Tag: Security

Voters’ privacy at risk as candidates allowed access to ECP database

Election Act 2017 gives candidates option to obtain information about voters, including name, picture and address ISLAMABAD: The government has put the security...

Macron says EU committed to defense and security alliance with United...

ST PETERSBURG: French President Emmanuel Macron told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Europe was not going to turn its back on its...

Punjab govt restores Hafiz Saeed’s security

The Punjab government has restored the security of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed citing threats to his life, almost a month after...

US blocks Pakistan’s requests to UN on Khurasani: report

ISLAMABAD: The United States is believed to have blocked a Pakistani request with the UN Security Council’s sanctions committee for the listing of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar...

‘State is responsible for security of Hazaras’: report

LAHORE: Government College University (GCU) Philosophy Department Chairperson Dr Sobia Tahir stated that Hazaras are peace-loving citizens and their security is the prime responsibility of...

Police to review VIPs’ security following Ahsan Iqbal assassination attempt

LAHORE: Following the attack on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Punjab Police on Monday decided to review the security protocols of every VIP of the government. According...

Mobile phones to be operational again in Wana after 10 years

TANK: Mobile services are going to be restored in Wana, South Waziristan, administrative officials said on Saturday. The decision has been taken after a meeting with...

Life might return to Mohmand Agency as govt shuts down fifty...

MOHMAND: Following the orders of both the civil and military leadership, the political administration of Mohmand Agency on Friday has decided to shut down fifty per...

Aasia Bibi’s lawyer’s life at risk as police withdraws security despite...

  LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday withdrew security for Aasia Bibi’s counsel Saiful Malook, four days after Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib...

Local police to review new airport security: report

RAWALPINDI: Senior police and intelligence officers of Rawalpindi and Attock will visit the new Islamabad International Airport to review security arrangements for the airport,...

182 police personnel still on Sharif family’s security protocol

ISLAMABAD: As many as 354 police personnel including nine elite teams are not only performing the security duties of the current parliamentarians but also of...

4,610 cops withdrawn from security of non-entitled persons, SC told

--Maryam Nawaz says CJP will be responsible if something happens to Nawaz   LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) was informed on Saturday that as many as 4,610...

Excessive security personnel called-off from Jati Umra

LAHORE: Soon after Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar’s orders pertaining to excessive security measures, the personnel deployed for the security of the...

Upholding sanctity of vote necessary for country’s security, prosperity: Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Disqualified premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed the need for respecting the ‘sanctity of vote’ as it was linked to security, prosperity and...

Security concerns to not hinder opening of Islamabad airport: report

RAWALPINDI: Following years of delays and controversies, Pakistan’s first greenfield airport is expected to be operational for international and domestic flights from April 20, media reports...

Four private schools shut down in Quetta for two days in...

QUETTA: Four private schools situated on Zarghoon Road and Airport Road in Quetta have been directed to close down for two days due to...

Malala’s school: A symbol of change in deeply conservative region

SHANGLA: Dozens of girls in grey-and-white uniforms trooped into a building beneath a pine-covered ridge in Pakistan's mountainous Shangla district for classes at the...