RawalpindiThe Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a bid of smuggling here at Benazir Bhutto International Airport and recovered more than 2-kg heroin from a smuggler, informed force spokesman on Tuesday.The smuggler, who was later identified as Malik Muhammad Faisal son of Malik Muhammad Shafi ...

KHYBER AGENCY  :  A bid to blow up a state-run primary school was foiled by defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown militants on Sunday here in Shakas area of tehsil Jamrud, sub-division of Khyber Agency. The sources said that on the information of local ...

RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Customs officials on Thursday foiled a bid of smuggling injections and tablets of different kinds in huge quantity at Benazir Bhutto Islamabad International Airport (BBIIAP) and arrested a smuggler.A case has been registered against the smuggler, identified as Muhammad Jamil ...

N’DJAMENA A foiled coup attempt in Chad has left several people dead while a number of others have been arrested in connection with what the government described as a “destabilisation plot” in the landlocked central African country, police sources said Thursday.A shootout broke ...

ISLAMABAD :-Custom officials on Thursday foiled a bid to smuggle 320 tortoises of endangered species to Thailand at Benazir Bhutto Islamabad International Airport (BBIIAP)  Customs Superintendent at BBIIAP Sohail Qureshi, while talking to media, said that the smuggler had packed the turtles in ...

PESHAWAR - Police foiled major sabotage bid by defusing five kilograms explosive device on Dawora Road here on FridayPolice said that the bomb was planted in front of the house of Assistant sub-inspector Mohammad Nawaz and its prime target was the concern police officer.  After the information ...

HAFIZABAD - Three persons were injured a an armed attempt to kidnap a five-year-old child in Doaba area here on Tuesday. The police have registered a case against the absconding accused. According to police source, Tasleem Pathani was married to Rafique Pathan in Kot Ladha and gave birth to Ali ...

 President Asif Ali Zardari has said that parliament had been strengthened and attempts to separate Pakistan’s provinces were foiled and forged unity among them by giving them their due rights. Addressing the Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Provincial Assembly on Monday, the first by a President, ...

MARDAN - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has vowed to thwart all ‘conspiracies against democracy’ with the support of the masses.From day one the PPP and its government had been facing conspiracies but “we foiled them all with the help of people”, Gilnai said, warning the ...

ISLAMABAD  – The officials of Customs at Benazir Bhutto International Airport here on Monday foiled the attempt to smuggle Antique Aircraft Guns and Machine Guns (Lewis Brand) to Ukraine worth millions of dollars in international market.  According to Archeology department, weaponry ...

KANGANPUR - Four unidentified dacoits barged into a private bank here the other day but their robbery bid was foiled.As per details, a band of robbers entered the bank at 12:45 in the afternoon and held the staff and clients hostage. They were about to rob when Manger Operation Muhammad Ashraf ...

KHYBER AGENCY - The security forces thwarted a terror bid in Sultan Khel area of Landikotal Saturday.Landikotal Assistant Political Agent Khalid Mumtaz Kundi said unknown people had planted a bomb and 16 mortar shells in a playground in Sultan Khel area. The security forces rushed to the site and ...

SHERGARH - The locals foiled a bid by six armed men to kidnap a young girl from Chah Daraan Wali, a suburban village, in the remit of Shergarh Police here the other day.Muhammad Abbas, son of Muhammad Sadiq, a resident of Chah Daran Wali, told the police that six armed men of the same locality ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The attempt of smuggling goods of millions of rupees was foiled by Anti Smuggling Organization Lahore. According to a press release issued by the spokesman, the ASO captured 6 smuggled vehicles of rupees 5.6 million. Besides, the team, under the supervision of assistant ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have detained seven accused insurgents in the capital of Kabul who planned to assassinate the vice-president and attack the citys presidential palace, officials said on Wednesday. Lutfullah Mashal, spokesman for the National Directorate of Security, said ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have foiled efforts of the militants in FATA and Swat regions to exploit the situation caused by recent unprecedented floods in the country to the best of their advantage and regroup themselves. Well-placed security sources informed TheNation on Tuesday that ...

PESHAWAR Yakatoot police, in a successful crackdown on a house in Aga Mir Jani Shah area, recovered valuable antiques worth billons of rupees and arrested one of the alleged smugglers, Amir, here on Tuesday. Sources said that police were informed that antiques worth billions of rupees were ...

RAWALPINDI (NNI) - Police recovered two loaded pistols and four cartridges from the possessions of two prisoners in Adiala Jail on Saturday morning and foiled the plot by some dangerous inmates to escape from the prison. According to a private television channel, following the recovery of the arms ...

QUETTA - People and personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) on Friday foiled an attempt of kidnapping a Hindu child and arrested an accused person red-handed in Quetta on Friday. According to details, Grupreet, 5, was on his way home alongwith her sister on Patel Road of the City when a person held them ...

TWO German children - aged six and seven - have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, reports say. The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed bathing costumes, sunglasses and a lilo and headed for the airport. They even had the presence of ...