Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar heard a petition filed by a citizen Younus to seek orders for bringing back her 56-year-old sister Najma Pardeshi who was alleged held hostage in Canada.
German police detained a man who took a woman hostage at the train station in Cologne, and said the suspect, who was seriously injured in the rescue operation, was probably a Syrian citizen.
RAWALPINDI: An alleged drug addict suffering from a mental illness early Saturday morning held his family members hostage at gunpoint in Morgah area of...
ISLAMABAD: Six crew members including a Russian captain of a helicopter of the Punjab government which made an emergency landing in Afghanistan have reportedly been recovered.
DHAKA: Bangladesh said Sunday the attackers who slaughtered 20 hostages at a restaurant in Dhaka were well-educated followers of a homegrown militant outfit who found extremism "fashionable", denying links to the Islamic State group.
RAJANPUR: At least six policemen were killed and 24 taken into hostage by Chotu Gang in the riverine Katcha area in Rajanpur on Wednesday, ARY News reported.
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Punjab and Sindh police have launched a joint operation in Katcha area close to Rahim Yar Khan to recover seven cops held hostage by bandits, ARY News reported.
PESHAWAR: Peshawar Police on Tuesday arrested a 'kidnapper girl' who used to lure boys on phone and hold them captive to extract money, ARY News reported.
LAHORE: The emir of Jamaat e Islami (JI) Siraj ul Haq on Sunday once again suggested Altaf Hussain to withdraw his candidate from the by-election in NA-246 Karachi, ARY News reported.
LAGOS: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday criticised Nigerian and world leaders for not doing enough to help free 219 schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants.