Tag: Libya

260 Pakistanis return from restive Libya

ISLAMABAD- Another special flight arrived from Tripoli at Lahore, Wednesday morning, with 260 Pakistanis on board. This is the 7th special flight since August 13,...

Sixth special flight brings 258 stranded Pakistanis back from Libya

A special chartered flight arrived at Lahore on Tuesday morning with 258 Pakistanis on board. This is the sixth such flight since August 13 organised...

Rivals, militants clash in Libya, 31 killed

CAIRO — Fierce clashes in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi between Islamist militiamen and rival forces loyal to a renegade general have killed 31...

Special flight brings 200 stranded Pakistanis back from Libya

Efforts underway to for release of all detained Pakistanis in Liby A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight sent to Tripoli has brought back over...

Clashes between rival militias in Libya kill 47

  Clashes between rival Libyan militias fighting for control of the international airport in the capital, Tripoli, have killed 47 people over the past 24...

Libya warring militias agree truce at main airport

Powerful militias battling for the Libyan capital’s airport have agreed a ceasefire, Tripoli said Friday, after the government sought UN help to stop the...

198 Pakistani inmates from Libya to reach soon: Burney

Ansar Burney Trust International Chairman Ansar Burney has said that the remaining 198 Pakistani prisoners incarcerated in Libya would be release and reach back...

Gunmen attack Libyan parliament

TPIPOLI- Heavily armed gunmen stormed Libya's parliament on Sunday demanding its suspension and claiming loyalty to a renegade army general who has vowed to purge...

Two soldiers killed in car bombing in Benghazi,Libya

BENGHAZI- A car bomb targeting a Libyan special forces barracks in the restive eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday killed two soldiers and wounded another...

Libya: Niger extradites Gadhafi’s son Al-Saadi

TRIPOLI- Niger on Thursday extradited to Libya one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, al-Saadi, who fled as his father's regime crumbled in 2011 and who was...

Libyan Colonel Shot Dead in Benghazi

TRIPOLI- A Libyan security official says gunmen have shot dead an officer in the air defense branch in the eastern city of Benghazi. The official says...

11 killed in Libyan military plane crash

TUNIS- A Libyan military rescue plane crashed Friday in Grombalia city in Tunisia killing 11 people on board, a spokesman of the Tunisian defence ministry...

92 escape in Libyan jailbreak

TRIPOLI- A Libyan local official says 92 prisoners have escaped from a prison in a western town due to weak security. Hassan bin Sophia, who...

Suicide attack in Benghazi, Libya

A suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint killed six people at an area 30 miles from Libyan city Benghazi. At least eight people were...

Soldiers killed in Benghazi clashes

At least five soldiers have been killed after special forces clashed with armed fighters in the eastern port city of Benghazi, the army has...

27 killed in Benghazi protest against militias

Clashes between protesters and militias aligned with the military in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi have left 27 people killed and dozens wounded, a health...

Libya invites Pakistani investors to invest in construction projects

Abdul Wahed Abugila, Charge’d Affairs, Embassy of Libya visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and said a lot of construction projects were underway...