Tag: Karachi

Lawyers protest against lawyers’ killing in Karachi

Lawyers held a nationwide protest and boycotted courts on the call of Pakistan Bar Council, Punjab Bar Council and the Lahore High Court Bar...

Chidambaram sorry about Karachi attack

Expressing sympathy for the lives lost in the terrorist attack at the PNS Mehran base in Karachi, Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday...

Thousands protest against drone strikes

Thousands gathered in Karachi on the second day of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s protest sit-in against US drone strikes as party chief Imran Khan said on...

Navy base attacked in Karachi

Militants stormed Pakistan Navy's main bases late on Sunday, triggering explosions and gun battles in the country's largest city, private TV channels reported. At least...

Police arrests target killer involved in more than 20 target killings

In a raid conducted at the Orangi town of Karachi, police has arrested one target killer involved in more than 20 target killings, while...

500 diesel buses to connect major cities of interior...

Five hundred diesel buses will connect the major cities of interior Sindh to Karachi and the project has been included in the ADP 2011-12,...

Protests staged in Karachi against power cuts

Karachiites could not get any relief despite the decision of KESC workers to end their hunger strike and hold talks with the management. The KESC...

TFSA 2011: Bringing Southasia to Karachi

Whether it is teenage girls in Afghanistan kicking stereotypes away (quite literally); the resilient children of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal; the shipbreaking...

Saudi diplomat killed in Karachi

A junior officer of the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Karachi was gunned down in an ambush in DHA Phase IV on Monday. Hassan Al-Khatani...

Saudi diplomat killed in attack in Karachi

Gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed a Saudi diplomat in Karachi on Monday, police and the Saudi ambassador said, the second attack on the...

Target killing causes loss of two more lives

At least two persons were killed while one was injured in different areas of the city here on Friday, police said. According to details, Syed...

Grenades thrown at Saudi Consulate in Karachi

The Foreign Security Cell of Karachi police has beefed up vigilance of consulates in the city after a hand-grenade attack on the Saudi Consulate...

9 arrested, weapons recovered in Karachi

At least nine suspects were arrested and a large cache of arms and ammunition recovered during a search operation by rangers here on Wednesday. According...

Extra candidates in admission tests: a blemish for University of Karachi

Much to the embarrassment of the University of Karachi (KU), its Master of Science (MS) admission test results, announced by the university’s Board of...

Don’t get excited yet kids… vacation doesn’t start in June

The Sindh government has decided to delay the summer vacation of schools by a month, as well as to set up 50 new girls’...

Karachi and Thatta to get community centres: minister

A community centre would be set up each in Karachi and Thatta at a cost of Rs 34.3 million, Sindh Social Welfare Minister Begum...

60 suspects arrested in Karachi search operation

Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in Karachi launched a house-to-house search operation in Sultanabad area of Mangopir on Saturday and arrested 60 suspects. LEAs...