APS attack survivor given ‘Point of Light’ award by UK PM
Army Public School (APS) Peshawar attack survivor Ahmad Nawaz was given the Point of Light award by the Prime Minister’s Office in the United Kingdom (UK) for rendering his services as an…
23 Pakistanis deported from UK for illegal stay
ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom deported 23 Pakistanis living illegally in the country on Thursday. They were sent back to Pakistan on a special flight that landed at the Islamabad International Airport. The Federal Investigation Agency…
FIA initiates probe against its former director Ghani
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday initiated an inquiry against its former director Inam Ghani for his alleged involvement in sending Afghan nationals to the United Kingdom (UK) on fake documents.…
UK govt funding Pakistan’s special courts prosecuting terror suspects: report
British taxpayers are funding prosecutions in Pakistan that have led to dozens of death sentences, according to newly disclosed details of a secretive UK aid programme, The Guardian reported. The documents reveal that the…
UK court hands down 18-year imprisonment to two Pakistanis over drugs smuggling
LONDON: A court in the United Kingdom (UK) on Sunday sentenced two Pakistani nationals involved in drugs smuggling. Asghar Khan and Rashid Mehmood used to smuggle drugs in clothes and were held by…
Pakistani billionaire named in insider trading case in UK
A multi-billionaire Pakistani national, Alshair Fiyaz, has been named in connection with allegations of market manipulation in a high-profile insider trading case at the Southwark Crown Court brought by the UK’s Financial…
UK gambling firms agree to stop advertising during live sports
LONDON: Some of the biggest gambling companies operating in Britain have agreed to stop advertising during live sports broadcasts such as football matches, the BBC reported on Thursday. The Remote Gambling Association,…
VIDEO: Ugly brawl disrupts CJP’s dams fund event in UK
An ugly brawl unsettled Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar’s dams fund event hosted in the United Kingdom (UK) by the UK Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (UKPCCI) where…
Brexit deal reached: May wins cabinet backing but critics rage
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said that she won her Cabinet’s backing for a draft divorce deal with the European Union after a “long, detailed and impassioned” marathon meeting Wednesday. The…
UK says it has reached draft Brexit deal with EU
LONDON: British and EU negotiators have reached a framework Brexit agreement that will be examined by the UK cabinet at an emergency meeting Wednesday, Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said. “Cabinet will…
UK urges Pakistan, India to resolve Kashmir issue through talks
SRINAGAR: The United Kingdom (UK) government urged Pakistan and India to sort out Kashmir conundrum through dialogue. According to a statement issued by a spokesperson of the UK foreign ministry, UK Foreign Minister…
UK armed police raid Sony Music HQ after double stabbing
LONDON: Armed police stormed into Sony Music’s offices in London on Friday after two people were stabbed in what the company said was a violent argument between two kitchen staff. Panicked employees were…
UK academic on spying charge in UAE released on bail
Britain’s Foreign Office says a UK academic who has been jailed in the United Arab Emirates for six months on spying allegations has been released on bail. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student in…
20 men, mostly of Pakistani origin, jailed in UK for sexual abuse of teenage girls
Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing more than a dozen girls in a northern England town, in what a judge called a “vile and wicked” campaign of exploitation. The…
Government to reopen corruption cases in UK: Shahzad Akbar
–MLA law to be presented before the cabinet –Pakistan seeks Germany’s help to get Swiss accounts details ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Sunday said that government…
UK says it will maintain existing EU sanctions after no-deal Brexit
LONDON: Britain will continue to enforce European Union economic sanctions in force when it leaves the bloc on March 29, even if it does not secure an exit deal, the government said…
UK govt ‘agrees not to favour EU workers after Brexit’
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed that EU citizens should not have preferential access to work in Britain compared to people from elsewhere after Brexit, media reports said on Tuesday. Ministers…