Repeated international warnings that the direct or indirect cultivation of extremist networks — whether for global jihad or against neighbouring India or Afghanistan — would ultimately prove self-destructive for Pakistan are now playing out.
The Border Force says the action reflects a broader surge in enforcement across northern Australia, confirming a 40 per cent increase in the destruction of seized vessels this financial year compared with the same period last year.
Former anti-corruption commissioner Barbara Malimali is now seeking close to US$1.4 million (about FJ$3 million) in compensation for lost wages and damages, as well as reinstatement to her former role.
“We have had to use lethal force by firing of a firearm, but that was only after multiple attempts to stop this man using a Taser, and there was a direct threat to the police officer’s life.”
Tasmania recorded one of its largest cigarette seizures just before Christmas, when officers searched a shipping container from Poland and uncovered over 5.4 million illicit cigarettes declared as stretch film.
Minister Singh urged job seekers to verify all overseas employment opportunities directly with the Ministry before making payments, submitting personal documents or accepting job offers.