—ECC approves price hike of Rs2 per unit which will generate Rs150bn annually —Prepaid meters to be introduced as govt launches crackdown on power theft ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee…
PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested an accused involved in the murder of a policeman during a crackdown here on Tuesday. On a tip-off regarding presence of wanted criminal, the security agency conducted…
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police plan to arrest more than 100 suspected militants in a bid to prevent retaliatory attacks after a radical cleric linked to Islamic State was sentenced to death, the…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police has launched a crackdown against one wheelers and impounded several motorcycles. During the special anti-one wheeling drive, check posts have been installed at various places to keep the…
DHAKA: Shootouts across Bangladesh left nine alleged drug dealers dead Thursday, police said, as authorities stepped up a crackdown that now has claimed at least 52 lives in 10 days and drawn…
–Dozens injured, arrested in use of force against protesters on Cooper Road –Tear gas, water cannons used to disperse protesters aiming to besiege PA building LAHORE: Provincial capital’s Cooper Road on Thursday became…
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Friday sealed 24 premises and imposed fines totalling Rs 638,000 on 90 others, according to latest reports. Warning notices were also issued to more than 600…
LAHORE: Property dealers protest at Mall Road Lahore ended after police launched a crackdown against the participants of the sit-in late Thursday night. A heavy contingent of police descended upon the protestors after…
KARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Ejaz Ahmed Khan on Friday ordered a crackdown against retailers and wholesalers who refused to sell milk at government-approved price of Rs85 per litre and called for immediate action against those…
JAKARTA: Indonesia must clamp down on rising intolerance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the United Nations human rights chief warned on Wednesday, as the persecuted minority face a…
KARACHI: Karachi police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested 20 suspects, including seven street criminals in different search operations. According to police sources, during search operations in Zaman town, Sir Syed, Soldier…
NEW JERSEY: A naturalised American from India has been stripped of his United States citizenship, the first case under a government initiative designed to clamp down on fraudulent immigration, widened under the…
LAHORE: Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has started a crackdown against illegal bottled water companies and sealed 11 plants, discarding their total stock on the spot. The PSQCA took action…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah said on Tuesday that the process of lifting garbage and cleaning the city has been started but “all the institutions have to extend their…
KARACHI: Members of the Sindh apex committee on Wednesday decided in principle to forward 28 terrorism-related cases to military courts. Chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, the apex committee meeting…
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Sunday sealed various food points, production units and water filtration plants in a province-wide crackdown. At least six renowned fish vendors in Lahore were sealed for using expired and used…
LAHORE: The Lahore City Traffic Police (CTP) has decided to crackdown against vehicles with fake, fancy, inauthentic and non-present number plates. This was decided in a meeting chaired by CCPO Lahore Capt (retd)…
