Crackdown

Fawad announces ‘crackdown’ against hate speech on social media

He said some people believed that they had the right to express their opinion beyond… Read More

SSP operations orders crackdown on beggars in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) operations has ordered to launch a crackdown on beggars… Read More

Fee hike: FIA launches crackdown on private schools, seizes records

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched a crackdown on private schools receiving exorbitant… Read More

Murad orders crackdown against vehicles being used on transfer letters

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday directed the Excise Department to… Read More

Sindh govt decides to launch crackdown on beggars in Karachi

KARACHI: The government of Sindh on Friday decided to launch crackdown on professional beggars in… Read More

Govt to launch crackdown on mobsters who damaged property

ISLAMABAD: A day after the religious parties led by the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) ended the… Read More

In crackdown, US FDA seeks details on new electronic cigarettes

LOS ANGELES: Faced with a proliferation of new electronic cigarettes and a sharp rise in… Read More

US e-cigarette maker files complaints against “copycat products”

LONDON: Juul Labs, the e-cigarette maker at the heart of a U.S. crackdown on youth… Read More

Murad orders crackdown against street criminals, drug mafia, beggars’ racket

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his first meeting at the CM… Read More

US imposes sanctions on Myanmar military over Rohingya crackdown

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders… Read More

Russia to probe Facebook after Telegram crackdown

Russia's telecoms watchdog plans to probe Facebook before the end of the year after blocking… Read More

Google poised to emerge unscathed from European antitrust crackdown

BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO: The European Union’s top antitrust regulator, Margrethe Vestager, has made it her mission… Read More

India to crack down on journalists publishing fake news

NEW DELHI: India will deny government access to journalists who publish fake news, the information… Read More

Foreign companies in China brace for VPN crackdown

Chinese people and foreign firms are girding for a March 31 deadline to only use… Read More

Saudi closes hotel detention center as corruption purge winds down

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which… Read More

Bitcoin price slips as China widens crackdown on cryptocurrency

BEIJING: China is preparing for a new crackdown on cryptocurrency, planning to stamp out remaining… Read More

Bitcoin falls 14 percent on crackdown fears, hits four-week low

BEIJING: A senior Chinese central banker says authorities should ban centralized trading of virtual currencies… Read More

Saudi Arabia releases corruption detainees, others to stand trial

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has released 23 of the 200-or-so powerful individuals detained since November on… Read More

10,000 killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown claims British archive

BEIJING: At least 10,000 people were killed in the Chinese army’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters… Read More

Five things to know about the Islamabad protest

ISLAMABAD: In the space of three weeks, a simple demonstration in Islamabad has turned into… Read More