Tag: Ransom
Police arrest gang demanding Bitcoin as ransom
Police arrested a gang demanding Bitcoin as ransom after kidnapping a person, a local media outlet reported while quoting a police report.
Lahore’s deputy commissioner’s...
Man gets 35-year term for kidnapping, killing child
KARACHI: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday awarded a man a 35-year imprisonment sentence on the charges of kidnapping and murdering a child.
The ATC judge...
Two suspects in Karachi’s kidnapping shot dead
KARACHI: Two suspects involved in kidnapping a five-year-old from Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority were shot dead early Saturday morning, according to police reports.
The suspects,...
Kidnapped fisherman released
NAUDERO: Abducted fisherman Muhammad Hashim Mirbahar, 45, has been released by his kidnappers and he reached his home here in the wee hours of...
Levies force recover kidnapped trader in Chaman
CHAMAN: Levies force recovered an abducted trader at Chaman's Bypass area of district Killa Abdullah on Monday.
Chaman Assistant Commissioner (AC) Kashif Nabi told media person...
Obama administration denies Iran cash payment was a ransom
The Obama administration said on Wednesday that $400 million in cash paid to Iran soon after the release of five Americans detained by Tehran...
Some solace for Taseers as Shahbaz is found
Shahbaz Taseer recovered in ‘intelligence-based raid’ on a house in Balochistan’s Kuchlak area five years after abduction
Family refuses to comment on speculation that ransom...
PML-N MPA kidnapped for Rs 50m ransom
Unidentified armed men kidnapped Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) backed member of Punjab Assembly Rana Jamil Hassan Friday night while he was on his way...
Two students kidnapped for ransom
Two young MBA students of PrestonUniversity have been kidnapped for a hefty ransom of Rs 5 million.
According to details, the brother of the kidnappers...
Gilani says son’s abductors haven’t contacted him for ransom yet
Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday said the abductors of his son, Ali Haider Gilani, had not contacted him so far.
“There is...
Infant kidnapped for ransom recovered
During joint operation of CPLC and AVCC, six accused including three women involved in kidnapping a two-month old child for ransom were arrested and...
Traders call off strike as five more killed in violence
All Karachi Traders Association called to end the strike against extortion and ransom kidnapping at 5 pm Wednesday. Traders told that the shops would...
Dear criminals, Shoo! Yours agitatedly KCCI
Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s (KCCI) Acting President Younus Muhammad Bashir has demanded to control the recent waves of unbridled street crimes, criminal...
Another abducted BRSP employee killed as ransom couldn’t be arranged
Activists of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan executed another employee of the Balochistan Rural Support Programme after keeping him six months in captivity.
Six employees of the...
Memogate and the state of the State
According to Mansoor Ijaz, he got the unsigned memo delivered to Adm Mike Mullen as asked for by Ambassador Husain Haqqani on behalf of...
Slain police official’s son murdered by kidnappers
The body of a 12-year-old boy, who was the son of a slain police official, was found on Sunday after police arrested the men,...
Police arrest ‘ransom money’ scammer
A fraud scheme to collect funds using conventional media and social networks ostensibly for ‘ransom money’ came to an end on Wednesday when Rawalpindi...
