Tag: Pakistanis

Pakistanis among 17 killed as bus carrying illegal migrants’ crashes in...

ANKARA: At least 17 people have been killed and another 36 wounded after a bus carrying illegal immigrants hit a lighting pole in eastern...

FIA arrest 31 Pakistanis deported from Turkey due to illegal stay

SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested 31 Pakistani nationals deported from Turkey due to their illegal stay. FIA Divisional Deputy Director Mufakhar Adeel...

Germany rejecting Pakistani asylum seekers for lack of valid documents

The number of failed asylum seekers who could not be repatriated from Germany because they lack valid documents jumped 71 per cent in 2017...

24 Pakistanis allegedly being kept in Afghanistan detention centres: families

PESHAWAR: Twenty-four Pakistanis have gone missing in Afghanistan since September last year, their families told media on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Peshawar, they said that...

FIA yet to probe human traffickers involved in Libya boat tragedy:...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has made no progress in investigating the Libya boat tragedy for human trafficking in which 31 Pakistanis among 90...

Pakistanis among 10 killed in Helmand operation

KABUL: At least 10 persons, including Pakistanis, were killed during the Afghan forces’ operation in the Helmand province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) of...

Saudi Arabia executes four Pakistanis for murder, rape

Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed four Pakistani men convicted of raping and murdering a woman and raping her teenage son, the interior ministry said. The...

Seven Pakistanis among undocumented migrants held in Turkey

As many as 579 illegal migrants were held across Turkey on Friday. According to the Anadolu Agency, seven Pakistanis were also among the undocumented...

90 migrants, mostly Pakistanis, believed dead in shipwreck off Libya

GENEVA: An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving...

FIA arrest 10 Pakistanis deported from Turkey

SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested 10 Pakistanis from the Sialkot International Airport here on Thursday after being deported in an attempt to illegally...

Four Pakistani Umrah pilgrims killed in Saudi road accident

  Four Pakistani nationals were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia, a private news channel reported on Thursday. According to details, the road accident...

66% Pakistanis appreciate Gen Bajwa’s role in ending Faizabad sit-in: survey

  ISLAMABAD: As much as 66 per cent of Pakistanis are happy with the performance of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa...

Social media pays tribute to Salman Taseer on 7th death anniversary

LAHORE: A large number of Pakistanis took to social media sites to pay tribute to the slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer on the occasion...

New Year jubilations in Pakistan indicative of nation’s resolve: DG ISPR

ISLAMABAD: Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Monday said that Pakistan is celebrating the New Year with...

India grants medical visas to three more Pakistanis

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on Wednesday that medical visas for three Pakistani nationals have been approved. “Pakistan nationals Fatima Naeem (13...

UAE rejects rumours of suspension of visas to Pakistanis

  The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday denied rumours that it was suspending the issuance of visas to Pakistani applicants until the end of the...

India grants medical visa to nine Pakistanis

  ISLAMABAD: India has decided to grant medical visas to nine Pakistani citizens, according to India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, on Tuesday. The Indian minister...