Tag: Karachi

More measles cases surface in Karachi

KARACHI: At least 323 suspected measles cases have been reported across the Karachi city since the 1st January, out of these cases 76 kids...

Two cops injured during encounter with criminals

KARACHI:  Two policemen were injured during an encounter with alleged criminals in Karachi’s SITE Superhighway in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to a police...

VIDEO: CTD AIG denies harassing couple, slapping woman despite video evidence

KARACHI: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Karachi Additional Inspector General (AIG) Kamran Afzal on Monday said that a video which went viral on social media regarding...

Cop among two killed in armed attack in DHA

  KARACHI: Two persons, including a policeman, were killed and one other injured in an armed attack at Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) late on...

Farooq Sattar, Amir Khan fined Rs500 each for arriving late in...

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday imposed a fine of Rs500 on Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Amir Khan and former party convener Farooq...

Teenager killed, three injured in ‘encounter’

KARACHI: A teenage boy was killed and three others, including two policemen, were injured in an exchange of fire between police personnel and a...

Sea intrusion continues to shrink Badin-Thatta lands, Karachi at risk

KARACHI: Sea intrusion continues to shrink Badin and Thatta lands as authorities have failed to release Indus River’s 35 Million Acres Feet (MAF) water...

Water shortage deepens in Karachi as summer begins

KARACHI: Water shortage in Karachi has started deepening as warm weather arrives in the megacity of Pakistan.  Citizens in many areas have been compelled...

Karachi revitalization drive aims to remake Pakistan’s largest city

KARACHI: At a historic market commissioned by Queen Victoria in Pakistan’s southern metropolis of Karachi, third-generation spice seller Mohammad Shakeel Abbasi complains that a move...

93 new dengue cases reported in Kech

KECH: Kech District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Farooq has said that at least 93 new cases of dengue fever have been reported in the district...

Former KMC administrator threatens cops for stopping vehicle

KARACHI: Former Karachi administrator Fahim Zaman on Tuesday was caught on camera threatening on-duty cops in city’s red zone after the security officials reportedly asked...

Bilawal kicks off ‘train march’ against inflation from Karachi

--PPP chairman says centre has deprived Sindh of Rs120bn   KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) kicked off a train march Larkana from Karachi’s Cantt Station on Tuesday...

Cop martyred in Karachi gun attack ran a tyre-puncture shop for...

Farooq, a police constable who was martyred on Friday in a targeted attack on Mufti Taqi Usmani near Karachi’s NIPA area, was an honest...

Karachi among top 10 cheapest cities in the world

Karachi is among the world's top 10 cheapest cities in the world again, according to a new report. The Economist Intelligence Unit's Worldwide Cost of...

Two killed in gun attack on Mufti Taqi Usmani in Karachi

-- Unidentified gunmen target two Darul Uloom Korangi cars with gap of 15 minutes, injure two others   KARACHI:  Renowned religious scholar Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani survived...

Two polio cases surface in Karachi, Khyber

ISLAMABAD: The polio cases tally in 2019 mounted to six as two new cases were surfaced in Karachi and Khyber on Thursday. In a tweet, Babar Atta, the...

Another govt vehicle snatched

KARACHI: Another government vehicle was snatched outside Hilal Park area of the metropolis on Wednesday. According to details, Commissioner Federal Board of Land Revenue Zia Aagro...