seoul's spy agency to kidnap...

Awais Shah’s kidnapping: SC orders govt to remove SSP South Karachi

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered the Sindh government to dismiss South Karachi’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Farooq Ahmad in connection with...

Police still clueless about SHC CJ’s son Owais Ali Shah

Police and other law-enforcement agencies have failed to find any clue about Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah's son Owais Ali Shah who went...

Sindh CM announces Rs10m reward for recovery of Awais Shah

“I am announcing Rs 10 million reward for the person(s) who give information of the place where Awais Shah has been kept or give clues for his recovery or arrest of the culprits,” the chief minister announced on Wednesday.