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Quest for options: Zardari calms MQM’s frayed nerves
MQM extends deadline till January 15 for 'some action' against Sindh home minister.
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Team formed to investigate Shikarpur Ashura attack
Zulfiqar Mirza forms a team to investigate the attack, in which four policemen suffered critical injuries.
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Clarification: KESC insists it is not scrimping on furnace oil
Utility has burnt 65 per cent more this year, says spokesman.
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Celebrations: Christmas ceremony for the elderly
The Mother Teresa Welfare Trust organised a ceremony for elderly people to celebrate Christmas.
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Fighting the polio virus: 26 cases reported in Sindh this year
Health department blames upsurge on the recent floods.
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Selling babies, making profits : Company wants farmers to pull their heads out of the sand and invest in ostriches
Pakistan Ostrich Company trying to get govt recognition for the ‘meat of the millennium’.
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Submerged education: 3,000 students of Khairpur Nathan Shah out of school
Govt institutions still closed because of standing floodwater inside the buildings.
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Singing for a merry Christmas
Christians across Karachi have started preparations for December 25, the birthday of Jesus Christ.
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Admissions open for masters in SSUET
Merit list for BS programme issued.
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Pushed to the limit: Women and children using heroin
In a small fishing village in Rehri Goth, women and children along with men are addicted to heroin.
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Jirga imposes Rs2.6m fine on former SHO
Two members of Sarki clan killed during encounter.
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Dr Vailani’s blasphemy case: Complainant ‘misunderstood’
Doctor away from the city, to return when case is disposed of.
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Protest: JI marches against inflation, RGST
Protesters marched from Numaish Chowrangi to Tibet Centre.
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Public money: Ex-councillors accuse official of harrassment
Former councillors of Lal Bux Jatoi file a constitutional petition.
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One killed, two injured in collision
One labourer was killed and two others seriously injured in an accident on the National Highway.
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Drug inspection: Smuggled, fake Viagra, painkillers seized in raid
Pharmaceutical company knew but no information was shared: FIA spokesman.
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Alleged gang-rape: Christian couple given the run-around since August
R was allegedly kept in a police centre for 50 says in revenge for a property dispute.
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A peaceful Muharram: Administrator pays tribute to governor, IT minister
Says there were no complaints from residents.
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A safe Ashura: Iron-clad spirits hold aloft centuries-old tradition
Lessons in discipline, faith and unity unfolded on Muharram 10 for children, mourners.
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Ashura in Shikarpur: 4 policemen injured in confused suicide attempt
Bomb went off when the SHO turned over the injured assailant.
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Death in police custody: Family attacks police station, demands justice
Protesters accuse police of killing Baloch and framing it as suicide.
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Home minister stands ground: MQM has been given a clarification
Statement about target killers from largest political party based on intelligence, says Mirza.
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Justice delayed: A stab at a promotion after 11 years of struggle
Employee of SHC granted interim relief after 11 years as court agrees to include his name in the promotion list.
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JUI separation may break govt: PML-F
Khursheed Afghan says if Fazlur Rehman sticks to his decision to separate, then the government may collapse.
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Safeguarding rights: For the children, by the children
Committee of 25 children prepares child-rights agenda outlining human rights problems from the children's perspective.
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Human rights: Think-tank appeals for end to blasphemy laws
SDF expresses concern over rise of religious intolerance and the new wave of persecution of religious minorities.
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Miscommunications: Karachi-bound mourners protest train delays
The trains due to take mourners to Karachi in time for the main Muharram 10 procession fail to show up in time.
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Fighting back: Hospitals taking no chances this Muharram
The 10th of Muharram brings back terrible memories for Jinnah hospital but this time around, the staff is prepared.
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Terrorism: LeJ militant remanded in police custody
Alleged Lashkar-i-Jhangvi militant charged with intended murder, assault on police and possession of explosives.
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2010 not marked by any major breakthroughs in terrorism cases
This year has been notable for the lack of any major breakthroughs in terrorist cases by law enforcement agencies.
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Ashura: Fearless Hyderabad girls pray on hot ashes
Standing on the cooling ashes, Marhaba and Asba bend to prostrate on the 15-foot-long path lined with embers.
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Shia clerics warn govt against tampering with blasphemy laws
Shia clerics choose the Muharram 9 sermons as an opportunity to comment on the blasphemy law.
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From Pehlwan Goth to Nishtar Park
Thousands walked side by side in the Muharram 9 Pehalwan Goth procession.
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Three men planning attack on Ashura arrested
Police arrest suspected member of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi who was planning an attack on the ninth and tenth of Muharram.
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Muharram processions underway amid tight security
Thousands of Rangers and police personnel deployed across the country to prevent any untoward incident.
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Art imitating life: Funky new ad puts a spin on personal hygiene and politics
Billboards pop up in Hyderi and the Expressway, Karsaz next.
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Mining royalty contract: Both sides agree to let bidding continue
Constitutional petition filed by the successful bidder who fears some other party may be favoured.
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IBA registrar murder attempt: Students, activists demand arrests
IBA registrar Zahid Hussain Khand was shot twice when he was on his way to the institute.
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Alleged victimisation: Court orders inspection of lands
Jatois say Chandios have thrown them off their turf.
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Illegal detention: Police officials to be booked for kidnapping
Sindh High Court orders FIR against Mirpur Bathoro SHO.
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CID custody: TTP activist remanded till Dec 18
Police allege to have recovered two Kalashnikovs, 10 kg of explosives, three detonators and a detonator chord.
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Interfaith harmony: ‘Muslim, Christian, Jewish scholars launch campaign’
Dr M Ali Chaudhry delivers talk on Pakistan-US communities in the US.
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Rimpa Plaza attack: Surviving Christian goes to court
Sole Christian survivor of the 2002 Rimpa Plaza killings seeks financial compensation.
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Lakson tobacco legal adviser shot dead
62-year-old lawyer, Kamil Khan, was gunned down outside his house while returning from work.
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Guinness book of world records: 19 girls and 1 car on top of the world
Nineteen girls managed to fit into a smart car to get their names put in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Ashura arrangements - No load-shedding for 2 days: KESC
Power utility contradicts city administrator’s claims on Muharram arrangements.
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Tearful homecoming for flood survivors in Sindh
UNHCR says families increasingly swapping life in camps to go home, however bleak the conditions as winter sets in.
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Passport officials remanded to FIA custody
Officials accused of issuing passports on basis of forged documents.
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Gas cut for three days due to unpaid bill
Dozens of angry women protest to demand restoration of gas.
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Model village to shelter to Hindu and Muslim homeless garbage pickers and scavengers
The 120-unit settlement will offer basic health, education, water and sanitation facilities.