Tag: Security

T20 matches disrupting city life

--Commuters face issues due to road blockades, poor traffic management --Cricket fans satisfied with government’s arrangements for the T20 series LAHORE: Despite government’s claims of effectively...

Govt mulls plan for security of highways

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is considering a proposal to chalk out a comprehensive plan for ensuring the security of the newly-constructed highways in the country. As...

Security high as Sri Lanka marks one week from suicide attacks

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka´s Roman Catholic leader on Sunday condemned the Easter attacks as "an insult to humanity" as the tense and grief-stricken country marked...

US Centcom chief calls on COAS to discuss security situation

US Centcom chief General Kenneth McKenzie discussed geo-strategic environment and regional security including Afghanistan and Pakistan-India standoff in a meeting with Chief of Army...

PM reviews security as FATF briefed on charity laws

--Charity laws being implemented across country, Ministry of Interior tells FATF ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting at the Prime...

School demands security after firing incident

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police have responded to an incident of firing outside a school in sector G-8 during an exam. According to details, the school administration...

Services chiefs call on PM, discuss national security

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, as well as all the three services chiefs — Chief of Army...

NAB seeks beefed up security ahead of Bilawal, Zardari’s appearance

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday wrote to the Islamabad chief commissioner and the capital police chief requesting security arrangements ahead of former...

COAS, UK defence secretary review regional security

RAWALPINDI: Stephen Lovegrove, permanent secretary at the ministry of defence in United Kingdom, called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the...

Gen Bajwa, Saudi crown prince discuss regional security

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry in a tweet said,...

India withdraws so-called security of Hurriyat leaders in IoK

ISLAMABAD: The Indian authorities have withdrawn the so-called security cover from the Hurriyat leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Shabbir Ahmad Shah on the pretext...

Security situation improved drastically in 2018, report reveals

--PICSS Annual Report 2018 reveals militant attacks decreased by 45 per cent in 2018 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) in its...

Sattar urges PM to provide security to MQM-P leaders

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Saturday urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to ensure the security of 23 leaders of his...

Govt to provide security to all parliamentarians: minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan has assured the opposition that the government will fulfill its responsibility by providing security to all...

BankIslami lost $6m within 23 minutes in cyber attack

--Finance Minister Asad Umar says according to SBP, no other bank had reported hacking of customers' data --State Minister Hammad Azhar says 6,000 BankIslami accounts...

Sikhs visit Jamrud Fort for the first time since independence

ISLAMABAD: The leaders of the Sikh community visited Jamrud Fort in Khyber District on Wednesday for the first time since the independence of Pakistan. The...

Security beefed up in city

LAHORE: Lahore DIG (Operations) Waqas Nazir on Sunday directed the officials concerned to put security on high alert in the metropolis. According to a statement...