PARIS - Thieves have made off with a high-priced necklace made by Switzerland's De Grisogono in the second jewellery theft at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the company said on Thursday."A necklace was stolen during the Cannes festival and we are working with the authorities," a De Grisogono ...

HAFIZABADElectricity wire pilferers have become proactive in the area since May 1 and they stole away over head 11-KV cable from ten electricity towers worth million of rupees in the vicinity of 20 villages including Mangat Uncha, Hanjranwanwala, Jurian, Kot Hassan Khan, Karyala, Chak Diwan, Bhaka ...

CANNES - Jewellery worth more than $1 million due to be loaned to stars at the Cannes Film Festival was stolen from a local hotel in a pre-dawn heist on Friday but the coveted Palme d’Or trophy was safe, officials said.In a scenario itself worthy of a movie, thieves entered the hotel room of ...

lahore - Saghir Tahir, a civil engineer and an expert in energy conservation, has stressed upon the need of introducing energy codes, saying the government should also focus on energy conservation along with exploration. Talking to TheNation here on Tuesday, Tahir held that the past governments in ...

LAHORE - Pak-UK Chamber of Commerce & Industry President Razi Khan has urged upon the authorities to reduce 44 per cent losses and thefts in the electricity being produced in the country. The government is required to follow a strict policy to curb this menace and also benefit from Independent ...

ISLAMABAD - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has announced reward money for those law-abiding citizens who would bring to the notice of the bureau about the cases of electricity thefts, illegal connections as well as misuse of authority by officials of power distribution companies ...

Sabir Baloch  ISLAMABAD (APP) – Deputy Chairman Senate Sabir Ali Baloch on Monday expressed displeasure over the recent theft cases reported in the Parliament Lodges and ordered the concerned quarters to carry out a detailed inquiry in this regard. Deputy Chairman Senate Sabir Ali Baloch ...

Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar has made it clear that the government will take stern action against electricity theft. In an interview‚ he said the government will no more privatize any power company. He said after the dissolution of FESCO the problems arose between ...

KARACHI –  SSGC’s teams seized thousands feet long plastic pipe network providing gas to illegal users SSGC has embarked upon a massive disconnection operation against the illegal gas connections in its franchise area of the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. Subsequently the ...

ISLAMABAD - The government seems failed to protect the basic rights of the citizens as the masses are at least paying extra amount of Rs 40 billion annually on behalf of electricity thieves in terms of paying their bills but no action is being taken against the culprits. TheNation reliably learnt ...

ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has prepared a draft bill seeking amendments in Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (PPC) and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898(Cr. PC) to end the menace of oil and gas theft along with subversive activities inflicting financial losses to the government ...

RENALA KHURD (APP) - The City police have registered a case against the son of a former MPA Ijaz Ahmad Khan on the charge of electricity stealing here on Wednesday. According to FIR, Rao Fayyaz Ali Khan son of Rao Ijaz Ahmad Khan (a former MPA) had been stealing electricity direct from local power ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Pakistan Muthida Kisan Mahaz (PMKM) has accused the federal government, particularly the President House, of intervening in water distribution among provinces by the Indus River System Authority (IRSA). PMKM chief Muhammad Ayub Khan Mayo while addressing a press conference here ...

JAVAID-UR-RAHMAN ISLAMABAD - Giving another blow to the Communications Ministry already under tremendous financial pressure for last some years, the theft of fence wire at M-1 (Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway project) caused around over Rs 90 million loss to the national exchequer. The report released ...

The driver and a gunman of the Gilgit-Baltistan finance minister were arrested Monday for an alleged theft of precious artefacts, reported a private TV channel. The precious statues and stones, gifted by the Chinese government, were installed at Ganesh Bridge at River Hunza near Karakurram Highway. ...

KARACHI - In last one year, the KESC suffered a loss of Rs110 million from the incidents of copper wire theft, Naveed Ismail, CEO of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) said. Addressing a Press briefing, he said that not only such negative acts render financial loss to the utility, but caused ...

LAHORE - The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited is facing line losses of at least Rs 8 billion mainly due to gas theft at CNG stations and industrial units. This was stated by the SNGPL Employees Union CBA President Zulfiqar Afghani while talking to the media here at a press conference on ...