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Video of customs officer demanding bribe goes viral; suspended

LAHORE: A customs official was fired after a video of him demanding a bribe from a passenger went viral. Imran, a customs officer at the Lahore airport, is seen in the video requesting a bribe from a traveler. A traveler carrying $9,500 and headed for Canada was being held up by a customs inspector who was demanding $100. In case…

Murder suspect of three sisters makes surprising revelations

MUZAFFARGARH: On Saturday, the youngster who murdered his three minor sisters in Muzaffargarh made surprising revelations regarding the crimes.  Basit, the suspect, stated that he intended to murder the entire family. He claimed that after seeing his mother’s face, he changed his mind about killing her. The suspect declined to respond to the question about killing his sisters. Three sisters…

IUB chief security officer arrested for having drugs, objectionable videos

A day after the varsity’s chief of security was held for reportedly having crystal meth and ‘objectionable’ films and photographs of IUB students and staff, police in Lahore and Bahawalpur detained another official of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB) on drug allegations on Saturday. A “group of teachers” at the university, however, were allegedly involved in the sale of…

Zhob attack: ‘TTP terrorists used American weapons, uniforms’

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants used US weapons left in Afghanistan during the attack in Balochistan’s Zhob, according to people acquainted with the situation. In a clearance operation in northern Balochistan, five terrorists were killed and nine Pakistan Army soldiers were slain after militants launched a “dastardly attack” on the Zhob garrison. “In total, five terrorists were killed during the operation,”…

PTA blocks 43 loan apps in response to Rawalpindi suicide case

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) took immediate action on Monday in reaction to a recent suicide case in Rawalpindi by barring 43 loan apps. This action was taken in response to the Ministry of Information Technology’s directive to combat scammers and bogus applications in the country. Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Amin ul Haque expressed concern over…

‘Rapist’ eludes police custody in Jhelum

JHELUM: On Sunday, a “rapist” who was in police custody in Punjab’s Jhelum fled the scene. Sources claim that after being detained, the man named Kamran who was charged with raping a woman managed to elude the police team. Eight days ago, Kamran was detained by Saddar police after the rape allegations against him were validated in the rape victim’s…

Woman allegedly raped at Margalla Hills’ hiking trail in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: A man allegedly raped a woman at gunpoint on a hiking trail in the Margalla Hills, inside the jurisdiction of the Kohsar police station, it was revealed on Saturday. The FIR was filed in the early hours of the morning at Islamabad’s Kohsar police station on the rape survivor’s allegation under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Pakistan…

More boys subjected to sexual abuse than girls in Punjab: report

LAHORE: A report from the Punjab Home Department raised grave concern over the province’s rising child abuse crime rate, finding that more males are sexually abused than girls. The study, which was created based on the number of such occurrences recorded from January to June 15, 2023, indicated that 1,390 cases of child abuse were reported in the province in…

Customs officers arrested by FIA in mega corruption scandal

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Friday that it had apprehended two Pakistan Customs officials involved in the Officer’s mega corruption scam. Tariq Mahmood and Yawar Abbass, who were missing last week, were apprehended on their way to Islamabad. According to FIA officials, the arrested Pakistan Customs agents used to collect money from smugglers in exchange for clearing…

FIA offloads Qatar-bound passenger over fake documents

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) detained a Qatar-bound passenger at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Friday for possessing forged travel credentials. According to the information, the traveler, Jasim, was attempting to go to Qatar on a forged Pakistani passport. When the vigilance team suspected that he was traveling with forged documents, they asked him to display them. Federal…