Tag: Karachi

KARACHI - Following the killings of two activist of MQM, the city, again, fell prey to unrest as unknown miscreants set two buses on fire in Landhi area on Tuesday.
According to sources, armed men forcefully vacated a passenger bus and set it on fire near Manzil pump in Sherpao Colony of Landhi.
Likewise, unknown miscreants set another bus on fire at Quaidabad poultry stop.
Police and fire brigade authorities managed to control the fire but vehicles were completely

ISLAMABAD - Traders in Karachi suffered around Rs 3 billion loss as all the markets remained closed on Tuesday as a result of the strike call given against extortion while the members of the two of their representative bodies clashed at the Polo Ground.
In response to the All Karachi Tajir Ittihad (AKTI)'s strike call, all businesses were shut in Clifton, Defence, Tariq Road, Bahadurabad, Saddar and MA Jinnah. "The closure of business was aimed to warn the government that the

KARACHI - The city markets would remain closed today as All Karachi Tajir Itehad (AKTI) has announced a strike against extortionists in the city. Surprisingly, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) which earlier had announced a strike call has withdrawn its decision and announced that the market would remain open today.
A rift between the Karachi two leading trade-bodies has surfaced as AKTI which earlier had not supported KCCI's call for strike, has now decided to keep

KARACHI - At least five more people including a trader's son were killed in separate violent incidents in various areas of the metropolis during the last 24 hours, police said.
The latest incident in the series took place in Liyari area of Miranaka, where a man was shot down.
According to details, some armed men opened fire at a car near SP Office in Liaquatabad area, killing 18-year Faraz Hasan Rizvi and injuring his father Mumtaz Hasan, a trader.
The deceased and the

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KARACHI - At least five persons were killed in different firing incidents in the city during the last 24 hours, police said.
According to details, a 50-year-old Maulana Qamar Ashrafi was gunned down by unidentified people in Orangi Town. He was killed while he was going back home after offering prayers.
Former councilor Riaz Ahmed Alwi, 30, was shot dead in Gulbahar area.
Agha Siraj Durrani's chief security officer fell prey to gunmen in Azizabad.
Mauj Ali was

KARACHI - Mutual respect and the basic spirit of fair play seem to have taken a back seat in the run up to what is being dubbed as 'the battle of Mohali'. So much so that owners of several major sports shops in the city have been forced to take India cricket team jerseys off their shelves amidst serious threats.
"Bibi, kiuN merwana chaah rahi haiN? (Why do you want to get us in trouble)," the owner of a shop in Saddar said. "We do not carry Indian cricket team jerseys." After

KARACHI - At least 43 people have been killed in political violence in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi during the last 18 days, officials said as they announced the arrest of 11 suspects.
"We can confirm that as many as 43 people had been the victims of targeted killings in Karachi during the last 18 days," interior minister Rehman Malik told in a press conference.
"We have arrested 11 men suspected of involvement in the targeted killings."
"There is a

KARACHI - More than 100 shops in Empress Market were gutted in the wee hours of Sunday, affecting 25 percent of one of Karachi's oldest markets. Most of the torched shops belonged to dry fruit sellers and household items' sellers, with the affected shopkeepers claiming that goods worth millions of rupees were lost.
More than 32 fire tenders from across the city reached the market to douse the flames, but the intensity of the blaze was such that fire fighters only managed to

KARACHI - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan Sunday expressed the government's determination to take on board all the stakeholders, including political parties, civil society, media and law enforcement agencies to collectively evolve a consensus for improving law and order in Karachi.
Addressing a press conference, Awan, who was flanked by Secretary Information Taimur Azmat Usman, said although law and order was a provincial subject yet the

KARACHI - Karachi Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed inaugurated a polio eradication campaign in Karachi by administering polio vaccines to children in the Civic Centre on Thursday.
The campaign will be carried out until April 6. Syed also gave a cheque of Rs 10,000 with appreciation certificates to Liaquatabad Town administrator and his staff for achieving 100 percent results during a recent polio eradication campaign.
Town administrators, town health officers,

KARACHI - At least 17 people were reported killed in various incidents of targeted killing in another violence-marred day in Karachi on Friday. The dead include, Sabeeh Khan, a nephew of Aamir Khan, prominent leader of Mohajir Qaumi Movement. He was attacked near Jauhar Morr.
In other incidents, Anwar Hussain was killed in Landhi near Mohammaden Ground when unknown armed men opened fire on him. A bullet-riddled body of a young man, identified as Adnan, was found near Azizabad

KARACHI - Two more persons were shot dead in the city early Friday morning.
According to reports, a 25 -year- old man was killed in Landhi when unknown gunmen opened fire on him. He died on the spot.
Another man Adnan was killed in Azizabad. Nazar Muhammad was shot dead in Sohrab Goth and an unknown man was killed in the journalist society.
The death toll has reached 8 since last night and 18 in last 24 hours.

KARACHI - In preparation for the country-wide census from April 5, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-Karachi decided on Thursday to mobilize its grassroots workers to create awareness and encourage full participation of all citizens. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting at the People's Secretariat, with PPP-Karachi President Najmi Alam, Saeed Ghani, Lal Bux Bhutto, Najma Saeed Chawla, and Latif Mughal among the attendees.
The provincial executive council of the PPP

KARACHI - The wave of violence in Karachi continued on Thursday as another 11 people, including an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were killed across the city.
Imran Akhtar, 28, son of Akhtar Ali, a JI activist, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen near Sindhi Hotel in New Karachi as he was sitting near his brother's shop. In a similar incident, an MQM activist was gunned down and another was injured near Qasba Morr in the Orangi

KARACHI - Targeted killings claimed seven more lives across Karachi on Wednesday. Rahat Fayyaz was killed in Peerabad area of Banaras, while an unidentified man was gunned down in Garden police precincts.
Thirty-year-old Muhammad Saleem was killed near Khadda Market on Haji Ismail Road in Baghdadi police precincts. In another incident, unidentified men sprayed Shahzad Memon with bullets near Hussainabad's Koko Park in Azizabad area.
Also, unidentified attackers killed Ghulam

KARACHI - Adopting a new strategy to harass the people of Karachi, terrorists fired two rockets at a madrassa in Malir area on Wednesday. A rocket hit the walls of the madrassa run by Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) near Jamia mosque, while a second rocket landed at Ghazi ground a few minutes later. The walls of the madrassa were damaged in the attacks.
However, no casualties were reported. The rocket attack spread panic across the area and law enforcement officials cordoned off