Tag: Suspects

RIYADH - Saudi authorities announced Sunday a list of 47 people wanted for suspected links to Al-Qaeda who are all abroad, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.
"Authorities have identified 47 wanted Saudis who are abroad and who adopt the deviant ideology," the ministry said, using the kingdom's term for the Al-Qaeda terror network. The interior ministry said that it has passed the list to the international police, Interpol, and advised the

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday noted that the date of a summary of advice, issued from the Prime Minister's Office to the president to promulgate the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2010, seemed to have been tampered with.
"Prima facie, it appears that the letter written by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to President Asif Ali Zardari to approve and sign the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 was tampered with," Chief Justice Iftikhar

KARACHI - Members of the extended family of Waseem Shahzad, who was accused in October of alleged blasphemy in Malir, have appealed to the government for justice and protection after the brutal assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
Shahzad and his immediate family had gone underground and later left the country, after an ambiguous organisation called 'Muhibaan-e Quran Pakistan', backed by Sindh Zakat and Ushr Minister Muhammad Sajid Jokhio, had accused him of using

LONDON - British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who was once described by Steven Spielberg as "probably the best actor in the world," has died at the age of 64.
The distinguished character actor passed away in hospital Sunday after a long battle with cancer, according to longtime friend Andrew Richardson. Spielberg used Postlethwaite twice, in "Amistad" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." In 2007, the actor disputed Spielberg's high praise, telling, "I'm sure what Spielberg actually

ISTANBUL - Turkish police have detained 10 suspected Al Qaeda militants who they believe were planning an attack ahead of New Year, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.
The agency said the suspects, eight of whom were detained in anti-terror raids in the northwestern city of Bursa on Wednesday, were expected to be brought before a court on Friday.
A further two people were detained in Istanbul and taken to Bursa, the agency said. Bursa police said in a statement that

COPENHAGEN - Three terror suspects were remanded in custody by a Danish court Thursday in connection with a foiled attack plot on a newspaper that published caricatures of Prophet Mohammed.
"The court has complied with the prosecution's request for custody for four weeks, the first two weeks in isolation," Lykke Soerensen, who heads the legal department of the Danish intelligence agency PET, said on television channel TV2. "We believe there are grounds for isolation," she said,

PESHAWAR: In the first ever drone attack in Khyber Agency, a US unmanned aircraft targeted a vehicle in Speen Drang area of Bara tehsil's Tirah valley on Thursday, killing seven suspected militants, tribal officials said.
The officials said a US drone fired a missile at a pick-up truck carrying seven suspected militants.
"The militants were said to be members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, and were from Waziristan and Swat areas," a security official said.
Locals

NAIROBI: Several hundred people protested in Kenya's capital on Thursday over the naming of suspects in election violence by the International Criminal Court (ICC), but a human rights group said those named should quit their posts.
The Hague-based court on Wednesday said three Kenyan cabinet ministers and a former police chief helped mastermind the deadly violence that rocked the east African country following disputed presidential elections in December 2007.
The news did

ISLAMABAD: Having learnt about the lukewarm response of police towards the accused of conducting a drag race that killed five and injured two people, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed the Punjab police chief to arrest them all four accused and report in court today (Tuesday).
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday noted that "prima facie it indicates that without

LAHORE: Pakistan Today's expose on 'visa nepotism' inside the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has triggered a detailed inquiry and a massive reshuffle in the delegation department of the chamber. Sources indicate that this is a bid to suppress the leakage of classified information related to foreign delegations and visa referrals. The LCCI has taken strong action on the news story appeared on Friday, December 10, 2010, albeit in the wrong direction. Instead of trying to

NEW DELHI: India's home secretary says Pakistan's efforts to prosecute those behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks are a facade with Islamabad concerned that senior government officials might be implicated. In an interview published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, GK Pillai said India had provided Pakistan with extensive information on the identities of key conspirators behind the attacks.
Some of the most compelling evidence was garnered from interrogating David Headley, a

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench headed by Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Monday sought a reply from the Punjab home secretary until December 10 on a petition filed by accused terrorist Hijratullah against his solidarity confinement at the Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore.
The petitioner accused of carrying out the terrorist attack on the Manawan Police Training Centre in March 2009 submitted that authorities had put him in a dark cell and were treating him as

KARACHI: Investigators, looking into the attack on the head office of the Crime Investigation Department in Karachi, said on Friday that they are looking for two men - identified by eyewitnesses - believed to be involved in the terrorist act, and also released their sketches.
"Eyewitnesses confirmed that they saw the two men approach the CID building from the railway lines, located behind the office," an investigator said. The men escaped minutes before the explosion," a police

SANAA: Yemeni security forces were on Sunday searching for suspects who posted bombs on two US-bound flights after arresting a woman over an alleged Al-Qaeda plot that sparked a global air cargo alert.
The woman was detained on Saturday after being tracked down through a mobile number written on the explosives-filled packages, which were found on freighter jets in Britain and Dubai the day before, Yemeni officials said.
In the US, counter-terrorism chief John Brennan said on

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has admitted she often suspects men who want to date her of using her to become famous.
Kardashian who recently moved to New York to set up a new clothing boutique with her sister Kourtney, admitted she is happy to be single because she worries about the motives of men who try to romance her, reports a website.
"It's all a learning experience. I think I'm still trying to figure it out. That's why I think it's probably best for me to be single