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Against lawlessness: Taxi drivers block National Highway
The drivers shouted slogans against Shikarpur police for failing to restore law and order.
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Tragic losses: Six children drown in separate incidents
The villagers rushed to the pond and managed to save two of the children while three girls could not be saved.
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Unfinished business: College’s merger could land Sindh govt in trouble
Notification issued on Thursday announced the merger of SM Science College with SMIU.
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The gambling addict: Man confesses to kidnapping, selling eight girls
The accused used to sell the minor girls to his accomplice in exchange for gambling money.
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ILO workshop: Speakers call for ending bonded labour
Non-governmental organisations, political parties and the civil society need to play their due role.
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Political rhetoric: PML-N blames provincial govt for Lyari ‘crisis’
The party leadership urges MQM to stop pressuring businessmen.
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A growing nuisance: ‘Diabetes is a source of huge economic burden’
Prof. Abdul Basit claims that 7.1 million people in the country are in pre-diabetic state.
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Premature detonations: Alleged members of LeJ killed due to manhandling of explosives
In 2002, a similar incident in a house in Korangi had claimed the lives of four LeJ members.
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Pre-emptive measures: Over 300 cameras to be installed to control extortion
The cameras would cover important business centres of the city.
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Blast near ANP office in Karachi kills two, injures six
The provincial government should provide security to ANP workers and offices, says senior party leader Bashir Jan.
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Corruption charges: NAB takes action against ‘murky’ water schemes
Inquiry to review schemes worth Rs40b begins, Sindh govt officials summoned.
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Sindh government reduces 10 departments
This will reduce the total number of departments in the Sindh government from 47 to 37.
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Deteriorating security: Nisar to visit Karachi on July 22
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif instructs interior minister to get a grip on the security issues of the city.
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Karachi blast survivor admits to making bomb for Yaum-e-Ali
Investigations reveal LeJ member was leading the operation.
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Student’s murder: Three convicts sentenced to death
The abductors had demanded Rs1 million ransom from Haq’s father, but later killed him.
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Fifty-one officers hired on ‘tampered’ results set to receive promotions
Candidates denied posts after 2004 exams accuse commission of delaying case.
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Death in custody: Deceased’s family registers FIR against the Rangers, police
After the death, police dept suspends Sacchal SHO Ejaz Rajper and SIO Murawwat.
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Illegal appointments: Former DG parks challenges his removal
He claimed that incumbent DG does not possess the requisite qualification and that his appointment was unlawful.
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Power cuts during sehri, iftari hours continue to dampen spirits
On Friday night, Karimabad residents took to the streets to protest against prolonged outages.
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Caught red-handed: FC personnel caught tossing cellphone to jail inmate
Jail superintendent says the FC personnel was deployed only a week ago.
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A looming crisis: NED University faces shortfall of Rs1.4 billion
University syndicate suspends finance director after five-year report.
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Right to the City: Inside Karachi with six local artists as guides
The book, curated by Shahana Rajani, will be launched in Pakistan around mid-August.
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Three bombmakers killed in explosion in Karachi flat
Injured suspect 'Imran' has been taken into custody and shifted to an undisclosed location.
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Metropolitan commissioner among five injured in bomb attack
Commissioner's police security guard dies at hospital.
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‘Missing’ NATO containers: Clearing agent’s bail dismissed
The Supreme Court had taken suo motu notice of reports on the missing containers .
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Institutional evolution: SM Science College goes back to SMIU after 39 years
Shaikh recalled that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah inaugurated Sindh Madressah College on June 21, 1943.
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Subversive act: Oncologist kidnapped on his way home, policeman held
Maqbool further told the police that his brother had received a call demanding extortion of Rs1.5 million.
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Unauthorised construction: KMC administrator, others tender ‘unconditional apology’
Officials to submit explanations as to why they did not show up at the hearing on Thursday.
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Paying homage: Journalists, legislators pay tribute to Malala
Need for a secular syllabus urged in order to control Talibanisation.
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Death in custody: Police, Rangers blame each other
Deceased was a suspect in the attack on paramilitary forces’ check post on Monday.
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‘Compensation should equal the price of what the workers produced’
Companies have put in a system in which the profits go directly to their pockets at the cost of their workers’ lives.
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History of violence: ‘Extra judicial’ killings in recent months
About a half dozen cases of extrajudicial killings in custody of law enforcement agencies have surfaced recently.
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Anti-snake venom: Shortage of vaccines poses threats to Tharis
Health officers say they have to import costly vaccines from India.
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One bite to end it all: Treading carefully in Thar
Most of the people are attacked usually after sunset when it is generally very dark.
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‘Better governance’: SC moved for local govt elections
Petitioner pleads that court direct provincial election commission, chief secretary to immediately announce schedule.
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Court orders: Joint investigation team to probe recovery of child beggars
Investigation of case transferred from Docks police to Clifton police as the hideout lies in latter’s jurisdiction.
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Taxi driver’s death: Police asked to submit charge sheet in a week
Observes DG Rangers should have registered the case, not Mureed Ali’s widow.
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Attack on judge: Suspects used rickshaw to transport explosives-laden motorcycle to blast site
ASWJ withdraws support for deceased, detained suspects.
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Displaced and disappointed: Sindh govt comes under fire for violence in Lyari
Speakers at conference discuss how to bring back the residents of Lyari and rehabilitate them.
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European lawyers fight for Baldia fire compensation
Legion of foreign lawyers aim to sue RINA Services in an international court.
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FC Constable caught throwing down mobile to Central Jail prisoner
Ameer Nawab was on duty on Watch Tower 6 and threw down a cell phone to a prisoner when he came to dump trash.
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Two blind Indus dolphin calves rescued
The calves, a male and female, had been stranded in the canal for two hours.
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Another prisoner dies in Karachi police custody
The court had permitted the physical remand of the suspect to the police for investigation.
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Busted: Police dismantle human trafficking ring in Larkana, free girl
Girls kidnapped from Karachi were sold to people in Punjab and Balochistan by the group.
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‘Tensions’ subside: MQM leaders making their way back from UK
Party’s lawyer says nation will hear good news soon.
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Planning ahead: Engineers directed to revisit flood control strategy
Government invested a huge amount on strengthening embankments by raising their level above the flood level of 2010.
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Kidnapping foiled: Minor girl saved by police
The police said that Jagirani confessed to his crime and said that he was a habitual gambler and was under huge debt.
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Prisons department: Wassan wants encroached lands to be cleared
Minister says he was also collecting information from other sources, wants to vacate and secure the valuable property.
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Preventive measures: Lawmakers urged to pass thalassemia ordinance
Under promulgated ordinance, couples, specifically those with family history, will be screened for the virus.
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Enforced disappearances: Nationalist party leaders nominated in FIR after protest turns violent
SSP says seven protesters were arrested after the clash .