Tag: Karachi

The local bourse finally breached the 12,000 barrier and closed above the 12,050 level with average volume for the week crossing 104 million shares....

Law enforcement agencies conducted an unannounced operation in different parts of Baldia Town in the wee hours on Friday and took several people into...

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) witnessed a bullish run in trading on Friday on the back of, what the analysts said, strong foreign and...

Prior to the present government, most Basic Health Units (BHUs) were being used for housing buffalos and donkeys, but the situation has remarkably changed...

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that he never said that Karachi should be made a separate province and his statement was...

The Karachi Golf Club (KGC) has decided to offer 400 memberships in different phases. The club is charging a fee of Rs 0.8...

Family parks established by the Sindh government and the City District Government Karachi (CDGK), as well as the Clifton Beach have made it easier...

KARACHI - The city administrator wants the district officer (zoo and aquarium) to recommend ways to develop the Karachi Zoo into a "model zoo and a modern recreational point" Karachi Administrator Fazlur Rehman, during a visit to the Karachi Zoo on Wednesday along with Coordinator Rasheed Jamal and Media Management Director Bashir Saddozai, said that adequate amount will be allocated in the next budget for the development of the Karachi Zoo, while directing the district zoo officer to

KARACHI - At least five more persons were killed during ongoing target killing incidents here in the city on Wednesday, police said.
Some unidentified armed persons opened fire on a car at Rashid Minhas Road killing three people.
A body of a police constable, Ayub, was found from Jalbani Goth, Malir. Sources said that he was kidnapped and then murdered.
Ayub's body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) for legal formalities.
In another

KARACHI - At least six more people were gunned down in Karachi in various incidents of targeted killings on Tuesday. Bodies of five people were recovered from various parts of the city. A 30-year-old man, Aamir Ali, was found dead in Korangi No 6.
Awami Colony police said the victim was a worker of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H Afaq). The body of 35-year-old Ziaullah was found from Fauji Fertilizer Company, Shah Latif Town. Another body was found near Degree College,

KARACHI - At lest five more persons were killed in different firing and torture incidents here in the city on Tuesday, police said.
A 40-year old man's bullet riddled body was found under a bridge in Lasbela's Gulbahar area.
The body of 21-year old Najmul Haq was found from Sirajul Dola College's ground near Karimabad area. The victim was a resident of Apsara Apartments.
Ziaullah, 32, was gunned down by unidentified people at Jogi Mour in Landhi.
A 22-year old

KARACHI - At least five more people, including PPP and MQM workers, fell victim to the current spate of targeted killings in Karachi on Monday. Tension gripped parts of Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Orangi Town after the murders of political activists by unidentified motorcyclists. PPP activist Asghar Ali alias Behari was killed while his friend Ahmed Ali was injured when two motorcyclists opened fire at them in Bangla Bazaar.
Orangi Town Police Officer Khurram Waris told Pakistan Today

ISLAMABAD - Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali Khan on Sunday said no worker of his party was involved in the ongoing targeted killings in Karachi and all allegations in over the issue were baseless.
Talking to journalists at the launching ceremony of membership drive of his party, Asfand said no worker of the ANP was involved in the series of target killings and if found guilty, he should be hanged. He said only one person belonging to the ANP had been arrested

KARACHI - At least nine people, including a policeman, were killed in in Karachi on Saturday. Routine life in parts of the city, particularly Malir, came to a halt after the latest killings. Police recovered the body of a 40-year-old man from Golden Ground in Malir.
Khokharapar police said the body of Abdullah was recovered from Malir Tanki. A 35-year-old man was shot dead in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. The body of a 31-year-old man was recovered form under the Shah Faisal Colony Flyover.

KARACHI - The Karachi police have reportedly identified the men involved in the killing of Akhter Hussain, the vice chairman of Muhajir Qaumi Movement (Afaq), and his two aides, it was learnt on Saturday.
A Karachi police official said the suspects were being searched for and would be arrested soon. Hussain and his two aides were killed on Shaheed-e-Millat Road near Bahadurabad on April 12. A police mobile van was present in the surroundings when the incident took place and gave

KARACHI - There was no respite in violence in Karachi as at least seven more people were gunned down in the city in incidents of targeted killing on Wednesday.
The dead included six MQM activists and one of the ANP. Some unidentified armed persons attacked MQM Unit 125, Sector Orangi Town during the night and killed four people sitting outside. They were identified as Zaheer Ahmed, Waqas and Habib. Separately, two activists, one each of ANP and MQM, were shot dead over the issue

KARACHI - Despite a shortage of teachers for the purposes of the housing census in the metropolis, the Sindh government has been informed that the process has almost been completed in all 18 densely populated towns of Karachi, Pakistan Today has learnt. Officers of the city government have been lauding each other over the completion of the census, but interestingly, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and its coalition partners in the Sindh government - the Pakistan Muslim