Tag: arrest
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Crackdown on PTI leadership for violating new law
A crackdown has been launched against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) top leadership for allegedly violating the new Public Order law during the September 8 rally at Sangjani. The capital police registered multiple cases against 25 leaders, resulting in the arrest of prominent PTI figures, including Sher Afzal Marwat, Advocate Shoaib Shaheen, Chief Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)…
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Fact Check: Viral video of Mahrang Baloch’s arrest actually from 2020
A video circulated on social media on Thursday shows Baloch activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch being dragged into a police van, suggesting that she has been arrested. Dawn.com, however, conducted a fact check and confirmed that the video is from 2020. This spread of misinformation coincides with renewed unrest in Balochistan following protests by the Baloch…
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Crackdown begins on anti-state content on social media
A crackdown has been launched against people sharing anti-state content on social media. So far, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two suspects from Rawalpindi. The FIA inquiry is aimed at people involved in propaganda against Pakistan’s military institutions and important personalities. FIA teams conducted raids at various locations in Rawalpindi and arrested two…
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‘You’re asking the cat who drank the cream’; Fawad Chaudhry jokes about PM’s inquiry commission
Former federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has quipped that the commission to investigate the six judges’ letter is akin to “asking a cat to investigate who has drank the milk.” Chaudhry had been detained by authorities on graft charges since November 2023. His office page on X, formerly Twitter, posted the video of him being…
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Supreme Court grants conditional permission for military courts to announce May 9 verdicts
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has granted conditional permission to military courts to announce reserved verdicts in cases related to civilians allegedly involved in the May 9 riots. The directive came during a hearing on a set of intra-court appeals (ICAs) against the apex court’s previous ruling nullifying military trials of civilians connected to the…
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‘Stop arresting journalists’; Supreme Court orders FIA
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, issued a directive instructing the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to refrain from arresting any journalists until the next hearing of the suo motu case concerning the alleged harassment of media personnel. During the hearing, the lawyer for the Press Association of…
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Five May 9 suspects arrested again after bail from SC
Five workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) involved in the May 9 riots, who were earlier granted bail by the Supreme Court, have been arrested again under 16 MPO (Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960). The MPO order was issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Rawalpindi after which they were arrested. Last night, they were…
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Imran Riaz is missing again: Three possible reasons why we don’t know where he is right now
Youtuber Imran Riaz Khan is under arrest once again and Pakistanis have a lot to say The reason for YouTuber Imran Riaz Khan’s arrest is currently disputed. The journalist was arrested Thursday night. Here are three possibilities behind his arrest: 1. Earlier, Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cybercrime Wing had summoned Khan and journalist Asad Toor,…
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Cashier arrested after allegedly stealing more than three crore in banking fraud
Ghulam Muhammad, alleged to be involved in stealing more than three crores in banking fraud, has been arrested from Karachi. The Commercial Banking Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) conducted a raid to arrest Ghulam Muhammad. pic.twitter.com/F1WAiFxfdE — Federal Investigation Agency – FIA (@FIA_Agency) January 12, 2024 According to Director FIA Karachi Zone Zaeem…
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Sheikh Rashid’s bail gets extended
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has granted an extension to the interim bail of former federal minister Sheikh Rashid in connection with 10 cases related to the May 9 riots. The bail has now been extended until December 9, following a hearing presided over by ATC Judge Malik Ejaz Asif. During the proceedings, the…