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Battling for PS-21: Anti-PPP forces unite for election
It is a referendum on the new local government law, says NPP candidate.
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Growing old: Ageing population brings novel challenges
Pakistan’s elderly population expected to swell from current 6.6% to almost 16% in 2050.
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SPLGO 2012: PML-N forms committee to study the LG ordinance
‘Party workers and legal experts will be a part of the committee’.
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Retakes scheduled after IoBM papers leaked
Management Accounting one of the casualties of the spring exam session
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Floods 2012: Ministers try to brighten up Eid for survivors of natural disaster
A large mela was organised near the Jacobabad bypass where rides for children were set up.
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With a fresh agenda and new name to boot, party ready to shake up Karachi’s politics
Qaumi Watan Party, formerly PPP-Sherpao, is perparing to serve up its brand of nationalism.
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Growing lawlessness: Fed up with promises, businessmen demand action against crime
KCCI says despite govt assurances, security situation has worsened in city.
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Nawaz says Sindh government victimising his party
Nawaz alleges that Ameer Bhutto, who recently joined the PML-N is being victimised.
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Factory fire: Hundreds lose jobs as plastics factory gutted
Huge explosions averted as thinner tanks protected.
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Hide collection: Saved... by the skin of the cow
No major clashes reported over ‘forced’ collection of sacrificial animal hides.
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Operation clean-up a success for the most part this Eid
Remains collected from homes, deposited at collection points and then in trenches.
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Admissions: SMU releases merit lists, interviews from Tuesday
Interviews of 470 candidates who cleared the entrance test will vie for 228 open merit seats.
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Child health: Pneumococcal Vaccine to be available across Sindh soon
Pakistan is the first country in South Asia to administer the vaccine to children free of cost.
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Altaf Hussain thanks people for donating 'record number' of animal hides
MQM leader says manner in which people reposed confidence in party's welfare wing has broken all records.
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Karachi violence: Five killed, Rangers round up suspects
Rangers conduct targeted operation in Shanti Nagar on tip-off, round up several suspects.
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Telephonic meeting: Zardari, Altaf discuss political stability
Zardari also has telephonic conversation with Maulana Fazlur Rehman, K-P chief minister, and deputy prime minister.
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Karachi factory fire put out after 30 hours
A fire tender, two snorkels used in putting out fire; more than 100 firefighters took part in the process.
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Funding instability: In the financial capital, hide collection is big money
Eid is a major source of revenue for banned outfits based in the city.
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Off the hook: Four men acquitted in policeman’s murder case
Third Additional District and Sessions Judge acquitted the men as the evidence that they were perpetrators was weak.
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Murder in the market: Three policemen arrested for alleged extrajudicial killing
Zaibur Rahman was shot while on the way to a cattle market.
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Meet Shahrukh Khan...: As market flooded with pricey animals, people turn to seminaries for combined sacrifice
Average price of a goat has gone up to Rs20,000.
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Floods 2012: Unhappy relief dept official blames NGOs for not pulling their weight
Haleem Adil Sheikh says NGOs, political parties are nowhere to be seen this year.
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Legal process: Another FIR for Master Manzoor’s murder ordered
Wife says Master Manzoor was killed by his family members.
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Decided at last?: Govt allots ‘coalition’ portfolios to PPP ministers
All departments, except Jam Madad Ali's science and technology portfolio transferred to PPP ministers.
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Forget the fairy godmother, Noor Sons in Saddar will fix you up for the ball
The tailoring store has been in business since the early 1970s.
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Deadly September: Baldia fire doubles Karachi’s ‘normal’ monthly death toll
HRCP tally based on newspaper reports observes 2,291 people have lost their lives since the beginning of the year.
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Coalition resignation: After nearly six weeks, fate of ‘opposition members’ still hangs in the balance
The legislators had resigned in protest against the new system of local government.
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Sukkur’s municipality staff on the brink of starvation
Like Karachi, the SMC is fighting for more funds.
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On call: In Hyderabad, city staff’s salaries hang by a thread
Nearly 3,000 employees had not been paid for six months.
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Karachi: Beast of burden
‘Poor’ Karachi buckles under strain of expenses despite earning the lion’s share.
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Sindh governor orders issuance of arms licences to business community
Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan also orders additional mobile phone locators for Karachi police.
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These unmarked maps of Karachi are no better than wallpaper, say judges
The government has failed to also survey state lands and keep records over the years, leading to land grabbing.
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Floods 2012: Sindh government to hurry up relief effort
Zardari directs CM that provisions must be given to relief camps before winter.
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One question from judge decimates long-winded police report
Have you seen any decline in crime, asks Justice Khilji.
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Long route buses jack up fares for Eid journeys
The fare of an air-conditioned coach from Karachi to Peshawar is now Rs2,500.
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UN reports that 30 govt schools in Qasba shut down since 2011
Children turn to madrassas for more than an education.
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Wrongly implicated: ATC clears up mistaken identity case
The complainant verified that the detained man was not the one who committed the crime.
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Karachi violence: SC links unrest to illegal immigrants
Calls it a major trigger point for lawlessness in city.
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Some future doctors afraid of needles, sight of blood, Karachi study finds
More non-medical students donate blood than their counterparts in medical colleges.
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Holy calling Eidul Azha prayer timings
Eidul Azha prayers timings across Karachi.
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Witness protection programme: Promises, promises...
The judges were told, however, that a new law - Witness Protection Bill - had been prepared.
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Bambino to reopen this Eid: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Historic movie theatre was one of six destroyed on September 21’s riots on Ishq-e-Rasool day.
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Karachi violence: Prayer leader among five gunned down in Gulberg
Four armed men riding on two motorcycles approached the store and opened fire.
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Farooq Sattar inquires after Malala in Birmingham
Sattar hands over bouquet and passes on good wishes from MQM chief.
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Meet Sukkur’s Shahrukh Khan ahead of the slaughter
Buyers were also upset that they had to pay a fee, which ranged from Rs500 to Rs1,000 per animal.
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Bomb found in North Nazimabad Block A defused
DPO North Nazimabad Latif Siddiqui says locally manufactured bomb recovered outside bungalow in area's block A.
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‘If govt doesn’t execute court orders, crime will stay’
Court notes if the death penalty law was not required in society, why had parliament not legislated to end it?
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‘Officers are more loyal to politicians than the police force’
Police going over records to verify again the character, political affiliations, criminal records of officers.
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‘Stop showing suspects on TV’
Showing the suspects arrested on TV affects the suspects as well as legal procedure.
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This is not a battlefield, stresses SC justice
The body counts, motives, cross-border movement of criminals all offered as explanations for crime rate.

















































