Tag: Kidnapping
Two booked for kidnapping minor girl, 6 peddlers held
Bani Police has filed a case against two culprits on the charge of kidnapping a girl in Rawalpindi. Nasreen, mother of Umm-e-Rubab (13), filed...
PPP Punjab to protest in assembly over Taseer’s kidnapping
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab on Saturday decided to submit a requisition regarding calling a Punjab Assembly’s meeting on Shahbaz Taseer’s kidnapping incident.
Opposition Leader...
Kidnapping for ransom a big business in KP
The endless series of abductions in the province has become a perpetual headache for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa people as professional kidnappers have been embolden...
French girl’s kidnapping was ‘Chechen wedding tradition’
A teenage girl whose forceful bundling into a BMW in the south of France sparked a nationwide appeal for witnesses was the victim of...
13 cops booked for kidnapping, torturing two citizens
The Daska city police, on the orders of Lahore High Court (LHC), registered a case against 13 policemen, including Inspector Irfan Sulehria and Sub...
Seductresses’ kidnapping ring on the loose in Peshawar
PESHAWAR - Attractive ladies in Peshawar delude youngsters due to their appealing look and later abduct them for heavy ransom as the Western and Indian cultures influence the Pakhtun society and push teenagers towards moral and spiritual evils.
The mobile device was invented to facilitate people but, in Peshawar city, mobile technology is being used for the proliferation of social evils as a large number of youngsters have been fettered by the professional abductors who train
The mobile device was invented to facilitate people but, in Peshawar city, mobile technology is being used for the proliferation of social evils as a large number of youngsters have been fettered by the professional abductors who train
Awan indicted in kidnapping, robbery case
RAWALPINDI - The Rawalpindi District Court on Saturday framed charges against Law Minister Babar Awan in an incident involving the abduction of a newspaper's owner and robbery in 1998. Awan appeared before Civil Judge Mehr Sarfaraz Hussain with his counsel Farooq Awan and People's Lawyers' Forum lawyers Sajid Tanoli and Babar Ali.
Awan denied the charges and called the case baseless. During the course of the hearing, a witness Mohammad Doraiz also testified about the case,
Awan denied the charges and called the case baseless. During the course of the hearing, a witness Mohammad Doraiz also testified about the case,
Three held for kidnapping, murdering teenager
KARACHI - The Khokhrapar police on Monday claimed to have arrested three alleged kidnappers and also recovered three TT pistols from their possession.
The suspects identified as Akbar, Yar Mohammad and Badal were involved in kidnapping and murdering a teenage boy, whose body found near the Malir River, earlier on Monday.
Khokhrapar SHO Arbab Ali said that Akbar is the relative of the victim, who was a matriculation student.
The SHO added that Mohammad Hussain, 17, was
The suspects identified as Akbar, Yar Mohammad and Badal were involved in kidnapping and murdering a teenage boy, whose body found near the Malir River, earlier on Monday.
Khokhrapar SHO Arbab Ali said that Akbar is the relative of the victim, who was a matriculation student.
The SHO added that Mohammad Hussain, 17, was
Militants using Afghan SIMs for terrorism and kidnapping
PESHAWAR - Investigators are seeing the use of Afghanistan-based cellular networks' SIMs in the recent bombings, kidnappings and other terrorist activities, but still exploring ways and means to curb the menace. "We are discussing how to counter this tactic of both Afghan and Pakistani Taliban militants," well-placed sources confided to Pakistan Today.
The militants are using Afghanistan cellular numbers to stop investigators and security agencies from intercepting their
The militants are using Afghanistan cellular numbers to stop investigators and security agencies from intercepting their
Kidnapping for ransom a ‘profitable business’
ISLAMABAD - Kidnapping for ransom is emerging as a lucrative crime in Pakistan, as 2368 such cases were registered across the country during the last four years with 604 in the year 2010 alone. According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Interior, a total of 449 cases of kidnapping for ransom were reported in 2007, 670 in 2008 and 645 in 2009.
As the country registered a mild drop in the crime in 2010, a sharp surge was witnessed in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and
As the country registered a mild drop in the crime in 2010, a sharp surge was witnessed in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and
Lawyers protest colleague’s kidnapping
PESHAWAR - Lawyers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa observed complete strike on Monday on the call of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) that announced lawyers' strike on one day a week till the safe recovery of the abducted lawyers.
They said if their abducted colleagues, Zain Khan Khalil and Bashir Khan were not recovered safely, the government would be responsible for the consequences. Senior lawyers Zain Khan Khalil was kidnapped from Peshawar on September 30, 2010 while
They said if their abducted colleagues, Zain Khan Khalil and Bashir Khan were not recovered safely, the government would be responsible for the consequences. Senior lawyers Zain Khan Khalil was kidnapped from Peshawar on September 30, 2010 while
Four sentenced to death for kidnapping minor
KARACHI - An anti terrorism court (ATC) on Friday handed down death sentences to four men charged with kidnapping a minor boy for ransom.
ATC-III Judge Anand Ram Hotwani - on the last day of his contractual service - after hearing both sides, convicted Irshad Ahmed, Moar Buriro, Arz Muhammad alias Jalal Gorchani and Muhammad Hasan for abducting Arsh Nabi, 3, from Defence Housing Authority in January 2010 and sentenced them to death.
The court also ordered to confiscate the
ATC-III Judge Anand Ram Hotwani - on the last day of his contractual service - after hearing both sides, convicted Irshad Ahmed, Moar Buriro, Arz Muhammad alias Jalal Gorchani and Muhammad Hasan for abducting Arsh Nabi, 3, from Defence Housing Authority in January 2010 and sentenced them to death.
The court also ordered to confiscate the
CIA solved 3 kidnapping for ransom cases: CCPO
LAHORE - Organised Crime CIA Police have successfully concluded three cases of kidnapping for ransom, including a high-profile case of a 24-year-old British national woman, who along with her Pakistani husband went missing on January 10, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Aslam Tareen said on Sunday in a press conference at his office.
The CIA Police have safely recovered the kidnapped people, sophisticated weapons and ransom-money from possession of the criminals.
The CIA Police have safely recovered the kidnapped people, sophisticated weapons and ransom-money from possession of the criminals.
Lal condemns kidnapping of Hindus
QUETTA - Kidnapping of Hindus for ransom is creating a sense of insecurity, Balochistan Minister for Minorities and Human Rights Engineer Basant Lal Gulshun said while talking to reporters on Monday.
Basant Lal, a member of Balochistan assembly of Hindu community, said his community was concerned and very disturbed by the kidnapping of a prominent Hindu religious leader Mahraj Ko Sahain Lakhmi Garji from Kalat along with one of his relatives and the government needed to take
Basant Lal, a member of Balochistan assembly of Hindu community, said his community was concerned and very disturbed by the kidnapping of a prominent Hindu religious leader Mahraj Ko Sahain Lakhmi Garji from Kalat along with one of his relatives and the government needed to take
Policemen arrested for kidnapping drug dealer
FAISALABAD: In a case of abuse of police authority, three policemen were arrested for kidnapping a drug dealer who was recovered later from their custody. CIA SP Ahmed Nasir Virk narrates that he raided a hotel where the accused Ashraf Gujjar, a CIA constable posted at Makkuana, had come to collect 'monthly tip' from a notorious drug dealer Ramzan alias Jani, a resident of Factory Area.
Both the constable and the dealer were arrested by the police and during the interrogation,
Both the constable and the dealer were arrested by the police and during the interrogation,
Teachers on strike over kidnapping by Taliban
PESHAWAR: University teaching staff in northwest Pakistan have gone on strike indefinitely to protest against the Taliban's kidnapping of a prominent academic.
Taliban kidnapped Ajmal Khan, vice chancellor of Islamia College University,
in September from Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.
"Academic staff in all government and private universities in KPK have gone on strike from today," Shuja Muhammad Khan, the provincial president
Taliban kidnapped Ajmal Khan, vice chancellor of Islamia College University,
in September from Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.
"Academic staff in all government and private universities in KPK have gone on strike from today," Shuja Muhammad Khan, the provincial president
Mother protests kidnapping of son by the police
KARACHI: A protest was staged outside the press club by a grieved 17-year-old boy's mother with the assistance of civil society organizations to condemn the kidnapping of her son by the police five months ago.
On May 20, Imran Jokhio was on his way to his village in a rickshaw when Head Constable Ilyas Sehto and Constable Ghulam Rasool Marri 'abducted' him at Mafi Faqir Bridge in Naushehro Feroze district, Shahina, his mother, said.
"My son worked at a tailor's shop in
On May 20, Imran Jokhio was on his way to his village in a rickshaw when Head Constable Ilyas Sehto and Constable Ghulam Rasool Marri 'abducted' him at Mafi Faqir Bridge in Naushehro Feroze district, Shahina, his mother, said.
"My son worked at a tailor's shop in
