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Drowned out: Drive against illegal hydrants appears to be dead in the water
KWSB claims that it does not have the required resources to counter the problem.
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Campaign prep: Polio drive to start in Khairpur
District committee on anti-polio campaign holds coordination meetings with all departments to review the arrangements
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Railway tracks blast: No evidence found against suspects, JIT report
Court sends the suspects to jail on judicial remand till March 20.
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Home invasion: Unidentified men kill two in Karachi
Separately, bodies of two women found in house in Madina Colony, Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
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Sindh govt accepts responsibility
The bench directed the Sindh government to submit a report on the causes of the prevailing situation in Tharparkar
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Knockout blow: Boxing community reels as its favourite son is killed
Lyari is a volatile place and boxing is one of the few positive activities that the youth here follows.
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Cause of death?: Two young girls killed, dumped at separate sites
Police unsure of motive as both victims bore no torture or bullet marks.
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Legal or not?: Sindh transport, traffic regulatory body to explain drive
Rickshaw owners said their vehicles were introduced after amending the law.
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No arms: People of Karachi demand a weapon-free city
A protest was held by CTAC against weaponisation and politicisation of the police.
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SHC warns of recalling stay on FIR against Rangers personnel
SHC bench had suspended the operation of the ADJ's order last week by granting a temporary stay order.
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Not the first time: Lyari has lost many sportsmen to its gangs
We are losing our best sportsmen to violence complains Ali Akbar Shah, a national boxer
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Kidnapped and killed: Lyari loses three boxers, two others
Five of a family lured into Lyari on Sunday, their bodies delivered home next morning .
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Away from the beating: Young boys escape madressas to find sanctuary at Edhi
Edhi shelter homes and orphanages are safe places for children to escape corporal punishment .
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Demanding justice: Slain ASWJ leaders laid to rest amid protests
Protesters blocked Korangi Road causing a massive traffic jam at the busy thoroughfare.
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No backlash: Police fail to take action in wake of jirga killings
An FIR has been lodged by one of the widows against 15 people.
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On the streets: As business improves, bus owners welcome crackdown against ‘illegal’ rickshaws
The rickshaws are unregistered and therefore do not pay taxes.
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Lyari gang war: 5 relatives of Baba Ladla shot dead
Police said three of the deceased were boxers.
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‘Injustice’ is served: Five killed, five injured as jirga hearing turns bloody
The Supreme Court dubbed jirgas as ‘unconstitutional’ in 2012.
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Mind over math: Children learn to use ‘imaginary abacus’
Students of the ‘Mind Mathlon 2014’ display the benefits of a unique calculating technique.
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The parched land: Relief operations offer only a temporary solution for Tharparkar
Jamatud Dawa’s Hafiz Abdul Rauf asks the government to address the root cause of the problem.
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Urban plantations : When studying mangrove ecology, place them within the context of Karachi
Decision makers need to understand how precious mangroves are.
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Target killings: Week ends with killings of six people in the city
Christian, political workers, minor and spiritual healer victims of the day.
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Result of hard work?: SSUET students await results even after 3 months
The university spokesperson term this delay as "normal" and "expected".
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'Security alert': Do Darya diners pose biggest security threat, it seems
Police have been directed to stop and check each vehicle heading towards the food street.
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The dreamscape: A loaded brush and a stroke of genius
Artist Hamid S Alavi shows Karachi the way he sees it.
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‘Difficult’ working conditions: Fresh polio drive kicks off in city’s high-risk areas
The polio teams will target 500,000 children in 24 areas every Sunday for the next four weeks.
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Five killed in a firing incident in Karachi
All five of the deceased belong to the same family.
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Educated and corrupt
At least 9,500 fake teaching and non-teaching appointments were appointed during previous PPP government's tenure.
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Eye for an eye? Tribesmen protest triple murder
Tribesmen raised slogans against police for their failure to protect the lives and properties of the people.
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Verdict in case of Rangers’ shooting down a civilian deferred
A sepoy of the Pakistan Rangers was charged with killing Ghulam Haider.
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Rescue mission: Police kill two kidnappers before rescuing abductee
The kidnappers opened fire at the SIU police personnel, forcing them into retaliation.
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Exclusively for women: Goodbye harassment, hello Basanti Express!
SRDO believes the service will help women travel around the city without fear.
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Labour tribunal to get two judges this month
Lawyer Rafiq Malik says province’s labour courts lying vacant for a long time.
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In desperation, unpaid teachers turn to court
Staff of various govt schools hasn't received salary for more than a year.
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Information lapse: Forensics struggles with manpower, systems
The department has not produced a detailed ballistics report over the last eight months.
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Three rape accused held in Karachi
Three men accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Karachi’s Shah Rasul Colony were arrested by the police.
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Palijo may be Lyari's unlikely peacebroker
Groups following Uzair Baloch and Baba Ladla have expressed confidence in Palijo to resolve differences.
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Hand-me-down: Detainee sent into police remand after 90 days
The ATC-III awarded physical custody remand of the suspect to the police till March 10.
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Ethics in medicine: Doctors stress need to check organ transplantation
Speakers advocated the need to implement the deceased donor programme in Pakistan.
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Protecting the ‘weaker’ sex: ‘More laws needed to prevent crimes against women’
Situation can't improve unless there is justice, says Madadgaar Helpline's Zia Awan.
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Equal rights: Speakers demand better treatment of working women
Activists and trade unionists criticise the govt and country's chauvinist work culture.
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Explain yourself: High court asks election tribunal about bogus votes
Barrister Nasim said MQM candidate requested tribunal to show the entire 92,731 votes or 63,496 unverifiable votes.
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In remembrance: Larkana politician Altaf Unar dies at 55
The former revenue minister was suffering from a kidney-related disease.
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Job security: ‘Fake’ teachers in Sindh get paid Rs20m
By adjusting appointments to back dates, teachers able to draw salaries .
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Without male pollen, female date palms bear ‘inferior’ fruit
March to June is the prime time for pollination of the date palms.
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Crime does pay: Within 90 minutes, robbers 'withdraw' Rs7m from two banks
Modus operandi suggests the same group is behind both heists.
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Landhi women display handmade carpets, bangles at the Karachi University
The women, who were unaware of the day's existence, wanted a day to celebrate.
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Sharmila Farooqi’s car stolen at gun point in Karachi
The provincial culture minister was not in her government issued vehicle when it was snatched from her driver.
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International Women’s Day: Who will listen to her Story?
1 year after Domestic Violence Act 2013 passed, actual situation of women suffering from violence has hardly changed.
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Actress Sana Khan killed in car crash
Husband and driver were also injured in the incident.