In Islamabad, the National Assembly was informed that over 20,000 Pakistanis are currently imprisoned in 88 countries around the world. During the National Assembly session, it was revealed that among these prisoners, 68 individuals are facing the death penalty. The reasons for their imprisonment ...

The US State Department has vowed to explore innovative approaches to secure the release of Dr. Shakil Afridi from prison in Pakistan after a US lawmaker proposed a potential exchange for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. Dr. Shakil Afridi faced accusations of assisting the US in locating Osama bin Laden in ...

LAHORE – A Pakistani national, who was imprisoned in India, was repatriated to Pakistan via Attari-Wagah border on Thursday. The Pakistan High Commission in India shared the development on Twitter, stating that hectic efforts were made by the diplomats and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in ...

As the political tension intensifies, the extraordinary security arrangements have been done, outside the Parliament lodges. The prisoner vans have also been sent, outside the Parliament lodges. A high alert has also been issued to the deployed police personnel. Meanwhile, an emergency has ...

PESHAWAR – Pakistan government has freed over 100 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan prisoners after the militant group agreed to a one-month ceasefire, *Express Tribune* reported. The report link that many of the freed detainees were undergoing rehabilitation at the internment centers formed by the ...

Pakistan has reportedly agreed to release several militants and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will declare a ceasefire in return. The development comes amid reports of a positive development in talks between the Pakistani government and Afghanistan-based Pakistani Taliban. Sources say ...

KARACHI: Three Pakistani prisoners including two fishermen after being released from Indian jail have reached Karachi. The fishermen — Allah Bakhsh, Mubarak, and Younus – who reached Lahore on July 30 via the Wagah border crossing, had been put into quarantine for two weeks as per Covid-19 ...

WASHINGTON – The United States has okayed the release of Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner Saifullah Paracha (73). Suspected of having contacts with Al Qaeda, Paracha (a Pakistani) was detained in Bangkok in July 2003 and taken to Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, before being transferred to ...

*ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan on Friday shared with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad a list of 319 Indian prisoners in Pakistan, including 49 civilians and 270 fishermen prisoners.* This step is consistent with the provisions of the Consular Access Agreement between Pakistan and ...

DOHA (TRT World): Mullah Muhammad Nabi Omari was held for nearly twelve years in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison, and is today part of the Taliban delegation that met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for the Afghan peace talks. On September 13, 2020, a former US Guantanamo detainee, ...