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Top up: Sindh govt to double daily allowance
Allowance of polio workers upped from Rs250 to Rs500.
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Technological upgrade: Areas around jail lose cellular services as jammers go up
At least seven jammers have been installed around Karachi Central Jail.
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Last rites: Deceased MQM worker’s family criticises govt for its ‘inability to protect’
Police find a familiar pattern in the attack on Tuesday night and those in December, 2013.
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Turning hostile: Eyewitness changes statement during trial
Says he was given the name of the suspect by the police.
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No headway: Goods’ transporters stranded as IDPs protest enters fifth day
Balochistan govt fears their return may lead to clashes among different sections of tribe.
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Debut exhibition: Zehra Javeri unveils 20 years’ worth of artworks
The artist’s paintings are primarily about women as she feels she can relate to them better.
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Enforcing the law: Law enforcers kill three alleged criminals, arrest 33 others
Gulab Jatoi was killed during a raid conducted near Super Highway.
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Bienvenue en France: Karachi Accueil keeps the French tradition alive
Third French Bazaar to take place on Saturday.
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Show of force: Expressway blocked for hours as residents protest police raids
Police arrest over 100 men in raids in search of suspects behind polio attack.
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Polio workers continue drive
The drive continued in rural areas of Sindh and parts of Karachi.
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Illegal SIMs: FIA, police barred from raiding franchises
SHC issues notices to interior ministry and CID.
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Death toll rises: Violence escalates in city
Five bodies also found, police believe four are militants of a banned outfit.
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Prayer leader killed in Karachi
Qazi Meraj was previously attacked twice in the city.
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Sindh Festival: Bilawal promulgates ‘cultural emergency’
Says heritage is in danger and Sindh Festival has been organised to protect it.
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Four tortured bodies recovered in Karachi
The bodies were dumped in bushes in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area.
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Crippled polio drive takes another hit
Four workers gunned down in Karachi and Mansehra; victims include two young mothers, a male student.
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Candidate for local body polls killed in Karachi bomb attack
Wajahat Hussain Naqvi, MQM's candidate for local body polls died on the spot, while his brother, guard were injured.
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Enforcing the law: Two suspects killed in alleged encounter
SHO Idrees Bangash claimed that the suspects were involved in a number of cases.
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Fatal accident: Four men, boy die in road accident near Ghotki
Mirani, Abdul Hameed, Fayyaz and Akhtar were declared dead upon arrival while Ehsan died on his way to the hospital.
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Let us in: Traffic between three provinces blocked for fourth consecutive day
Neither the Sindh nor the Balochistan governments have taken any initiative to end the blockade.
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Missing in action: Sindh Assembly to hold 66 more sessions in four months
The assembly has not summoned a session since mid-December last year.
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Murder at the cinema: Court reserves verdict on bail pleas of two suspects
The premeditated murder charges against the suspects were earlier dropped.
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Anti-profiteering campaign: City administration sets up complaint centres at weekly bazaars
Shoaib Siddiqui believes the campaign is a success as many profiteers have been fined and a few are even behind bars.
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Literary works: New library to be added to city railway station
Pakistan Railways has set up facility to preserve books on history, engineering.
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It’s show time: Habib University building to be completed by end of Feb
Varsity promises scholarships, financial aid packages for deserving students.
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By upholding judgment in Sarfaraz Shah’s case, court sets precedence for others
Lawyers agree that compromise cannot be reached on a crime against society.
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Learning from the past: Polio workers blame police for ‘negligence’
Health secretary suspends last day of campaign today.
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Municipal authority: Clifton cantt putting up ‘barrier’ for transparency
Token system aims to edge out ‘agents’.
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Anti-polio campaign: Only one survives attack on polio team
Workers say they will not risk lives for Rs250 a day.
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ASWJ leader attacked in Karachi
The ASWJ leader was not hurt in the attack.
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Sarfaraz Shah murder: SHC upholds death sentence for Rangers official
Court acquits Lance Naik Liaquat Ali, upholds others' sentences.
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Attacks on Express: MQM files resolution in Sindh Assembly
The resolution also advised taking appropriate measures for protection of the media house.
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Fair warning: Teachers’ association goes on protest
If govt fails to accept their demands, they will hold an APC in Hyderabad on Jan 29, then start long march on Mar 3.
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High court dismisses chief minister’s plea against tribunal
SHC has suspended tribunal proceedings to allow appeals to the SC.
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Domestic help: Court seeks employer’s reply in maid’s rape case
In the final charge sheet, the investigation officer deliberately declared the case as ‘A class’.
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Progress made: Children in Sindh inch closer to rights protection authority
Minister admits plan was delayed due to lack of interest among govt officials.
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Notice issued: High court questions ‘illegal’ confinement of 41 inmates
The petitioner argues that innocent persons are detained in Sindh jails.
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Dealing with violence: Sindh government to launch ‘Special Fighter Force’
CM announces several new projects to combat targeted attacks on law enforcers.
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The bank job: Robbers loot Rs270,000 in second bank heist of the year
Police officials suspect the involvement of the security guards and a cashier in the heist.
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Forced to work: Enact anti-bonded labour laws, save millions from exploitation
The Sindh government wants to legalise the (peshgi) advance system with a law.
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Imposed: Tharparkar’s schoolchildren forced to pay for Aids-free society
Surprisingly, the tickets do not mention the name of the NGO carrying out the drive.
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Missing in action: With exams around the corner, dept yet to set academic calendar
The education department is supposed to decide the schedule before preceding year ends.
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Blast near Rangers vehicle in Nusrat Bhutto Colony
Blast leaves one rangers official injured, and three other people. Two suspects arrested.
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MQM submits resolution against Pakistan Protection Ordinance
The ordinance allows officials to use force against any person who they consider is likely to commit an offence.
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Three bodies bearing torture marks found near Karachi shrine
Police say marks on the bodies indicate that the people were kidnapped and tortured before they were killed.
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Contaminated water taking its toll
Two years after their birth, toddlers suddenly fell sick with vomiting and loose motions.
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In commemoration: MQM demands renaming of Lyari Expressway
Govt should rename Karachi’s Lyari Expressway in the name of Chaudhry Aslam, demanded MQM MNA Ali Raza Abidi.
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Rangers operation: Around 20 suspects held in Kunwari Colony
This was the first grand operation against militant outfits in Karachi after a span of two months.
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Sindh Festival 2014: Fireworks to light up province for 15 days
The event will be held from February 1 till 15 and is being organised on a budget of Rs450 million.
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New facility: Korangi inaugurates its DC office
The commissioner applauded the decision of Sindh government to make another district of Karachi.