Tag: Theft
NA bill makes oil and gas theft a crime
The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2011 making oil and gas theft a non-bail able offence with maximum...
Inquiry report on illegal supply of electricity shelved
Inquiry report on embezzlement of million of rupees through illegal supply of electricity to factories in tribal areas and FATA has been shelved.
Federal...
Power theft campaign
Ministry of Water and Power has launched an anti-theft campaign on electronic and print media encouraging the people to call in those consumers who...
Opposition urges govt to overcome electricity theft
Opposition in the National Assembly has strongly urged to contain the rampant electricity theft, by getting rid of corrupt WAPDA officials, who had been...
Major involved in theft of copper wire dismissed from service
The army on Wednesday said it had dismissed from service a major involved in theft of copper wire from a freight train.
“Major Ayub, who...
Railway Bogie theft case: Major Ayub dismissed
Major Ayub, who was found guilty of theft of copper wire in a Railway Bogie, has been dismissed from the service.
According to Inter Services...
Govt devising laws to curb gas theft
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Secretary Ijaz Chaudhry on Monday informed the special committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the government...
SNGPL aiding gas theft
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) is providing “relief” to gas thieves by not disconnecting gas connections properly, sources in the company told Pakistan...
Riots were about theft, not politics: British PM
The riots which tore through London and other major English cities for four days had nothing to do with politics or protest but were...
Malik forms team to probe theft of 5,634 passports
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has ordered the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe into the alleged theft of 5,634 passports from...
Rehman Malik orders probe into theft of 5634 passports
Federal Minister for Interior, Senator Rehman Malik has ordered a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe into the theft of 5634 passports from the...
Man jailed over rare Harry Potter book theft
A man has been jailed after he admitted stealing a limited first edition Harry Potter book from an art gallery.
Kevin McGirr, 40, had been...
Software theft hits $217m in 2010
The value of PC software theft in Pakistan stood at $217 million in 2010. This was announced by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an...
FESCO seeks police help to check transformers’ theft
The FESCO authorities have decided to remove substandard power poles and dangerous tangled wires from the residential areas as they are not only a...
Car-lifters’ gang busted
The Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) has busted an alleged gang of car-lifters and arrested 16 of its members. "The ACLC has recovered 12...
FESCO introducing device to check transformers’ theft
FAISALABAD - Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) has announced to introduce a state-of-the-art anti-theft device called Global Positioning System (GPS) Technology to check the theft of its installations, including transformers and wires.
The decision was taken following a growing number of thefts in which transformers and wires worth millions of rupees were stolen by unscrupulous elements. Addressing 77th meeting of FESCO's Board of Directors, Chairman Nadeem Aftab Sindhu
The decision was taken following a growing number of thefts in which transformers and wires worth millions of rupees were stolen by unscrupulous elements. Addressing 77th meeting of FESCO's Board of Directors, Chairman Nadeem Aftab Sindhu
SNGPL IGNORANT OF GAS THEFT – Illegal gas supply to 40...
LAHORE - As many as 40 houses in the Zia Colony, Township are involved in gas theft and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) management has turned a blind eye to the situation, Pakistan Today learnt on Thursday. The colony's survey by Pakistan Today reveals that an illegal meter is installed in the colony and the rest of the houses are getting gas from it. Sources said that SNGPL officials are accommodating those gas connections and, despite repeated complaints, are not disconnecting