Tag: Nationals

250 US nationals have left Pakistan since bin Laden operation

Around 250 US nationals including military trainers, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives and defense contractors have left Pakistan since the eruption of a serious...

Four US nationals detained, freed

The sensitive agencies in Peshawar stopped four suspected Americans near Khalid bin Waleed Park and let them go after a 30-minute interrogation and scrutiny...

US nationals allowed into Peshawar with NOCs

In the wake of pressure from the government, for the first time five US nationals made a day-trip to Peshawar with a no-objection certificate...

Funeral prayers of two Tajik nationals offered

Funeral prayers of two Tajik nationals who died in Khatorabad were offered in Quetta amid cries. According to media reports, the funeral prayers of the...

Ban sought on dual nationals contesting elections

LAHORE - Jaago Tehreek, a group of like-minded people, on Tuesday demanded a ban on dual nationality holders from contesting the next general election. Jaago Tehreek has initiated a campaign to strengthen the political acumen of citizens from Lahore. Renowned journalist Qayyum Nizami, Scientist Dr Muhammad Sadiq and Engineer Abdul Majeed Khan are among the main founders of the organisation. They have requested the general public, through their message, that they should cast their

UK orders diplomats to report torture on its nationals

LONDON - The British government has ordered all its diplomats to report any suspicion they may have about the UK terror suspects being tortured abroad.
The move comes in the wake of former President Pervez Musharraf interview last week that Britain gave Pakistan tacit approval of its interrogation techniques on terror suspects.
A British office source told Pakistan Today that Foreign Secretary William Hague warned all UK diplomats working overseas that they would personally

Peshawar police hold, then let go 4 US nationals

PESHAWAR - Police on Monday took into custody four foreigners, believed to be US nationals, on charges of having incomplete documents and driving vehicles with fake registration numbers, but later set them free on the request of the US Consulate, police said. The men were arrested when moving in two bullet-proof jeeps in the University Town area on Abdara Road without any security guards. They also did not bother to inform the police station concerned about their movement, which is

Pakistan ready to evacuate its nationals from Cairo

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated that its nationals in Egypt would be evacuated if the situation deteriorated further there and that the arrangements were all set in this regard.
"Pakistan's embassy in Cairo is closely monitoring the situation evolving in Egypt. If required, and on the information of our embassy, an aircraft would be dispatched to evacuate the Pakistani nationals," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said here Tuesday.
He said the Pakistan embassy

US, India, Turkey to evacuate nationals from Egypt

CAIRO - The US, Turkey, India and Iraq on Sunday started organising the evacuation of their nationals from Egypt as an angry anti-government revolt raged into a sixth day amid increasing lawlessness and mass jail breaks.
"The US embassy in Cairo informs US citizens in Egypt who wish to depart that the department of state is making arrangements to provide transportation to safehaven locations in Europe," an embassy statement said, as other countries issued travel warnings and

Provinces directed to ensure security of Chinese nationals

KARACHI: The Interior Ministry has directed Sindh's authorities to maintain a record of Chinese nationals, particularly investors working in different sectors in the province, so that measures could be taken for their security, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to sources in the Sindh government, the provincial governments of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have also been directed to update the entire record of Chinese nationals by the end of each month to ensure