ADEN: Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition seized the main road linking the port city of Hodeidah to the capital Sanaa, blocking a key supply route for the Houthi group that…
BEIRUT: An Islamic State group affiliate seized a village in southern Syria overnight from rebels who had agreed to a regime takeover, a Britain-based monitor said Thursday. Much of the southern province…
Indian authorities said on Saturday they seized a farmhouse, a solar power plant and land belonging to billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi, at the center of an alleged $1.8 billion fraud against Punjab…
The Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) seized huge quantity of drugs during a crackdown in Pishin on Sunday. According to details, the ANF on a tip-off raided a house in Khanozai locality of…
A vehicle loaded with a huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized in Rawalpindi late Thursday night. According to Rawalpindi police spokesman, the police raided in Nasirabad area and recovered a…
Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Wednesday seized more than 20 kilogrammes of heroin during raids conducted in the city. According to the ANF spokesman, about 20 kgs of heroin worth billions of rupees…
Police claimed to have foiled a major bid of terrorism by seizing an explosive-laden auto rickshaw in Quetta, the capital of the restive Balochistan province on Monday evening. Deputy Inspector General Police…
Libya’s National Transitional Council combatants celebrated Tuesday as the new regime seized the police headquarters in the centre of Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte after the toppled leader’s loyalists deserted it. They then…
Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested 36 Indian fishermen and seized 10 boats for illegal fishing in Pakistani territorial waters in Indus Delta. “The seizure took place on September 4, but…
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Wednesday foiled a smuggling bid and arrested a person with 13kg heroin at Benazir Bhutto International Airport. An official said that a passenger, Kamran Ali, arrived at…
North Korea seized a resort jointly run with the South on Monday, state media reported, in a move likely to ramp up tensions even as Pyongyang seeks to ease relations with the…
The Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) seized fertilizers worth Rs 88 million, a trolley, car, motorcycle and three pistols in various cases across the province and helped 621 travelers in different districts. According…
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has seized the accounts of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on charges of embezzlement and not submitting billions in government dues and taxes, Pakistan Today…
KARACHI – The Pakistan Customs Drug Enforcement Cell (DEC), Karachi Airport Unit seized 1.5kg heroin concealed in children’s jackets inside a postal parcel. The Customs DEC staff, while clearing the outgoing international parcels at the Pakistan Post’s Express Mail Service at Shahrah-e-Faisal, intercepted a parcel booked from Gulshan-e-Iqbal Post Office for an address in Birmingham, UK.
A thorough search of the parcel led to the recovery of 500 grams of fine quality heroin in
KUALA LUMPUR – Rory McIlroy smashed the longest drive of his career as he put his U.S. Masters meltdown behind him to fire an opening round three-under-par 69 at the Malaysian Open on Thursday. All eyes were on McIlroy after he blew a four-shot lead at Augusta on Sunday with huge crowds putting up with stifling temperatures in Kuala Lumpur to follow the Northern Irishman. Looking fresh in his white outfit despite his long flight, McIlroy carded a promising opening round to finish five
KARACHI – The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has apprehended three boats – Al-Hakeemi, Al-Haleemi and Al-Mubashar – and arrested 33 crewmembers for smuggling Iranian fuel. A PMSA ship, while carrying out routine patrolling in the western maritime region, seized the three Pakistani boats that were carrying 80,000 litres of Iranian diesel, said a press release issued by the PMSA on Sunday. It said that the boats and the 33 crewmembers were handed over to the Customs
KARACHI – The Pakistan Customs’ Drug Enforcement Cell-Karachi Airport Unit has recovered four kilogrammes of synthetic psychotropic drugs worth millions of rupees from the suitcase of a Malaysian youth.
Muhammad Rizwan, who was leaving for Penang, Malaysia, was intercepted at the International Departure Hall on suspicion. Since Rizwan could not furnish the authorities with satisfactory responses to their queries and was arousing suspicion in them with his body language, his
