Azeem Samar
Karachi
The citizens of Karachi have largely welcomed the announcement of the would-be chief minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, that a metro bus would be launched in Karachi.
The project will be launched as the Pakistan Muslim ...
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our correspondents
Karachi
A political activist and a police constable were among six people killed in gun attacks across Karachi on Saturday.
In New Karachi, armed suspects murdered an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) near Powerhouse.
Mohammed ...
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our correspondent
Karachi
Former interior minister and Pakistan People’s Party senator, Rehman Malik, has claimed that Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has agreed to cooperate with his party for maintaining peace in Karachi and development in ...
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News Desk
Karachi
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Saturday it had not taken any decision about joining the new government or sitting on the opposition benches.
“All options in this regard are open and a decision will be taken in the light of ...
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Karachi
President National Committee for Maternal and Neonatal Health (NCMNH) Prof Sadiqua N Jafarey said on Saturday that around 16,000 young women die of pregnancy and childbirth-related complications every year in the country and most of ...
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Karachi
The body of a newborn girl was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, said the Sharea Faisal police on Saturday.
Locals told the police that the six-day-old child was thrown by someone from the Welcome Heights apartment building in Block 19. The ...
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Karachi
The Met Office forecast partly cloudy weather with gusty winds in the city for Sunday (today). The maximum temperature is expected to range from 34 to 36 degrees centigrade. ...
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our correspondent
Karachi
Three alleged Lyari-based gangsters, believed to be involved in many target killings and extortion cases, have been arrested in SITE area, police said on Saturday.
CID Anti-Extremism Cell SSP Mohammad Aslam Khan said following a ...
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our correspondent
Karachi
A cleaner of an oil tanker was killed after his vehicle overturned on Sharea Faisal, while a man was electrocuted in Korangi on Saturday.
A loaded oil tanker overturned on the Karsaz bridge on Sharea Faisal early in the morning, ...
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Jamal Khurshid
Karachi
The family of a deceased squadron leader of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) moved the Sindh High Court on Friday for obtaining his postmortem report. The PAF officer had died at PAF Base Minhas due to cardiac arrest on July 7, ...
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Zeeshan Azmat
Karachi
In many areas of Karachi, citizens are being forced to put up with 12 hours of power outages, while the power utility is continuing to pin the blame on the gas company for the problem.
The power situation in the city grew worse on ...
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Zaib Azkaar Hussain
Karachi
The hearing of Shahzeb Khan’s murder trial was adjourned on Saturday after the victim’s father failed to appear before Anti-Terrorism Court-III.
The adjournment came after Faisal Siddiqui, the lawyer of DSP Aurangzeb Khan, moved an ...
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Anil Datta
Karachi
The two-day All Pakistan Music Conference came to an end on Saturday evening with an impressive display of talent and a reassurance that Pakistanis are second to none when it comes to the performing arts.
They brought to the fore the ...
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Karachi
Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP) Shahid Nadeem Baloch on Saturday said
that police personnel have been trained keeping in view the challenges of terrorism and the changing external and internal environment of the country. ...
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our correspondent
Karachi
A jeweller was seriously injured in Sarafa Bazar, while a cracker was lobbed at a trader’s house by extortionists in Garden West on Saturday afternoon.
Ayub Khan, 35, was fired upon and seriously injured outside his jewellery shop in ...
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our correspondent
Karachi
The Sindh High Court on Saturday restrained the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from issuing a notification of the victory of a minority MNA in the general elections till further orders.
The interim order came on a petition of ...
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our correspondent
Karachi
Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui on Saturday announced that the budgetary preparation for district council Karachi covering suburban areas of the city would be done by June 15.
He directed all concerned staff of the ...
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Karachi
Accomplishment of more than 50 PhD degrees on a person, that is Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi, is one of the world records, said Vice Chancellor Karachi University Prof Dr Muhammad Qaiser on Saturday.
The articles abstracted from his ...
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our correspondent
Karachi
Today, as in the rest of the world, there is a shortage of specialists in thyroid disorder in the country and hence, there is a lack of awareness, said a panel of doctors during a seminar held on Saturday evening.
The doctors had ...
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