Tag: Raid

PEMRA, FIA and FBR to raid Dreambox sales together

KARACHI: In order to enlist help in carrying out raids to curb the illegal selling of Dreambox across the country, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (PEMRA) has written letters to Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
Dream box and revolving dish are equipments smuggled from India which allow free 'Direct to Home' (DTH) access to all the channels in the world.
"A complaint was filed by Cable Operators Assocation

No thaw with Israel without apology for boat raid: Turkey

PARIS: Turkey will not begin to restore relations with Israel unless it apologises for its "savage attack" on a Turkish protest vessel, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
"Israel will apologise. And Israel will have to pay compensation. And then we can start negotiating," Erdogan told France 24 television, according to the Paris-based news network's translation from the Turkish.
Turkey was once Israel's closest military and diplomatic ally in the Middle

52 killed in Iraq church raid

BAGHDAD: At least 52 hostages and police officers were killed when security forces raided a Baghdad church to free more than 100 Iraqi Catholics held by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Lieutenant General Hussein Kamal said on Monday.
Kamal said that 67 people were also injured in the raid on the church, which was seized by guerrillas during Sunday mass in the bloodiest attack in Iraq since August. The death toll was many times higher than that given

Militants stage deadly raid on Chechen parliament

GROZNY: Militants on Tuesday stormed parliament in Russia's conflict-torn region of Chechnya, holding deputies and gunning down three people, before being killed in a bloody standoff with security forces.
The group of up to four militants broke into the parliament building in the Chechen capital Grozny early in the morning, sparking fears of a major hostage crisis before security forces moved in. The dramatic raid was a major blow to Kremlin claims that stability has returned to

JUI-F condemns raid on madrassa

PESHAWAR
Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) leader Mufti Kefayat Ullah has condemned the raid on Jamia Imdad-Ul-Uloom Peshawar, terming it a disgrace to the madrassa.
Addressing a press conference at the Peshawar press Club, Kifayatullah said the operation was conducted during the examination which depressed the students. He added that operation was carried out according to the instructions of the provincial government in which thousands of innocent students were tortured