Tag: Mafia

Blond mafia godmother nabbed in Italy blitz

Italian police on Tuesday arrested the blond godmother of a mafia clan in Naples, along with 65 other suspected gangsters accused of extortion, possessing...

Former MQM lawmaker’s brother shot dead

The bhatta (extortion) mafia is still at large in the metropolis, as another man was killed in the recent firing incident for declining to...

Shershah firing kills former Sindh MPA brother

The bhatta (extortion) mafia are still at large in the metropolis, as another man was killed in the recent firing incident for declining to...

Corrupt mafia working to defame SC chief justice: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said corrupt mafia was making heinous attempts to defame the chief justice and the Supreme Court. He said...

Nisar wants army to disassociate itself from property mafia

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday demanded Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani to ensure that the...

Tasks before the EC

The time is now With the elections due in March 2013, the Election Commission (EC) has a super heavy agenda before it. On the stake...

Courage under fire

Civilian oversight needed The ubiquitous Pakistani intelligence apparatus, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, is under fire, both from within the country and from our erstwhile...

PHMA protests against bhatta mafia

Pakistan Hardware Merchants Association (PHMA) has condemned the harassment incident of PHMA members by bhatta mafia in Karachi. PHMA called an emergent meeting at...

Mafia controls FPCCI allege Balochistan chambers

The hot seat of president Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) may become a source of serious rift in the business...

Sugar mafia at it again

An application has been moved in the Lahore High Court (LHC) to restrain the federal and provincial governments from purchasing sugar at Rs 65...

Italy arrests top Naples Mafia boss Zagaria

Italian police on Wednesday arrested Mafia boss Michele Zagaria, one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives and head of the powerful Casalesi clan that controlled...

‘After land grabbers, city govt’s next target water tanker mafia’

The city’s tanker mafia has become very powerful and a comprehensive strategy is being worked out to launch a major operation against it, District...

The meter reader mafia

I want to draw your attention towards the un-ethical practices adopted by Wapda meter readers in many parts of the country. They punish the...

‘CDGK’s land mafia busters have 4,292 acres to their credit’

The anti-encroachment squad of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has so far recovered 4,292 acres of encroached land costing Rs 29 billion and...

Court orders action against tout mafia in harassment case

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Kamran Basharat Mufti on Monday ordered the station house officer (SHO) of the Sector-I-9 Police Station to submit an inquiry...

Citizens left at parking mafia’s mercy

With Eid holidays coming to an end, overcharging at parking stands is back with full throttle in all parts of the city. A senior official...