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‘11 labourers from Pakistan equal 5 from India and 7 from Bangladesh’
The labour in Pakistan is degenerating with 11 men equalling five from India and seven from Bangladesh.
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Milk prices: Petitioner moves court against increase in prices
SHC moved against increase in prices of milk and other dairy products.
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Pakistani roosters are no chickens as they fight their way to Dubai and the Philippines
Every Friday, thousands of people gather at the outskirts of Sukkur to watch a ‘grand cockfight’.
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Exhibition: 5 artists get ‘amnesia’, tackle the loss of cultural memory
Remnants of an overlooked Pakistani culture rejuvenated by five young artists.
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NED students enter competition to design formula racecar
Students working day and night to design a racecar to take part in global Formula Racing competition.
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Sindh Assembly: Treasury benches fill up after MQM and PPP patch up
Nine-day boycott ends as MQM legislators return to the Sindh Assembly session.
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Qamar David’s case: Nervous doctors perform blasphemy convict’s autopsy
Nervous doctors perform crucial autopsy on Christian blasphemy convict.
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Water board shuts off supply to railways
The water board’s claims to have disconnected the Pakistan Railways over Rs140.8 million in unpaid bills refuted.
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Lyari Medical College: Entrance test for MBBS programme on March 27
More than 1,000 students have applied to the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Lyari Medical College.
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Senior citizens: Judges told to hurry up with ‘old’ cases
SHC CJ directs judges to process appeals of convicts who older than 60 years.
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Art for sale: Fear, old family photos and suffocation
Visitors float into Canvas Gallery on opening day of group show of works of five fresh graduates from NCA.
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Professors and teachers sprayed, tear-gassed away from CM House during protest
The water cannon came out against teachers — again.
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1 in 10 women infected with Hepatitis at beauty parlours: Study
The disease is rapidly increasing in the country due to the contaminated equipment at beauty parlours.
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Sindh Assembly session: Talking about everything but what’s on the agenda
MPAs paid tribute to a social worker who just received the International Women of Courage award 2011.
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Target killings - day six: Brazen daylight shootings continue
Brazen daylight drive-by shootings continue as six more men get killed.
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Hyderabad jail operation: 7 prisoners die, 40 injured in fight for a cup of tea
There was an electricity breakdown in the area the previous night which cut off the water supply to the prison.
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Ward boy burnt as boiler bursts in theatre
A ward boy was burnt when a boiler burst in the operation theatre of the orthopaedic ward at Civil Hospital.
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Squatters bring out land ownership papers
The houses were built on 110 feet of a 300-foot-wide road in the industrial area.
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‘Rs560 million fraud’
The Sindh Excise and Taxation Department has embezzled nearly Rs560 million within the past year.
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Petition seeks MPAs’ disqualification
Human Rights Commission South Asia’s Syed Iqbal Kazmi has filed an application in the Supreme Court.
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SC commission visits Kandhkot
The Supreme Court commission investigating breaches in embankments visited Tori Bund.
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Labour union protests against ‘surplus pool’
KESC labour union staged a protest against the management for creating a surplus to “isolate employees”.
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‘Changa Manga’ politicians versus ‘Sindhi topi and ajrak’
Assembly completes third parliamentary year by completing 101 days of proceedings.
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Is Pakistan ready for a tsunami, ask experts
Our glaciers are melting and our mangroves are disappearing.
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Operation clean-up starts at Civil hospital
The cleanup campaign included mending and painting windows in the gynae ward.
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Seven bullet-filled bodies found across city
Victims include MQM activist, ANP man who survived an attack on Sunday.
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Saud Mirza appointed police chief
The grade 21 officer has a degree in police studies from the University of Exeter.
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MQM to meet President Zardari today
MQM delegation to meet President Zardari to discuss the political scenario and target killings in Karachi.
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Sindh assembly: Privilege motion submitted against Chaudhry Nisar
Privilege motion submitted Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for his remarks against leaders of PPP.
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No let-up: Karachi violence death toll rises to 13
At least 8 more people, including activists of political parties, gunned down and one vehicle set ablaze.
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Employees protest against KESC management
Protesters complain the workers who were reinstated at KESC were not being given any work.
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Three extortionists arrested
CID Sindh police claim to have nabbed three alleged extortionists after a brief encounter.
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Law and order: CM House security beefed up
Due to the escalating violence in the city, security at the Chief Minister House has been increased.
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Sindh Education Foundation to open 700 schools in third phase of project
SEF launches the third phase of its project ‘Promoting Private Schooling in Rural Sindh’ (PPRS).
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Hamara Karachi Festival: Shopping, Mehfil-e Ghazal and lots of food
Diners eating at food street restaurants included in the HKF celebrations save up to 10 per cent.
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Crisis resolution: Farooq Sattar calls for political unity
Sattar says Pakistan is still known for many problems while its neighbours are earning recognition for development.
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DHA Phase I residents sick of generators hospital can’t do without
What do you do when a hospital next to your house needs to run a noisy generator?
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20 injured in tanker, minibus collision
People gather at accident site to scoop up the oil, which had spilled out from the tanker.
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Katchhi community agrees to withhold protest, sit-in
Mirza meets Katchhi Rabita Committee, PAC denies allegations.
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Unqualified anaesthetists to be prosecuted by govt
Stern action will be taken against anaesthetists practising without possessing any formal qualification.
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On fire: 17-year-old record breaker is no flash in the pan
Jawwad Gaba attempts to set world record by spinning a frying pan for 30 mins, 34 secs.
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As Clifton gets drinking water fit for the sewer, water board struggles to lay new lines
After the CID blast, the Clifton pumping station was fixed, but only temporarily.
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As PM, president in town, drive-by shootings take slew of lives
Peoples Amn Committee office set on fire, Jauhar terrorised with aerial firing.
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Karachi violence: 10 people shot dead
Protesters set three cars and an office on fire in Kharadar area of Karachi.
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Three nationalist leaders shot dead
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on three leaders while injuring two others.
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Aman 2011: Navy exercise enters sea phase
All maritime platforms participating in the exercise are working in real-threat environment.
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Shershah carnage: Man who filed FIR returns to court
Justices Gulzar Ahmed and Imam Bux Baloch issued notices to the Sindh prosecutor general and others.
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80 million pounds for Sindh schooling
DFID to fund a project to educate one million students.
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Engineer Promotions Court rejects withdrawal notice
Order, which withdrew the promotion of engineers in the rural development department, declared null and void.
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20 men raid police station lock-up, free robber
The Ghouspur police locked up Yasin Ogahi for his alleged involvement in a robbery in Ali Bux Ogahi village.