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Islamabad, December 17, 2012 (PPI-OT): Officers using heartbeat monitors also discovered six Afghans hidden in a Polish registered vehicle Thirty one would-be illegal immigrants have been prevented from entering the country after Border Force officers found them hiding inside four separate lorries on 12 December at Calais port waiting to …
Read More »British High Commission hosts launch of a job portal for people with disabilities in Pakistan
Islamabad, December 11, 2012 (PPI-OT): The portal, launched on International Human Right Day, provides an accessible platform for employers and disabled people to connect and for disabled people to access employment. The British High Commission and the British Council today hosted the launch of www.jobability.org: an online jobs portal for …
Read More »Sham marriage organiser sentenced to six months jail by Belfast Court
Islamabad, December 11, 2012 (PPI-OT): The sentence is the result of an investigation by UK Border Agency officers who stopped a wedding at Belfast City Hall on 15 August last year. A Glasgow man was yesterday (Monday 10 December) sentenced to six months in jail suspended for two years at …
Read More »Drug smuggler sentenced in Britain
Islamabad, December 10, 2012 (PPI-OT): A Bradford man who attempted to smuggle almost £700,000 worth of heroin through Leeds Bradford Airport has been jailed for sixteen years. Mohammed Naveed, 26, from Whetley Lane, Girlington, was stopped by Border Force officers at the airport on 27 June this year after arriving …
Read More »Britain provides winter assistance for over three million Internally Displaced People in Pakistan
Islamabad, December 07, 2012 (PPI-OT): Over three million people in Pakistan will benefit from winter assistance from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). As temperatures plummet in Khyber Paktunkwa (KP) over 1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) are living with inadequate shelter, food and water, and are vulnerable to …
Read More »Foreign Secretary holds trilateral talks with Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan
Islamabad, December 05, 2012 (PPI-OT): Foreign Secretary William Hague and the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan discussed how to strengthen their joint efforts to address extremism and advance regional peace and stability. The Foreign Secretary William Hague, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar and …
Read More »Afghan High Peace Council’s visit to Islamabad
Islamabad, November 29, 2012 (PPI-OT): Following the recent High Peace Council visit to Islamabad, Afghanistan-Pakistan relations were top of the agenda. British Ambassador to Kabul, Sir Richard Stagg and visiting High Commissioner to Islamabad, Adam Thomson, were joined by some of Kabul’s young, bright leaders to discuss the peace process …
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