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Cheel Chowk: For Lyari, only a bird of prey is a fitting symbol
The original name is Ibrahim Chowk, reminds the grandson of the Nawa Lane social worker it honours.
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Compensation: Innocent Lyari deaths to be investigated
Compensation will come in the form of Rs500,000 for those who lost their lives.
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Winning hearts and minds: Sindh to double edu budget
Bill passed to create teacher training authority.
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PM contempt: PML-N invites Sindh nationalist parties to join protest against Gillani
Sindh Progressive Nationalist Alliance says it has sought approval from the alliance's executive committee.
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Dry spell: Farmers in southern Sindh wait for water to plant their crops in crucial first days of May
Irsa says there is a 20% shortfall, while Kotri Barrage receives about half the amount it should.
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Gunshots and injuries: ASI gunned down, two policemen injured
An ASI identified as 45-year-old Aslam Qadri was shot dead outside his house in Rajput Colony.
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Inter exams from today
Will begin in nine districts of Hyderabad division and Sukkur, Khairpur, Naushero Feroze and Ghotki districts.
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British engineering: Ayub Bridge turns 50
Commissioned in 1959, this important link has served Sukkur and Rohri for half a century.
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Old spices beckon in a romp through New Karachi
If you want to buy in bulk, this is the neighbourhood to visit.
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Tit for tat: PPP accepts PML-N challenge, unveils rally plan for May 12
Sindh council meets in Ghotki to make preparations.
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Aiming for As: Cambridge exams start today, panic began months ago
Students fret and try to stay awake as they do their last minute readings .
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It was a tactical retreat, says Rehman Malik on Lyari
As the PAC is a proscribed outfit, action will be taken under terrorism laws.
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No possibility of 'political solution' with Peoples Amn Committee: Malik
Says PAC members should 'surrender, prove their innocence.
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Unsafe job: Sanitation worker drowns in manhole in GOR colony
The doctor believed that Kamran must have fainted due to the heat and presence of various gases in the manhole.
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Burnt To The Ground: Homes, shops and cattle perish
A fire broke out at the Sindh-Punjab bus stand in Mirpur Mathelo and burnt down more than eight shops.
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Clifton Petitions: Oil tanker terminal to be ready by September 2012, Supreme Court told
City promised Supreme Court that it will complete a terminal for oil tankers at Zulfiqarabad by September next year.
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Former PTI Karachi vice president joins PML-N
PML-N Karachi president, Nehal Hashmi, announced protests, which will continue till Gilani resigns from his post.
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Tribal justice: Woman allegedly kidnapped for marrying against family’s wishes
Arifa and Qaimuddin were going to sessions judge seeking protection from Arifa's family when she was abducted.
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Intermediate Exams: Section 144 to be imposed across exam centres
Section 144 prohibits congregation of more than four people, across all examination centres.
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Spouse Missing: Woman seeks help to find husband
Shah and Khalida had gone to Keenjhar Lake for a picnic and were on their way back when they were abducted.
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Lyari Operation: Nationalists suspect PPP of plotting against Sindhis
Speakers term Lyari operation a conspiracy to gain control of Sindh’s coastal belt.
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Auto theft: How not to get your car stolen
Highways and motor ways police holds a seminar on road safety.
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Stepping up: Private practitioners provide medical services in Lyari
Staff and students did not report for duty.
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Bashir Qureshi murder: JSQM upset with govt for not sending leader’s viscera to London immediately
Qureshi’s brother claims that health department is not helpful.
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Paradigm shift: KMC plans to move bus terminal 50 km from city centre
Transporters declare they will not budge.
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Pemra codes don’t work, TV has to stop showing bodies on its own
The media holds a mirror up to society, but what about its own image?
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Mystery right-wing group covers up ‘immoral’ billboards with its own message
While Karachi’s women may love lawn, others are offended by the advertisements.
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Post-op estimates: Police rack up Rs16m bill but barely make a dent in Lyari
The neighbourhood’s infrastructure, police stations and its equipment were badly damaged.
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25 of Lyari’s donkeys pay the ultimate price
Sindh Donkey Cart Association president Syed Zulfiqar Shah says at least 2 prized ‘race donkeys’ were among the...
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Arsenal’s Euro dream in balance
Draw 3-3 at home to Norwich in Premier League.
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Five-day working week: BIEK to reconsider exam schedule, KU to extend hours
The inter board had exams scheduled on Saturdays and will have to defer them
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Building alliances: PML-N invites Uzair Baloch to join party
PML-N Sindh president Ghous Ali Shah announces formal invitation extended to Amn Committee (PAC) leader Uzair Baloch.
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Sindh Assembly: Law and order, a matter of little concern for MPAs
All is well, say PPP MPAs while MQM avoids debate.
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Petition filed: Lyari operation challenged in court
Court issues notices to federal, provincial governments, IG police, DIG Karachi, SSP Chaudhry Aslam, others for May 8.
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Can’t beat the heat: Power cuts go for as long as 12 hours in Hyderabad
Hesco says it only gets half of the 900MW it needs.
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Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park case: Ex-chief of Parks & 21 staffers charged with corruption
Anti-Corruption Establishment allege that records are missing.
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Political spat: Shazia Marri apologises to Pir Pagaro
Information minister says she is being ‘falsely accused’.
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Crushed residents fighting police, not gangsters
'I am not alone, there are many others like me & we will continue to fight till we are sure the police have left.'
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Baba, the ladla of Lyari’s fighters, wanted to be a cop
Rehman aka Dakait’s right-hand man is a formidable figure in the neighbourhood
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Suspension or stalemate: Police call a 3-day breather
Uzair Baloch asked to surrender, arrests declared were made previously.
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At least two injured in fresh grenade attack near Lyari
One grenade explodes near a bus injuring two, another explodes near a police station.
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Lyari violence: No compromise on Karachi situation, says president
President meets Sindh cabinet members and Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah to discuss Karachi situation.
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After Fakhra: Acid for sale, no questions asked
Calls for stricter requirements on wholesalers, retailers and customers.
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Lyari situation is like Swat: Malik
Rangers to come into action today.
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Give and take: PML-F considers resigning over Marri’s comments
PPP MPA had called the late party chief a ‘traitor to democracy’.
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Apex court: SC rejects plea for cancellation of bail in car loans case
Bank officials are accused of running a car loan racket.
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Standing committee: Finance dept unwilling to grant permanent jobs to govt employees
Lecturers, lady health workers of PPHI & NPIW employees demanded the provincial government give them permanent jobs.
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Extra curricular activities: KU staffers held for possession of weapons
The Rangers took two 9mm pistols off them and sent them to the wing’s headquarters inside the campus.
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The silent treatment: Controversy surrounds police’s investigations into blasts outside bank branches
The police neither confirmed nor denied reports of 12 arrested suspects.
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Baby steps: Children’s hospital looking to expand emergency services
The 30-bed casualty receives about 300 patients a day.