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Cantonment board: ‘Demolish illegal constructions or face contempt’
Ashraf Ali Butt, the lawyer of the cantonment board, assured judges that illegal constructions would be demolished.
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Under the flyovers: Court seeks report on removal of encroachment
The bench granted lawyer two weeks time to submit the city administration’s version.
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Public Accounts Committee: Losing patience, PAC decides to tell on BoR
CM had ordered an inquiry into the department after corruption allegations.
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Stay-at-home workers: Activists and unionists stress on legislation for female workers
Speakers say the task force made for formulation of a national policy has been slow.
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‘Will India and Pakistan move on if their economic interests match’
Two-day conference on ‘Stabilising South Asia’ at IoBM ended on Wednesday.
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Baldia factory fire: Court calls for report on forensic tests
Factory workers and human rights organisations have taken the owners to court.
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Party politics : PML-F ‘formally’ picks up Nusrat Seher Abbasi to lead opposition
She may become the first ever female opposition leader in the history of Sindh Assembly.
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Drive-by shootings: Political, religious activists gunned down
Two more men were shot dead in the city.
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Curbing guns : New weapon policy says no more than four
Home dept to restrict the number of licences issued to individuals.
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Killing of polio workers: Four brave women who dared to offer others a better life
Families mourn the death of health workers who were gunned down on Tuesday.
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Across Sindh, anti-polio drive comes to a halt
Sindh govt decides to postpone the campaign, which started on Monday, indefinitely.
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Marketing gimmicks: Clifton monuments draped in Ajraks to celebrate culture
KMC administrator says he will order their removal.
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Lyari grenade attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder
Zulfiqar, alias Abu, was charged with attempted murder, rioting.
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Target killings: Compensation given to heirs of 700 victims
Commission announces free education for children of the deceased.
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Fake acquittal orders: Investigation reveals three kidnappers freed from Sukkur jail
Jacobabad police register case against five suspects.
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City courts’ parks: Seeking solace, bickering couples find guns, prying eyes instead
Three parks inside the court premises serve everyone except the intended people.
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Stabilising South Asia: ‘Asian monetary fund can help this region’
Experts discuss conflict resolution at IoBM’s international peace conference.
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Dr Aafia’s case: Final notice sent to man seeking trial of Musharraf
Anwarul Haq wrote a letter to SHC but failed to file a written statement.
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Women’s rights in Pakistan: NGOs compile report to show the ‘real’ picture
Govt also prepared similar report, but it only covered positive things, claim NGOs.
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Transport woes: Judges say there’s a limit to how long a bus can carry on
Court orders govt to set an ‘age-limit’ on public vehicles in the city.
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Math whizz brings home a bronze medal from India
A team from the OASYS School in Karachi participated in the event in India.
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Safety first: DHA plans to keep an eye on tenants
According to new rules, tenants will provide details to DHA, police.
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Contempt Notice: MQM chief asks party to drop protests
Calls on party workers to not converge at the Supreme Court on January 7.
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JI calls protests ‘undemocratic’
JI Karachi chief Birjees Ahmed says protests and closure of shops dishonour legal institutions.
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Man reportedly working for WHO’s polio team killed
DSP Qamar Ahmed says, “The victim was shot four kilometres away from campaign area."
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KESC ordered to reinstate 67 employees
Sindh High Court direct KESC to reinstate 67 physically challenged employees, who were sacked in February.
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Man killed during motorcycle theft
Three men killed across different areas of the city.
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Peshawar attack aftermath: Fearing attack, ASF digs trench around airport
Police detain two Uzbek nationals on their way from K-P.
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Karachi shut down: Terrorism charges dropped against 14 men
The suspects are believed to have orchestrated the city’s closure over the weekend.
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Over 10,000 homes to be given to the poor, promises CM
Qaim Ali Shah claims that 50,000 plots will also be distributed among the needy.
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Law enforcers clueless about abducted hospital worker after 10 months
Sindh High Court dissatisfied with police’s performance in the case.
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Twenty months later, rape survivor Kainat fights on
Court issues arrest warrants against two suspects accused of gang rape.
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Media for women: Women want to move beyond fashion, human rights issues
Journalists share their experiences on working in a ‘male-dominated’ profession.
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Love thy neighbour: Indian visitors say borders divide land, not hearts
A group of 33 people crossed Wagah border on Dec 11 to participate in religious festivities.
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Under attack: Another Shia gunned down in Karachi
Jawwad Bhatti was shot multiple times by unknown assailants at his dawakhana in Mominabad, Landhi.
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School is out: Winter vacations in Sindh from December 22-31
All educational institutions to remain closed on January 3, 2013 on account of Imam Hussain’s (RA) chehlum
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Words, not weapons are what Lyari residents want
A number of them seek refuge in area’s largest library.
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Encounter: Hostage rescued, kidnapper killed
A six-year-old boy was abducted on Friday by a rickshaw driver while he was going to school.
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Missing boy: Court seeks report on welfare houses for runaway kids
Rahima Khatoon took police to court over alleged detention of her 13-year-old son.
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Bilawal’s debut: ‘Historic gathering to be held at Garhi Khuda Bux this Dec 27’
Qaim Ali Shah says ‘anti-PPP forces’ are still hatching conspiracies.
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Sindh police pay final respects to slain personnel
Two CID police constables and another inspector were killed on Saturday.
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MQM’s action and reaction: ‘Karachi’s residents will appear before the SC’
MQM activists demanded that the court withdraw the notice, as it was against the mandate of the people of Karachi.
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CNG rickshaws book passengers by running their own box office
People first inquire about the LCD and music system in the vehicle, say rickshaw drivers.
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As Allah Walli Chowrangi is removed, new road paves over Karachi history
Artist Ozzir Zuby created the monument in 1989 upon Farooq Sattar’s commission.
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Szabist international conference: Speakers highlight need for joint research
Collaboration in research among institutions would lead to reduced cost and a higher impact of the research output.
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Criminals to be kept away from pedestrian bridge
Pedestrian bridge near Jamia Cloth Market has become a nuisance for traders as it has turned into a criminals’ den.
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Clearing the air: ‘Kalabagh Dam was proposed during Zia’s regime’
Mazharul Haq responds to Pir Pagara that the project was proposed during General Ziaul Haq’s rule in 1984.
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Sat Guru Saant Shadharam: Mass wedding concludes 304th birth anniversary
Around 33 Hindus from India also joined the festivities at the Darbar.
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Outstanding dues: KWSB takes Sindh govt to court
Sindh High Court had directed the government in April to release Rs222.7 million to the KWSB.
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‘Brilliant but difficult, Cowasjee had a language of his own’
Friends and acquaintances share stories of the writer who passed away in November.