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PAC meeting: Government spends millions on drugs but don’t test them
Hospitals in Karachi and Hyderabad bought medicines worth Rs62 million from 2007 till 2009.
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Descent into chaos: Death toll rises in fresh round of violence
The police claim that the three men were killed in targeted attacks over personal enmity.
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3rd 'day of mourning': Normalcy returns to Karachi
Over 14 killed in the last 24 hours, dead include MQM and ANP workers, supporters.
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With the body count still rising, the President swoops into town
Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah briefs President Zardari over law and order situation of city.
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Documentary detailing life and works of Abdul Sattar Edhi wins French awards
The feature length documentary “The Kingdom of Mr Edhi” has been produced by Belgian filmmaker.
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'Karachi commissioner, deputies conspiring against PPP govt'
Durrani says deputy commissioners, commissioner Karachi want to gain control of the city.
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British Raj: Remembering a commissioner
A seminar to mark the 197th birthday of Sindh’s first commissioner, Sir Henry Edward Bartle Frere.
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Revenge kidnapping: Khoso women rescued hours after abduction
The police have successfully managed to rescue two women and a girl.
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Missing man: Deputy attorney general put on notice
Petitioner says his brother is in ISI’s custody.
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KESC dispute: Steel Mills told to deposit bill amount with SHC
The order comes on a petition filed by Pakistan Steel Mills, seeking damages worth Rs30 million from KESC.
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Political stance: ‘The government has failed to protect the people’
The PTI leader accuses ANP and MQM of fighting a turf war.
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STPP strike: MQM office attacked in TMK as other districts observe strike
STPP office was torched, two activists, school-girl killed in clash with MQM on Tuesday.
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9 feet under: Scared labourers try to contain oil leak from pipeline in DHA
Officials have yet to discover the reason for the rupture.
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Politics in Pakistan: ‘Ethno-nationalism can become disastrous, if not taken seriously’
Ethnicity is a consciousness of common ancestry, culture, language and religion.
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Rapid-fire Q/A: JI leader offers insight into violence in Karachi
Mehanti accused ANP and MQM of using deaths of their workers to start violence in the city.
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Nurses and paramedics: Terminally ill children’s deaths not linked to hospital strike
Many nurses said that they were joining the protest after their shifts.
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ANP’s day of mourning: Toll over three days rises to 20 amid partial strike
The city was divided into separate camps with the Pakhtun areas on strike.
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After transporters, OMCs decide on fares, oil supplies resume
OMCs had accepted demands of tankers that they would the fare as specified by OGRA and OCAC.
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Zardari, Altaf discuss security situation in Karachi
Zardari assures MQM chief that he would chair a meeting to overview security situation in Karachi.
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On strike: Three children dead as nurses boycott
There are more than 200 children admitted at the hospital, 150 of them in critical condition.
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ANP day of mourning: Most of Karachi closed
Nine people killed in firing incidents, 13 cars torched.
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Disqualified MPA: ECP announces by-polls for Sindh Assembly seat
SC seeks government report on measures taken to protect civil servants.
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Khayaban-e-Saadi: Residents and DHA patch up over stalled work
A fight with the Sindh govt led to new charges.
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Accounting watchdog: Plot owners have paid, but LDA, MDA yet to give ownership rights
Revenue dept comes under fire for dismal performance.
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Political violence: Two die during STPP-MQM clash in Tando Allahyar
An STPP worker and a school girl die, 10 STPP workers injured .
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Murky waters: 426 Indian fishermen are in Malir jail
Confirmation of national status is taking too long.
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To protect and serve: As Badin sank, its police were held hostage by duty
The district’s police stations and posts destroyed in the floods need to be rebuilt.
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Altaf Hussain hits out at statements against Urdu speakers
Altaf Hussain says that a well thought out conspiracy is at work in the province.
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Out-of-turn-promotions: 180 more police officers leave charge on Wednesday
70 DSP posts are now vacant, promotion committee to meet this week to decide
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Police use tear gas and baton-charge as nurses protest
Medical staff allege that nurses in other provinces are provided more lucrative allowances.
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Double homicide: PIB Colony survivor tells police killer called himself Ahmed Ali
Uzma registers FIR, manhunt gets underway.
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Karachi violence: After ANP worker murdered, 6 killed, 3 injured, 11 vehicles torched
Unknown people opened fire on car of ANP worker in front of the Matric Board Office in Nazimabad.
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Sindh government to impose ban on carrying weapons
The Sindh Home Department will issue an official notification regarding the ban.
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Police confront protesting nurses, junior paramedics with water cannon
12-15 nurses, paramedic staff arrested by police later released on health minister directive; injured shifted to JPMC.
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After a day of violence, life in Karachi returns to normalcy
Educational institutes, petrol pumps, offices reopen after MQM's day of mourning.
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Play date turns fatal: Two children buried in sand in Sanghar district
Two children lost their lives after a sand dune buried them while they were playing in Saifal Junejo village.
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Hit and run: Tractor-bike accident leaves three dead
All three died on the spot while the driver fled from the scene.
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Two bandits killed in Old City area
Police shot dead two alleged dacoits in an encounter in Ghas Mandi area of Old City late on Monday night.
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Violence in Karachi: Sindh Cabinet, PAC meetings postponed
Meetings postponed on Tuesday in the wake of the worsening law and order situation in Karachi.
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Colleges ask KU to stop charging big bucks for affiliation
University says they would give colleges a concession if they wrote an application.
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‘Katchi abadis are hubs for crime, disease’
Experts and bankers discuss how to help finance home building.
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In other pools, other wonders as Badin’s new fishermen find
The water left by the floods has given rise to a new entrepreneur.
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20-year age limit: SHC orders BSEK to issue admit cards
The board had given the students a choice between appearing as external or regular candidates.
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Teaming up: ‘Govt has no right to govern if it cannot give its citizens peace’
A merger of the SNF and the PML-N would be for the better: Shah.
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Chaos unfolds: Private schools likely to remain closed today
University buses decided to turn back as they came across burning vehicles.
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Political parties condemn murders, reaction in equal measure
Jamaat-e-Islami accused the MQM of taking revenge on the people of Karachi for its workers’ deaths.
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Leave of absence: Court throws out petition for Arbab Ghulam Rahim
Rahim was granted leave for four years but is now being unseated as MPA.
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PIB Colony murders: BLOWBACK
Anger whipped through Karachi’s streets after the murder of two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) men in PIB Colony.
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Chaos and uncertainty: Industrial activity comes to a halt as fear grips city
Major industrial, commercial centres stay closed after killing of a political activist.
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With each bus burnt, government asked to compensate without replacements
Over the past four years 500 buses have been burnt, with compensation of partial costs for 100 buses provided.