by Amal Jayasinghe in The Island, Dec 31, 2023The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who should benefit from the valuable offerings to the gods. Somipala Ratnayake, the chief “Kapuwa” at the Kataragama Maha Devale was taken into custody on Wednesday over a missing gold tray said to be worth over 6.4 million rupees. He was enlarged on bail of half…
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By Munawer Azeem in Dawn, December 9th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The capital police approached Interpol for assistance in the arrest of former adviser to the prime minister on interior and accountability, Mirza Shahzad Akbar, in a case registered against him at Secretariat police station under various criminal charges, police sources said on Friday. Sources said the investigators of the case, registered under sections 420, 468, 471, 385, 396, 389, 500 and 506 of Pakistan Penal Code, made…
Report in Dawn, December 7th, 2023HYDERABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department of Hyderabad police claimed to have arrested a suspect, who was involved in blowing up pylons of high transmission power line. A press release issued by the CTD here on Wednesday said that the suspect identified as Ahmed son of Bashir Ahmed was caught near Yusuf Goth in Jamshoro when he, along with his accomplices, was planning to blast high transmission line. His associates managed to…
report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 5, 2023The Kathmandu District Court on Monday issued arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’. The court issued the arrest notice against the party chief Chand, standing committee member Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma ‘Prakanda’, Kathmandu Valley Bureau in-charge Maila Lama ‘Prajwal’, and Raju Karki, chair of the All Nepal Peasants’ Federation Revolutionary. The court has asked them to be present…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 30, 2023Iranian media has revealed the arrest of a group of armed drug smugglers who crossed into Iran from Afghanistan. The arrest operation also led to the confiscation of weapons. The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Wednesday that these individuals were apprehended as part of a military operation. During the operation, authorities uncovered a property used to store both drugs and weapons near Kerman.…
by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former information minister and senior PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb in a terror case registered against her last year. Neither Ms Aurangzeb nor her lawyer appeared before the court as Judge Abher Gul Khan resumed the hearing of the case. At the previous hearing, the judge had issued bailable arrest warrants for Ms Aurangzeb and ex-MNA Javed…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 08, 2023The UN yesterday expressed concern over the large number of people arrested in Bangladesh recently. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said this at a press briefing in response to a reporter saying that BNP did not participate in the Election Commission’s dialogue even though the party was demanding fair elections. “Well, I can’t speak to why, I mean, I don’t have the details. I can’t speak…
by Saleem Shahid | Ibrahim Shinwari | Umer Farooq in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023PESHAWAR: The caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has exempted the illegal immigrants scheduled to resettle in Western countries from the ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrants. The KP home department said in a letter that a list of illegal foreigners destined for third countries was received from the federal Ministry of Interior and individuals destined for third countries would not be subject to arrest.…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Nov 4, 2023BNP’s leaders and activists are worried about the senior leaders of the party being arrested one after the other. Most of the leaders are in hiding at present, in order to avoid arrest. There is concern in the party as to what direction the movement will take in the days to come if things continue in this manner. The arrest of the important BNP presidium member Amir…
Report in The News, October 21, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police and officials of the Anti-Corruption Establishment on Friday raided the house of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial president Ali Amin Gandapur to arrest the former federal minister, but he was not present at home at the time of the raid. It was learnt that the police and officials of the Anti-Corruption Establishment conducted a raid to arrest Ali Amin Gandapur, but he was not preset…