LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that maintenance of law and order and elimination of crime is the prime responsibility of police and it should perform its duties with commitment and dedication. He said that satisfactory law and order situation is necessary for promotion of ...

BAHAWALPUR District Police Officer of Bahawalpur Sohail Zafar Chattha suspended SHO Samasatta Ghulam Rasool Bhatti and SHO Musafir Khana Police Station Azeem Bhatti on poor performance, and said that it is the duty of every policeman to ensure security of the citizens. "Police officials should work ...

MULTANJamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch said on Wednesday that the PML-N was equally responsible for the black era of Zardari, adding that the PML-N was equally responsible for the crimes committed by Zardari.Addressing corner meetings in his constituency NA-149, he said how those ...

THE HAGUEDarfur rebel leader Saleh Jerbo, charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court, has been killed in the western Sudanese region, his defence team said."The defence of Mr Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus hereby notifies the trial chamber, with great sadness... that Mr Jerbo died in ...

When chilling crimes happen, our reactions are chilling too. There are terrorist attacks, mass murders, and crimes against humanity. There are gruesome crimes against individual men, women and children. Crimes are part of our own societies and cultures. The way we react to crimes tell us who we ...

RAWALPINDI - Unknown dacoits on Monday deprived a Major of Pakistan Army of cash and mobile phone at gunpoint in the limits of Police Station (PS) Race Course, besides hitting four other localities swaging cash, gold, mobile phones, motorcycles and valuables.Police, as usual, filed cases on the ...

ISLAMABAD - Inspector General of Police Islamabad has served show cause notices to police officers after surge in crimes during last three months in the federal capital.  Sources said IG Islamabad held a meeting with station house officers (SHO) of Kohsar, Shalimar, Ramna, Margalla, Koral, ...

A total of 22 prisoners involved in petty criminal cases have been released on the order by District & Session Judge. District & Session Judge Rawalpindi Nazir Ahmed Gujana issued the order during his visit to Adiala Jail Rawalpindi, a handout said on Sunday. According to the Acting ...

ISLAMABAD – After the issue was highlighted globally through the Oscar Award winning documentary, Saving Face, Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), Pakistan, has called for a comprehensive legislation to eradicate acid and burn crimes from the country.To eradicate acid and burn crimes from ...

WARBURTON - Nankana Sahib District Police Officer Dr Haider Ashraf said that improvement in patrolling system had resulted in decrease of crimes. Talking to media after visiting Warburton Police Station the other day, he said that the people who registered misled and wrong cases against innocent ...

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj was back in court Thursday on war crimes charges after appeal judges found witnesses were intimidated during his original 10-month trial. Haradinaj, 43, the most senior Kosovo leader to stand trial at the ICTY, is being retried with ...

BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia on Wednesday arrested Goran Hadzic, the one-time Croatian Serb rebel leader accused of overseeing mass murder and the last remaining fugitive wanted by the UN war crimes court in The Hague. Hadzic, 52, faces 14 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes for the murder ...

Serbian state TV has apologised for its role as a propagandist in the war 16 years ago. In the TV business, we speak of booking a big name for a highly rated TV appearance as a get. It took years to get Osama bin Laden although, in his case, his views were not wanted; he made more news - and ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - A total of 5,080 people have been convicted of terrorism crimes in Saudi Arabia, where Al-Qaeda launched a campaign in 2003 to overthrow the Western-allied monarchy, state media reported on Saturday. The reports did not give a time frame for the convictions. Saudi Arabia, with ...

ISLAMABAD Despite the tall claims of Islamabad Police that it have arrested hundreds of drug peddlers, outlaws, car thieves, proclaimed offenders and dacoits, the crime rate in first quarter of 2011 has increased as compared to the same period of 2010. The ratio of criminals arrested during this ...

The Adivasis of Assam, whose ancestors had settled down in the land 'around 150 years ago after they were forcefully brought from the states of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, West Bengal and Orissa, have been facing state sponsored crimes since independence of India. They had been enjoying ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Liberian president Charles Taylor snubbed his war crimes trial for a second day on Wednesday, prompting judges to adjourn the case as they consider whether to allow a defence appeal over key documentation. Taylor, the first African ruler to stand trial for war crimes, ...

ISLAMABAD List of beneficiaries of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) released by Ministry of Law and Justice on Saturday took the top politicians of the state to task and perceived them as black sheep of the society. Some 34 politicians have been ranked first in the list of some 8,041 ...

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Former Serb army commander Predrag Kujundzic was convicted of crimes against humanity - including murder and rape - by Bosnias war crimes court on Friday and sentenced to 22 years in jail. Judge Saban Maksumic said the court found Kujundzic, 48, guilty of committing and ...

Indian troops on Saturday foiled an infiltration bid by a group of armed militants, who tried to enter a border district in held Kashmir under the cover of firing by the Pakistani forces, a BSF spokesman said. Pakistani Rangers opened fire on Chak Fagwari Border Out Post (BOP) along the ...

TRIPOLI (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday sent an envoy to seek Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's support against legal moves over the conflict in Darfur, the state news agency JANA reported. Vice-President Ali Usman Muhammad Taha briefed Gaddafi on the legal action undertaken by ...