ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly on Tuesday approved “The Control of Narcotics Substance (Amendment) Bill, 2022,” abolishing death sentence for illicit trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic drugs. Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar proposed the amendment to the law, which ...

*QUETTA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday claimed to have shot dead four members of the proscribed organisation in Quetta. * As per details, the CTD team met an encounter with terrorists in Quetta’s Hazarganji area, when their truck was asked to stop at the checkpost. The ...

Kabul, April 3 (AFP/APP):The Taliban's supreme leader on Sunday ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the hardline Islamist government would crack down on farmers planting the crop. Afghanistan is the world's biggest producer of poppies, the source of sap that is refined ...

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Thursday recovered 1.970 kg heroin from a Birmingham-bound passenger who wanted to take the drug to the United Kingdom from New Islamabad International Airport, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. The drug was secretly hidden in the hotpots of the accused ...

DELHI – India's largest port operator has announced to not handle cargo from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan from November 15. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone in a statement on Monday said its “trade advisory will apply to all terminals operated by (Adani Ports) and including third party ...

CAIRO – An Egyptian court has sentenced seven Pakistanis to death for smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea. Reports in international media cited that a court in the Arab world's most populous country sentenced seven Pakistanis, two Egyptians, and an Iranian citizen to death. The ruling ...

Drug dealers, contract killers, pedophiles: The darknet is too often associated with crime. But it’s also an essential space for freedom of expression. Surfing online without leaving any traces: It’s possible on the darknet, where websites can be visited anonymously, in encrypted form — and ...

KARACHI: Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has seized large quantity of drugs in a successful anti-narcotics operation in the sea. In a media briefing over the anti-narcotics operation, Deputy Director General PMSA said that in a joint operation with Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Customs in ...

ISLAMABAD: The Airport Security Force (ASF) arrested Monday two men at the Islamabad airport for attempting to smuggle drugs to Saudi Arabia. Muzaffar and Muneer had swallowed more than 30 heroin capsules before boarding the plane. They were handed over to the Anti-Force Force (ANF) and a first ...

WASHINGTON: The Taliban’s burgeoning financial might could make the militant group immune to pressure from the international community as it negotiates a role in postwar Afghanistan, according to a confidential report commissioned by NATO and obtained by RFE/RL. The Taliban “has achieved, or ...