KARACHI: Pakistani authorities have dismantled what they described as an international cyber fraud ring responsible for swindling victims out of an estimated $60 million through elaborate online investment schemes, arresting 15 foreign nationals and 19 Pakistanis in a series of raids last week, officials said on Thursday.
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Military leadership says ‘malicious interests, political or otherwise’, will not be tolerated
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military leadership on Wednesday issued a stern warning against efforts to undermine national unity, explicitly rejecting links between terrorism, crime and political interests, amid escalating tensions with former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party.
PM Sharif offers talks to jailed Imran Khan’s party but rules out pressure tactics
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday renewed his invitation for talks with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, insisting that dialogue could proceed only on legitimate issues and warning against any attempts at blackmail, as political tensions continued to roil the country amid deepening economic woes and polarization.
Opposition alliance tests unity with plans for protest and talks
ISLAMABAD: The fractured opposition alliance gathered in Islamabad on Sunday and vowed to escalate protests against the government, announcing nationwide strikes on the second anniversary of disputed elections and demanding the release of jailed leaders, including former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Sons of Imran Khan accuse authorities of using ‘torture tactics’ in his imprisonment
ISLAMABAD: The sons of Imran Khan, the jailed founder of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, have accused the authorities of subjecting their father to isolation and harsh conditions that they described as “clear torture tactics,” intensifying concerns over his treatment more than two years into his incarceration.
Pakistan warns of crop losses as India disrupts Jhelum flows days after Chenab manipulation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused India on Friday of deliberately disrupting the flow of the Jhelum River by abruptly holding and releasing water from upstream hydroelectric projects, a move that officials said was exacerbating a water crisis already straining the country’s vast agricultural heartland after similar fluctuations in the Chenab River.
Pakistan denies report of army chief’s planned talks with Trump on Gaza force
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday flatly denied reports that the country’s top military leader, Field Marshal Asim Munir, planned to travel soon to Washington for talks with President Donald J. Trump, potentially on a proposed multinational force to stabilise Gaza.
Imran Khan’s sisters charged with terrorism after protest over denied jail meeting
RAWALPINDI: The sisters of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister, were among 400 people charged with terrorism and other offences on Wednesday after the police dispersed a sit-in outside the jail where he is held, escalating a confrontation over access to the jailed opposition leader.
Police use water cannons to break up protest over denied access to imprisoned Imran Khan
RAWALPINDI: Police deployed water cannons early on Wednesday to break up a sit-in by supporters of the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan outside Adiala jail, where his family and party members have been repeatedly denied court-ordered meetings, escalating tensions over what his party calls a blatant disregard for judicial authority.
Supporters, sisters of Imran Khan hold sit-in outside jail, demanding court-ordered visits
RAWALPINDI: Sisters of Imran Khan, the imprisoned founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, and hundreds of party supporters staged a sit-in outside Adiala jail on Tuesday, pressing for access to the former prime minister in line with a court order that has gone unheeded for weeks.