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Toll hits 33: After week full of killings, pressure builds at funeral
Ban on MQM-H and swift local govt elections among key MQM demands.
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Report to SHC: Police disputes target killing figures
Half of people were murdered for sectarian, political or personal reasons, says force.
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Earth Hour 2012: Karachi turns off its lights so that it will have some left for the future
It was announced that 52 landmarks in the city would switch off extra lights for an hour.
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PTI dissolves Sindh EC, Nadir Khan Leghari appointed new provincial chief
PTI Sindh members convening emergency meeting to ascertain what has happened.
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Pipeline rupture: Leaked oil being thrown down stormwater drain
A rubber clamp affixed to repair an earlier leak probably eroded leading to the spill.
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Health care: Thanks to USAID, central warehouse enlarged
Smart systems help store the safe birthing kits, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis screening kits among other products.
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Day 7: Protest by nurses might end today
Doctors have been picking up on the workload in their absence.
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Pediatric urology: SIUT awards three fellowships
Fellowship programme by SIUT is aimed to provide a specialised medical work force.
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Pre-admission: Faisal Cantonment board put on notice
Petitioner submits that high court directed cantonment board to consider revised plan under relevant by-laws.
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High alert: Defend yourself, Altaf Hussain tells Pakistanis
Suggests creating vigilance teams in every neighbourhood.
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New Sanghar oil and gas project needs fresh appraisal, says environment protection agency
Sinjhoro has 18 villages, lakes, wetlands and forests.
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KESC agreed not to cut our power: KWSB
Lawyer brings up privatization deal to argue against frequent disconnections.
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Fire in Sohrab Goth engulfs huts, shops and cabins
Over one hundred shops and huts were destroyed by a fire which broke out in Sohrab Goth on Friday.
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PAC meeting: Government spends millions on drugs but don’t test them
Hospitals in Karachi and Hyderabad bought medicines worth Rs62 million from 2007 till 2009.
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Descent into chaos: Death toll rises in fresh round of violence
The police claim that the three men were killed in targeted attacks over personal enmity.
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3rd 'day of mourning': Normalcy returns to Karachi
Over 14 killed in the last 24 hours, dead include MQM and ANP workers, supporters.
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With the body count still rising, the President swoops into town
Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah briefs President Zardari over law and order situation of city.
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Documentary detailing life and works of Abdul Sattar Edhi wins French awards
The feature length documentary “The Kingdom of Mr Edhi” has been produced by Belgian filmmaker.
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'Karachi commissioner, deputies conspiring against PPP govt'
Durrani says deputy commissioners, commissioner Karachi want to gain control of the city.
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British Raj: Remembering a commissioner
A seminar to mark the 197th birthday of Sindh’s first commissioner, Sir Henry Edward Bartle Frere.
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Revenge kidnapping: Khoso women rescued hours after abduction
The police have successfully managed to rescue two women and a girl.
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Missing man: Deputy attorney general put on notice
Petitioner says his brother is in ISI’s custody.
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KESC dispute: Steel Mills told to deposit bill amount with SHC
The order comes on a petition filed by Pakistan Steel Mills, seeking damages worth Rs30 million from KESC.
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Political stance: ‘The government has failed to protect the people’
The PTI leader accuses ANP and MQM of fighting a turf war.
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STPP strike: MQM office attacked in TMK as other districts observe strike
STPP office was torched, two activists, school-girl killed in clash with MQM on Tuesday.
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9 feet under: Scared labourers try to contain oil leak from pipeline in DHA
Officials have yet to discover the reason for the rupture.
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Politics in Pakistan: ‘Ethno-nationalism can become disastrous, if not taken seriously’
Ethnicity is a consciousness of common ancestry, culture, language and religion.
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Rapid-fire Q/A: JI leader offers insight into violence in Karachi
Mehanti accused ANP and MQM of using deaths of their workers to start violence in the city.
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Nurses and paramedics: Terminally ill children’s deaths not linked to hospital strike
Many nurses said that they were joining the protest after their shifts.
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ANP’s day of mourning: Toll over three days rises to 20 amid partial strike
The city was divided into separate camps with the Pakhtun areas on strike.
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After transporters, OMCs decide on fares, oil supplies resume
OMCs had accepted demands of tankers that they would the fare as specified by OGRA and OCAC.
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Zardari, Altaf discuss security situation in Karachi
Zardari assures MQM chief that he would chair a meeting to overview security situation in Karachi.
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On strike: Three children dead as nurses boycott
There are more than 200 children admitted at the hospital, 150 of them in critical condition.
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ANP day of mourning: Most of Karachi closed
Nine people killed in firing incidents, 13 cars torched.
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Disqualified MPA: ECP announces by-polls for Sindh Assembly seat
SC seeks government report on measures taken to protect civil servants.
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Khayaban-e-Saadi: Residents and DHA patch up over stalled work
A fight with the Sindh govt led to new charges.
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Accounting watchdog: Plot owners have paid, but LDA, MDA yet to give ownership rights
Revenue dept comes under fire for dismal performance.
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Political violence: Two die during STPP-MQM clash in Tando Allahyar
An STPP worker and a school girl die, 10 STPP workers injured .
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Murky waters: 426 Indian fishermen are in Malir jail
Confirmation of national status is taking too long.
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To protect and serve: As Badin sank, its police were held hostage by duty
The district’s police stations and posts destroyed in the floods need to be rebuilt.
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Altaf Hussain hits out at statements against Urdu speakers
Altaf Hussain says that a well thought out conspiracy is at work in the province.
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Out-of-turn-promotions: 180 more police officers leave charge on Wednesday
70 DSP posts are now vacant, promotion committee to meet this week to decide
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Police use tear gas and baton-charge as nurses protest
Medical staff allege that nurses in other provinces are provided more lucrative allowances.
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Double homicide: PIB Colony survivor tells police killer called himself Ahmed Ali
Uzma registers FIR, manhunt gets underway.
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Karachi violence: After ANP worker murdered, 6 killed, 3 injured, 11 vehicles torched
Unknown people opened fire on car of ANP worker in front of the Matric Board Office in Nazimabad.
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Sindh government to impose ban on carrying weapons
The Sindh Home Department will issue an official notification regarding the ban.
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Police confront protesting nurses, junior paramedics with water cannon
12-15 nurses, paramedic staff arrested by police later released on health minister directive; injured shifted to JPMC.
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After a day of violence, life in Karachi returns to normalcy
Educational institutes, petrol pumps, offices reopen after MQM's day of mourning.
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Play date turns fatal: Two children buried in sand in Sanghar district
Two children lost their lives after a sand dune buried them while they were playing in Saifal Junejo village.
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Hit and run: Tractor-bike accident leaves three dead
All three died on the spot while the driver fled from the scene.















































