KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest private jet service provider, Princely Jets, has launched the first private air ambulance service in the country, a statement said yesterday. Most advanced helicopters are being used for the service with trained paramedics on board. The helicopters are equipped with advanced life support equipment, while the medical team is trained to provide treatment for burns, cardiac, respiratory problems, trauma and other emergencies. Princely Jets air ambulance service has started at its base at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport in Karachi and it will be expanded to other parts. The ambulance is being operated by a twin-engine helicopter that can cover a radius of 254 nautical miles.
Murder suspect granted bail
LONDON: British police on Tuesday said they had bailed a man arrested a day earlier at Heathrow airport over the 2010 murder of Pakistani politician Imran Farooq. A 52-year-old man was arrested on Monday as he arrived in London on a flight from Canada on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Farooq. He was taken to a west London police station before being released on bail until a date in September, police said. Counter-terrorism detectives had arrested the man at Heathrow and took him to a police station for questioning. Farooq, 50, a founding member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, was stabbed and beaten to death in London as he returned home from work in September 2010.
Call to counter
US spying
ISLAMABAD: Latest disclosures about surveillance of electronic communications worldwide by US secret agencies demand that Pakistan should take counter measures to check the online espionage, said Mushahid Hussain Syed, Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence. After his meeting with a delegation of the Pakistan Information Security Association (Pisa) headed by Ammar Jafri yesterday, Syed said he was preparing the draft of a private member’s bill to be presented in parliament after consultation with all stakeholders suggesting measures to check online espionage. Agencies
