ISLAMABAD: The federal immigration authority blocked nearly 40,000 passengers from boarding scheduled flights last year, part of an aggressive and expanding enforcement campaign that officials say has disrupted criminal smuggling networks and reduced the number of Pakistanis dying on illegal migration routes to Europe and the Middle East.
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PTI politicians blocked, detained and expelled as GB votes in a week
ISLAMABAD: With barely a week to go before legislative elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan’s mountainous northern territory is rapidly becoming the focus of a deepening political crisis — one involving airport blockades, expelled lawmakers, disputed detentions, and now a formal appeal to the judiciary.
Pakistan marks nuclear anniversary with pledge of deterrence, not aggression
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared Thursday that Pakistan “harbors no aggressive intentions” against any country as the nation observed the 28th anniversary of its nuclear tests, a milestone that transformed it into the world’s newest declared atomic power and reshaped the balance of terror in South Asia.
Sindh shatters heat record with 51.5°C in Dadu as UN predicts years of record global heat
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said on Thursday that the country had set a new temperature record, with the mercury soaring to 51.5 degrees Celsius in the southern district of Dadu in Sindh province.
IHC halts demolition threat at One Constitution Avenue amid high-profile ownership dispute
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday barred the Capital Development Authority from evicting residents of One Constitution Avenue, a luxury residential and commercial tower in the heart of Pakistan’s capital, issuing a stay on intra-court appeals until the full case can be heard.
17 killed as speeding coach slams into broken-down bus on Pakistan’s Swat Expressway
MARDAN: At least 17 people were killed and seven others injured on Monday when a speeding passenger coach slammed into a bus parked on the shoulder of the Swat Expressway after suffering a mechanical breakdown, rescue officials said.
Karachi court sends alleged drug queenpin Anmol ‘Pinky’ to jail on 14-day judicial remand in narcotics and murder cases
KARACHI: A local court on Friday ordered alleged drug queenpin Anmol, better known as Pinky, to be held in judicial custody for 14 days as she faces more than a dozen criminal cases, including narcotics trafficking, illegal weapons possession and murder.
Two schoolboys killed in drone strike in Bajaur
BAJAUR: Two schoolboys were killed Thursday when a quadcopter drone struck a hilly area of Bajaur district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local residents and officials said.
Israel deports all foreign activists from Gaza-bound flotilla after global condemnation of their treatment in custody
ISLAMABAD: Israel deported all the foreign activists it seized from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Thursday, hours after an international outcry over images of the detainees kneeling bound and hooded on the ground and reports of rough treatment in custody.
PM Sharif hosts Aga Khan V on first visit since ascension, pledges deeper cooperation on climate and development
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V to a breakfast meeting in Islamabad on Thursday, the new spiritual leader’s first trip to Pakistan since he became the 50th hereditary Imam of the global Ismaili Muslim community earlier this year.