MULTAN: Pakistani police have apologized to a German tourist after she was detained for two weeks for allegedly violating the terms of her visa, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Kim Laura Schweer was arrested on March 16 in the town of Sakhi Sarwar, where she had gone to visit an annual festival in honor of a Sufi saint the town is named after, police official Rana Mohammad Asif said.
He added that Schweer, who is in her twenties, did not have specific permission to visit the town, which lies some 600 kilometers (370 miles) southwest of Islamabad and falls in the district of Dera Ghazi Khan.
According to the non-profit Nuclear Threat Initiative, the district is home to uranium processing facilities. It also borders the restive Baluchistan province.
Schweer’s lawyer Rana Asif Saeed told AFP he had been contacted about the case by the German Embassy in Islamabad, and had taken the matter to court, which ordered the tourist’s release on Tuesday.
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Pakistan police apologize for German tourist’s detention
Pakistan police apologize for German tourist’s detention
Britain pledges major air defense package for Ukraine
- British defense ministry says some $200 million would go to a NATO scheme to buy American weaponry for Kyiv
BRUSSELS: Britain on Thursday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in air defenses for Ukraine to help stave off Russian attacks on the country’s power and heating systems.
The British defense ministry said some $200 million would go to a NATO scheme backed by US President Donald Trump to buy American weaponry for Kyiv.
London will also send Ukraine 1,000 British-made lightweight missiles worth more than $500 million to Kyiv.
British defense minister John Healey said Ukraine’s allies “are more committed than ever to supporting Ukraine” as Russia’s war nears the start of its fifth year.
The announcement came as NATO defense ministers met in Brussels to discuss ramping up support to Ukraine.
Ferocious Russian bombardments on the war-torn country’s energy grid have seen heating and power cuts for swathes of the country during freezing winter conditions.
“It’s just terrorism against the civilian population of Ukraine,” said German defense minister Boris Pistorius.
“So it is necessary to ramp up the support for Ukraine in terms of self-defense.”
The British defense ministry said some $200 million would go to a NATO scheme backed by US President Donald Trump to buy American weaponry for Kyiv.
London will also send Ukraine 1,000 British-made lightweight missiles worth more than $500 million to Kyiv.
British defense minister John Healey said Ukraine’s allies “are more committed than ever to supporting Ukraine” as Russia’s war nears the start of its fifth year.
The announcement came as NATO defense ministers met in Brussels to discuss ramping up support to Ukraine.
Ferocious Russian bombardments on the war-torn country’s energy grid have seen heating and power cuts for swathes of the country during freezing winter conditions.
“It’s just terrorism against the civilian population of Ukraine,” said German defense minister Boris Pistorius.
“So it is necessary to ramp up the support for Ukraine in terms of self-defense.”
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