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Gerry's dnata customs penalty case Pakistan FBR Rs2.7 billion penalty appeal at Karachi airport cargo terminal May 2026

Gerry’s dnata Customs Penalty Goes to Appeal Company Issues Formal Disclaimer

KARACHI: The world’s leading provider of services in airport ground handling, aircraft cargo terminal and related services to the aviation industry through its Pakistani affiliate, dnata, issued a formal public statement of disclaimer on Friday stating categorically that there was no factual or legal validity to the penalty of Rs2.7 billion levied upon them recently ... Read more
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FBI Operation Blackout seized devices including smartphones and computers from global crypto scam compounds in Thailand Myanmar Dubai and Cambodia May 2026

How the FBI Seized $8 Billion in Crypto and Dismantled a Global Scam Empire Built on Slavery

The largest cryptocurrency forfeiture in US government history exposed a criminal architecture spanning Cambodia, Myanmar, Dubai, and Thailand built not just on fraud, but on trafficked human beings forced to run the scams at gunpoint. WASHINGTON: Every single number associated with Operation Blackout represents a real person. A romantic scam recipient in an American suburban ... Read more
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Pakistan BRICS membership bid diplomatic timeline showing formal application November 2023 and Russian support confirmed September 2024

Pakistan Poised for BRICS Breakthrough After China and Russia Back Membership Bid

The India factor is not insurmountable but it is not trivial either. Pakistan and India normalised diplomatic contact through back-channel efforts in 2025, and the two countries’ bilateral temperature has dropped from its post-Pulwama peak. Whether that thaw extends to New Delhi dropping its BRICS objection is a separate diplomatic calculation entirely. India’s concern is ... Read more
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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan property case hearing at Lahore High Court as Justice Sethi restores ancestral Faisalabad house appeal May 2026

LHC Restores Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s Appeal in Faisalabad Ancestral Property Dispute

Focus Pakistan Analysis Pakistan’s civil courts have long struggled with a tension between procedural rigour and substantive access to justice. Cases dismissed on technical grounds — fee non-payment, missed deadlines, improper paperwork quietly consume years of litigants’ lives without ever addressing the disputes that brought them to court. Justice Sethi’s ruling pushes back against that ... Read more
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Lyari Expressway Fraud Case: NAB Converts Inquiry to Formal Investigation

NAB Escalates Lyari Expressway Fraud Case to Full Investigation

Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog converts its inquiry into a formal investigation after obtaining key evidence of forgery and illegal plot allotments. KARACHI: On Thursday, the National Accountability Bureau of Pakistan raised the status of the Lyari Expressway scam from mere inquiry to full-fledged investigation following the collection of critical information regarding forgery, irregular plot allocations, and ... Read more
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