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Pakistan: Heavy rains, water-logging hits normal life in Karachi

Jul 12, 2022, at 08:21 pm

Karachi: Intermittent heavy rains in different parts of Karachi since Monday evening have left several regions waterlogged, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Mob sets suspected robber on fire

Jul 01, 2022, at 11:42 pm

Karachi: A mob recently shot a suspected robber and then set him on fire in Pakistan's Karachi city, an episode yet again showcasing  another incident of vigilante justice in the country.

Pakistan: Karachi police baton-charge residents protesting against load shedding

Jun 28, 2022, at 08:45 pm

Karachi: The Karachi Police resorted to lathi charge on protesting residents, who were demonstrating against load shedding trouble, of  Lyari near the Mauripur road of the city on Tuesday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Four million female factory workers deprived of their due rights in Karachi

Jun 27, 2022, at 11:07 pm

Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Wing chief  Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said  about four million women in Karachi city, who are currently working in  factories on contract basis, are not getting their due rights from their employers.

Electricity bill pinch: Karachi residents need to pay additional Rs. 5.3 per unit in July

Jun 25, 2022, at 12:21 am

Karachi: People in Pakistan's Karachi city will face more trouble in the upcoming season as the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has hiked power tariff by Rs5.3 per unit for K-Electric on account of fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for April 2022.

Pakistan: TLP chief Saad Rizvi survives firing attack on car in Karachi

Jun 19, 2022, at 02:20 am

Karachi, Pakistan: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Chief Saad Rizvi has survived a firing attack on his car in Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Unknown people kidnap policeman in Islamabad

Jun 19, 2022, at 01:03 am

Islamabad: A Pakistani police constable was abducted by unknown people while he was leaving Police Line Headquarters after duty on Wednesday, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Hindu temple attacked in Karachi

Jun 09, 2022, at 11:20 pm

Karachi: Miscreants attacked a Hindu temple in Pakistan's Karachi city and destroyed the statue of the deity on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Section 144 imposed in Karachi amid 'rising terror incidents'

May 26, 2022, at 03:13 am

Karachi, Pakistan: Sindh officials have imposed Section 144 across the Pakistani province for at least 20 days in the wake of "rising terror incidents" in the province, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: International conference cancelled at Karachi University amid security threats

May 22, 2022, at 02:46 am

Karachi, Pakistan: An international conference, which was scheduled to be held at the University of Karachi (KU), has been cancelled amid security risk threats.

Pakistan: Two suspects of Karachi Saddar blast killed during encounter with security forces

May 18, 2022, at 08:26 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan security forces have killed two suspected terrorists who were involved in the Karachi Saddar blast, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Karachi blast leaves one dead, several others hurt

May 17, 2022, at 02:54 pm

Karachi: At least one person died in a blast which rocked Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Blast in Karachi leaves 1 dead

May 13, 2022, at 01:53 pm

Karachi: At least one person died in a blast in Pakistan's Karachi city on Thursday, media reports said.

Karachi Electricity Supply Company increases timing of loadshedding amid rising mercury levels

May 09, 2022, at 08:47 pm

Karachi, Pakistan: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KE) in Pakistan has decided to extend the timing of load shedding in the Pakistani city amid rising mercury levels, media reports said on Monday.

Chinese confidence in Pakistan’s security ‘shaken’: Senator Mushahid Hussain

May 08, 2022, at 08:03 pm

Islamabad: Senator Mushahid Hussain has said Chinese nationals, who are currently staying in the country, seem to be less confident about the government protecting them after the Karachi University suicide blast episode.

Pakistan: Inflation reduces Eid-ul-Fitr business in Karachi

May 04, 2022, at 02:37 am

Karachi, Pakistan: The inflation rate in Pakistan remained so high that its impact was felt in the market where traders seemed dejected about Eid-ul-Fitr sales.

Pakistan: Sindh Commission on Status of Women calls for safe recovery of two abducted girls in Karachi

May 03, 2022, at 01:27 am

Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh Commission on the Status of Women (SCSW) has called for safe recovery of allegedly abducted Dua Zehra and Nimra Kazmi from Karachi city in Pakistan recently.

Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for Karachi University blast

Apr 27, 2022, at 12:43 am

Karachi:  The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the blast which occurred inside Pakistan's Karachi University which left four people, including three Chinese nationals, dead on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Three Chinese nationals among four killed in Karachi University explosion, PM mourns

Apr 26, 2022, at 11:40 pm

Karachi: A car explosion inside the premises of the University of Karachi left four people, including three Chinese nationals, dead on Tuesday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Teen girl goes missing from Karachi

Apr 25, 2022, at 12:38 am

Karachi: A teen girl has gone missing from Pakistan's Karachi region recently, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan: Karachi police fear resurgence of sectarian terrorism

Mar 14, 2022, at 11:29 pm

Karachi, Pakistan: Investigators probing the murder of a senior leader of Pasban-i-Aza have expressed fear that sectarian terrorism may have returned in Pakistan's Karachi city.

Pakistan: Sindh declares two islands as ‘protected forests’

Feb 06, 2022, at 02:08 am

Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh government has declared two islands off the coast of Pakistan's Karachi city as “protected forests”, media reports said.

Pakistan: Karachi is facing wheat shortage

Feb 02, 2022, at 01:19 am

Karachi, Pakistan: Pakistan's Karachi city is facing acute shortage of wheat, forcing the authority to  bring 107,000 metric tonnes of the grainfrom rural Sindh, media reports said on Tuesday.

Fire breaks out at National Stadium in Karachi a day before start of PSL 2022

Jan 26, 2022, at 09:41 pm

Islamabad: A fire broke out  during welding operations at the National Stadium in Pakistan's Karachi city on Wednesday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Two die as fire breaks out at private hospital in Karachi

Jan 18, 2022, at 02:49 pm

Karachi: A fire broke out at a private hospital in Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday which left at least two people dead, media reports said.

Pakistan: Three die during shootout in Karachi

Dec 27, 2021, at 10:17 pm

Karachi: At least three people died and two people, including  a policeman, were injured due to a shootout in Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Karachi bakery takes action against employee who refused to write 'Merry Christmas' on cake

Dec 24, 2021, at 10:50 pm

Karachi, Pakistan: The management of a popular bakery chain in Pakistan's Karachi city has decided to take action against an employee after he refused to write 'Merry Christmas' on a cake.

Man held in Karachi for vandalizing Hindu temple

Dec 21, 2021, at 08:59 pm

Karachi: Police arrested a man in Pakistan's Karachi city for allegedly vandalizing a Hindu temple in the Eidgah area of the city on Monday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Three cops held for killing passer-by in Karachi

Dec 21, 2021, at 02:53 am

Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: Three policemen were arrested after they allegedly killed a passer-by in the Korangi area of Pakistan's Karachi city, according to local media reports.

Pakistan: 14 die as blast rocks Karachi city

Dec 19, 2021, at 01:37 am

Karachi: At least 14 people died and 15 others were hurt as a blast occurred  near Paracha Chowk in Karachi's Shershah area in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.