Tag: Rangers

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) leaders Khush Bakht Shujat and Waseem Akhtar have bitterly condemned the killing of a boy by rangers’ men in...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that Rangers personnel involved in the killing of a man in Karachi would be proceeded against...

Police arrested five paramilitary soldiers for shooting dead a young man at point blank range in a public park in an incident filmed live...

Pakistan Rangers personnel shot dead 17-year-old Sarfaraz Shah at Boat Basin in Karachi on Wednesday, claiming that he was killed in an encounter after...

A military helicopter caught fire in midair and crashed into the Indus River on Wednesday, killing Punjab Rangers Director General (DG) Major General Muhammad...

Two People’s Amn Committee (PAC) members were killed and three others suffered serious bullet injuries during a search operation, launched by the Pakistan Rangers,...

Two criminals were killed and thirteen arrested in a rangers search operation in Mehmoodabad area of Karachi. Spokesperson Sindh Rangers told that two these...

KARACHI - The authorities on Wednesday extended the powers of rangers for three more months due to the deteriorating law and order situation in the city.
According to a private TV, Sindh Home Department has issued an extension notification on the directives of the Sindh government.
According to the powers, rangers can carry out operations in any areas and make arrests.
Owing to the deteriorating situation in Sindh's capital, rangers in Karachi were given special powers

KARACHI - A man suspected to be a bandit was shot down by Rangers near the Karimabad flyover, the Gulberg police said on Sunday. According to Rangers officials, 30-year-old Jahangir was looting citizens near the Karimabad railway track. Rangers personnel were passing through on motorcycles when they saw Jahangir looting a family. They ordered him to surrender. However, when he tried to escape from the scene, they opened fire on him. His body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notices to the director generals of the Military Intelligence (MI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), provincial Home secretary, police chief, Crime Investigation Department (CID) in charge, Station House Officer (SHO) and DIG Investigation of a Steel Town police station, in a case pertaining to the disappearance of a student from Karachi.
The SHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and

KARACHI - The Sindh Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has sought explanation from the provincial government on the buildings being used by the Pakistan Rangers Sindh, besides unpaid utility bills.
With PAC Chairman Jam Tamachi Unnar in chair, a meeting was held to discuss the formal audit reports of the Law, Industries, Commerce and Labour departments. Unnar has written to the Sindh government, seeking explanation on the buildings being used by Rangers, and the utility bills that

LAHORE - The security of the US consulate has been handed over to the Pakistan Rangers, while the provincial capital's security has been beefed up to curb violence during demonstrations against the release of Raymond Davis on Thursday.
Sources in the Lahore Police told Pakistan Today that about three to four thousand policemen have been deployed to secure important places in the city. They said that extensive security measures have been adopted by the Lahore Police to especially

LAHORE - Farmers from the areas adjacent to the Indian border staged a protest on Friday in front of the Punjab Assembly against the high-handedness of border security agencies. A large number of farmers carrying placards and banners gathered at Faisal Chowk and chanted slogans against border area committees for canceling their land claims. Asal Grukey Burki resident Faiq Hussain alleged that the Burki border area committee had unlawfully cancelled their land claims (No. 1793 and

LAHORE - The Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) clashed at the Gunda Singh Border this week, Dunya News reported on Friday. Pakistan Rangers officials and Indian Border Security Force got into a heated argument at the Gunda Singh Border, leading to a free-for-all fight involving punches and slaps earlier this week. According to the Indian media, the unpleasant incident occurred when an official of the Pakistan Rangers accidentally hit the BSF personnel during a

KARACHI - A representative for the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) director general on Tuesday denied knowing the whereabouts of two missing Malir court staffers while submitting the law enforcement agency's report on the notice issued by the Sindh High Court (SHC). The court proceedings were adjourned until March 8 with orders to all respondents to submit their written statements along with affidavits.
The SHC division bench consisting of Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shahid

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday issued notices to the director generals (DGs) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), and the Sindh Home Department secretary seeking explanation over the disappearance of two Malir judicial staffers.
The SHC division bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa was hearing a constitutional petition moved by Shah Muhammad Brohi seeking the whereabouts of his brother, Shafqat

LAHORE - Pakistan Rangers troops on Monday assumed charge of their security duties in order to avoid any untoward incident during Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A) on Wednesday (today).
The Pakistan Rangers spokesman told Pakistan Today that Rangers officials have been deployed on special request of Punjab Government and Federal Government to maintain law and order on Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A).
He said that Rangers troops have been deployed at and around