KARACHI: A passenger was caught with heavy cache of bullets and explosives at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, while he was trying to fly off to Dubai via a private airline, Geo news reported as the incident happened in the wee hours on Wednesday.
Initially, after the recovery of heavy amount of ammunitions and explosive materials from passenger, the flight was immediately suspended.
Later, after the issuance of security clearance from airport security force, the Dubai-bound flight was cleared for departure.
According to sources, the passenger was hailing from Rajanpur as he was holding Rajanpur passport.
He was taken under custody and has been moved to unidentified location for investigation, airport security force said.
It may be recalled; a Dubai-bound private airlines flight was barred from departure at 11:30pm on Wednesday night immediately after recovery of ammunitions from a passenger
Subsequently, all the passengers were re-checked in wake of security clearance, sources said.
The recheck process was carried out for security clearance and to make sure the possible presence of any other accomplice of the accused passenger on flight, sources said.
RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least four persons died while a minor child sustained injuries when a wedding caravan met an accident in Sadiqabad tehsil of Rahim Yar Khan late on Wednesday night, Geo news reported.
According to sources, the accident took place when marry-makers cars, in a bid to avoid a bicycler, collided with trees located along roadside.
The accident took place due to rash driving, witnesses said.
Deceased were identified as Sawar Mohammed Sharif, Majeed Gondak, Ameer Ali Machi and Mohammed Ali Bajwa whose dead bodies have been shifted to hospital.
Their funeral prayers will be offered at 10am tomorrow morning in Manthar area, relatives told media.
SWARIB: At least two dacoits were shot dead while their two associates were rounded up while they were offloading NATO-supply containers in a house in Swarib Town located in Qallat district on Wednesday night, police sources said.
According to police sources, dacoits snatched two containers carrying supply for NATO forces at gunpoint and made away with them in Parlaghar area late on Wednesday night.
Later on, while the dacoits were offloading containers, police arrived on the spot and opened fire on them, killing at least two among them and nabbing two more, police sources told reporters.
Dacoits were gunned down in retaliatory firing after they first attacked on police party, seeing them approach, police sources told media.
Police also claimed recovery of snatched material from their possession, witnesses and police said.
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is raising with Israeli government officials their decision to announce new Jewish settlements during Vice President Joe Biden’’s visit to Jerusalem, a US official said.
“We are in discussions with the Israelis about this announcement and I”m sure that it will come up when the senator is in the region next week,” State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters.
Senator George Mitchell, the US Middle East envoy, is to return to the region after helping to launch on Monday indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks, the first of any kind since Israel launched its war in Gaza in December 2008.
While Biden held talks with Israeli leaders on Tuesday, Israel gave the green light for the construction of 1,600 settler homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, prompting condemnation from the vice president.
Crowley admitted it was unusual for the United States to condemn such a close ally as Israel.
“We are talking to the government and trying to understand what happened and why,” Crowley said.
“We want to see the parties press forward… with negotiations. And… they both have a responsibility to avoid actions that we think undermine the process,” he added.
Crowley said the Israeli announcement was “highly unusual” given US opposition to settlements, but he declined to be drawn on whether he believed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government knew the announcement by the interior ministry would be made during Biden’’s visit.
KARACHI: A passenger was caught with heavy cache of bullets and explosives at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, while he was trying to fly off to Dubai via a private airline, Geo news reported as the incident happened in the wee hours on Wednesday.
Following the recovery of heavy amount of ammunitions and explosive materials, the flight was immediately called off.
According to sources, the passenger was hailing from Rajanpur as he was holding Rajanpur passport.
The passenger has been taken under custody and is being investigated, airport security force said.
A Dubai-bound private airlines flight was immediately barred from departure at 11:30pm after recovery of ammunitions from a passenger meanwhile, all the passengers are being re-checked, sources said.
It is being reassured that there should be no other accomplice of the accused passenger on flight, sources said.
