ISLAMABAD: Militants targeted an army post in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, killing a soldier in a firefight overnight, Pakistan’s military said.
The attack took place in the Shewa area of the district of North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army said in a statement Saturday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The military said that during an intense exchange of gunfire a soldier was killed. It said a search of the area was being carried out to find the militants. No additional details were released.
North Waziristan served as a militant stronghold for decades. The military carried out a full-fledged offensive in the region after an army run school was attacked in December 2014 in the provincial capital of Peshawar. The attack killed more than 150 people, mostly schoolchildren.
Militants gun down Pakistani soldier near Afghan border
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Militants gun down Pakistani soldier near Afghan border
- Attack took place in Shewa area of North Waziristan in northwest province
- Army says search of the area being carried out to find the militants
Pakistan detains five men deported from Sharjah for using fake UK visas
- The group was taken into custody at Lahore airport and handed to the Anti-Human Smuggling Circle
- FIA says the five men obtained forged UK visas through agents after traveling to Malaysia this year
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities detained five citizens at Lahore airport after they were deported from Sharjah for attempting to travel to the United Kingdom on forged British visas, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Saturday.
The five men had initially traveled from Lahore to Malaysia earlier this year on visit visas, the agency said.
After their stay in Malaysia, it added, they allegedly tried to fly onward to the UK from Sharjah using counterfeit documents obtained through agents.
“Five Pakistani passengers were deported from Sharjah for possessing fake British visas,” the FIA said in its statement. “Upon arrival at Lahore airport, the deported passengers were taken into custody.”
Pakistan has tightened its crackdown on illegal immigration and human smuggling in recent years after a series of deadly boat tragedies involving its citizens attempting to reach Europe.
In July, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the government was targeting organized criminal networks and urging the public to use safe and legal pathways for overseas employment.
He said the state was expanding job opportunities at home and abroad but warned that irregular migration routes were dangerous and violated national and international law.
The FIA said all five men had been transferred to the Anti-Human Smuggling Circle in Lahore for further investigation.
According to its statement, the forged travel documents were acquired with the assistance of intermediaries, leading authorities in the United Arab Emirates to deny them entry and deport them to Pakistan.
The FIA said the inquiry into the visa fraud and the agents involved was ongoing.
