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Power outages: Irate residents call for KESC’s nationalisation
The power utility blames the weather and the kunda system for the breakdown.
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Post-election legalities: SHC issues contempt notice to RO
SHC allowed Sassui Palijo to withdraw her plea challenging the results of the general elections on PS-85.
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One killed in blast in Baldia Town
Blast occurs while man was transferring explosives.
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Misusing powers: Court hears petition against alleged torture by Rangers
The petitioner claims that the Rangers were acting at the behest of his business associate.
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Bureaucratic red tape: Sukkur Barrage rehabilitation and modernisation hits snags
The authorities have been sitting over the survey report for the last six months.
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Residents displaced by circular railway should be settled where they prefer: Arif Hasan
People displaced must be relocated closer to their livelihoods.
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Shahrukh Jatoi’s death sentence : Appeal filed against ATC’s verdict in SHC
Conviction was not justified by the evidence, says lawyer.
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Out-of-turn promotions: 66 police officials to match ranks with their batch mates
Affected policemen vow to file review petition, insist there are more options left.
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Planning ahead: Sindh govt may present budget worth Rs185b
The Sindh government has announced to present the provincial budget for the upcoming year on June 17.
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Living with violence: Lyari gang war driving residents out of their homes
Children who witness rocket attacks reluctant to go back.
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Accused of killings: Court remands four men to police custody
Court sends four men arrested during CID raid to police custody for physical remand.
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New academic year: NED University admissions to start Aug 26
2,000 seats up for grabs at the NED University of Engineering and Technology.
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Ongoing investigation: Court extends remand of Rangers’ official
Judicial magistrate extends Rangers' official remand till June 16.
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Ahmedi community member killed in targeted attack
Unidentified men shoot Ahmedi man, his son and another companion multiple times before fleeing the scene.
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SHC issues notices to authorities for offering 156 officers permanent jobs
Petitioners allege that employees on lower grades were made permanent instead of them.
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MQM activist, retired principal among seven dead in the city
The citywide incidents also left at least eight people injured.
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MQM lists down economic proposals for new govt ahead of federal budget
Party promises this is a people friendly budget.
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Power outages: Protesters manhandle KESC repair team
Residents of Gulshan-e-Hadeed pelt KESC vehicles with stones, ransack its office and manhandle employees.
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Normalcy returns to Jinnah hospital as officials approach court
Thousands of patients were distraught by the protests at one of the busiest hospitals in the city.
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Sindh Assembly: MPAs claim centre is eating Sindh’s share
They passed a resolution against the curtailing of 650MW to Karachi.
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Gang war: The calm in Lyari may be one before a storm
Insiders claim Arshad Pappu group leader, Ghaffar Zikri, has returned.
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Discovering the magic: Science comes alive at interactive learning session
The aim of the event, organised by Forskerfabrikken, was to integrate leisure and learning.
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Police defuse bomb in Lyari
Bomb weighed around 1.5 kilogrammes, says SHO Tufail.
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Peace resolve: Sharjeel vows to make Karachi a cradle of peace
Sindh minister says efforts will be made to ensure law and order.
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Absconding: MNA Nawab Wassan continues to defy law
Three police personnel arrested on Sunday.
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Curbing accidents: Hyderabad DC seeks help of motorway police
16 people killed and 30 others injured in a dozen road accidents on the highway in the first five months of 2013.
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In the spotlight: FUUAST VC links campus violence to low fee
Prof Dr Iqbal wants Sindh government to allocate funds for the university.
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Direction repeated: SHC asks DHA to provide video footage to aid investigation
Man claims the police gunned down his son in a ‘fake encounter’ at the park.
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Targeted attacks likely to be discussed in Sindh Assembly session today
A notification will be issued about the opposition benches
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Power outages: Roads blocked as electricity-deprived residents protest
Residents complained they have had no electricity for the past eight days.
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Police start helping pay for cop shot in the head
Sindh IG pays late-night visit to Rana Amir who was shot on Sunday.
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Tug of war: JPMC admin warns of arrests if doctors protest today
The protesting doctors demand reinstatement of Dr Jamali, Dr Ahsan.
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More bloodshed: Violence continues in Lyari
Residents claim trouble emerged again when police and Rangers left on Sunday.
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Right to challenge: Shahrukh Jatoi to appeal against conviction
Advocate Mehmood Qureshi files appeals for Shahrukh and the Talpur brothers.
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‘Stumped’: Of cricket, tragedy and wit — a dialogue with Imran Yusuf
The playwright defends the use of profanities in his work, says they are a part of everyday life.
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Trouble for book lovers: Hasrat Mohani Library hit by funds shortage
Administrator wants library to be handed over to the provincial culture department.
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Karachi violence claims 5 lives
Two bodies recovered from Bin Qasim area; violence in the restive Lyari claims two lives.
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Hyderabad address: Memon vows to address growers’ complaints
Stern action will be taken against officials responsible for artificial shortage.
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Legislator raises fears of Hindu exodus from Sindh
Dr Malani says forced marriages, worsening law and order and rampant poverty driving Hindus away from Sindh.
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Unannounced outages: Residents protest against electricity hide and seek
Protesters complain against unfair treatment despite 100 per cent recovery from their area.
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Greener Karachi: Adopting measures to fight off climate change
Urban planner believes Karachi is not immune from the phenomenon.
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In the line of duty: Police arrest suspect for targeting policemen
Two officials were killed, one critically injured in an attack on a police mobile in Patel Para.
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Hamza Ahmed’s murder: ‘We want justice, not revenge’
Family asks the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take notice of the teenager’s killing.
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Four dead, 18 injured as Lyari becomes a battlefield again
A fight raged for 12 hours between two groups after a man was killed in Kalri.
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Peacock deaths suggest re-emergence of deadly virus
Wildlife dept has yet to verify the fatalities, says the birds died of other causes.
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DUHS graduation: 1,100 students join the medical fraternity
The ceremony, which was delayed by six months, was held amid much fervour at its Ojha Campus.
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Aquila Ismail talks about the shades of grey in Pakistan’s history
The author of the novel ‘Of Martyrs and Marigolds’ shares her take on the 1971 war.
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Setting ideas free: Stories of being trapped told through a parrot
The two-person exhibition will run at the Full Circle Gallery till June 29.
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Karachi violence claims 10 lives
Two policemen gunned down in Patel Para area.
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Saviours in Sukkur: Crucial AIDS centre may have to shift
The Community Home Based Care Centre provides help to over 100 patients.