Sindh

Only exit from the building was through a door with an electronic lock which failed when fire disrupted power supply.

PML-N chief visits the factory, announces compensation money.

Minister for Commerce and Industry Rauf Siddiqui says decision taken on the directives of his party.

Imran Khan tours site; ILO chief to visit soon.

Govt gets deputy commissioners transferred, more changes expected.

Nationalists suspect garment factory fire was a ploy to make them fail.

PML-F makes history by protesting with nationalists, lawyers boycott court.

Ministries have failed to take care of the suffering families.

The military has stepped in but govt officials are nowhere in sight.

Syedi Mufaddal Bhaisaheb Saifuddin is expected to lead Fajr prayers at a mosque today.

Maham Aftab, Myra Saeed will compete against teams from New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and India.

Rescue work stopped, focus falls on labour department and civil defence.

Artists, actors pay tribute to legendary comedian.

Entire families worked at the garment factory.

Report said factory was not registered under Factories Act 1934, nor had the owners submitted a letter of occupation.

ILO for technical assistance on rapid training of labour inspectors in Sindh to promote fire safety at workplace.

Pakistan has no law on emergency exits.

The hearings of a number of petitions on this issue were adjourned till September 20.

The 2008 Berger Paints fire was more intense but none of the workers were killed because of an emergency exit system.

Says the capacity to fight fires even in the country’s biggest city is questionable at best.

Labour organisation calls for national action to protect workers from workplace hazards.

“It does not seem right..when transporters and traders have shown an indifference to the strike.”

The party clarified that businesses would remain open on its day of mourning.

Owners of factory on the run; SHC takes suo motu notice; cause of fire still not clear.

The child is believed to have collected extortion money from an alleged victim.

Army starts rescue operations as floodwaters threaten upper Sindh.

PML-N, Jamaat-e-Islami and PTI announce three days of mourning.

Corrupt government officers and factory owners blamed for disaster.

Fireman Feroze Khan had not seen anything like it in his 29-year career.

No checks have been held in Sindh since Musharraf’’s time.

Victim Mairaj was PPP information secretary for district west and had also served as a union council Nazim.

Nationalists parties acknowledge disaster, but vow to push on with strike.

Investigation to look into the cause of fire, civil defence system available, extent of negligence on the owner's...

The new plates, which will help battle crime, are being issued only to newly registered vehicles.

The men, punched and kicked Zainul Abedin for watching television and listening to qawwalis.

City administration mulls getting volunteers to assist at Safari Park and Karachi zoo.

Nationalist parties have called a strike to oppose the new LG ordinance.

Ministers belonging to three parties had resigned after new ordinance was brought forward.

Rs5m grant for each rain-hit district.

Around 8,000 water tankers run in Karachi.

For three days the group will hand out pamphlets and stop those who break signals.

There has been little accountability on sewage projects.

Imagine if the US told its Muslim citizens they had no rights and destroyed their mosques?, asks Altaf Hussain.

PML-F leader Jam Madad Ali says ordinance equal to fraud with people and coalition partners.

Army called in to Jacobabad, Kandhkot; Moen Jo Daro under threat.

The Sindh Services Act of 1973 was amended last week.

Of the 566 children in Karachi taken for treatment to emergency departments, 409 were injured at home, says study.

Aleemullah, 30, a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement sector in-charge, was shot dead on his way back home from a mosque.

The case relates to the upgrade of Sindh Medical College to a university.

The boat was carrying 37 passengers, 15 of whom have been rescued.