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Experts fear COVID-19 spike in densely-populated areas of Karachi
More cases in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Saddar attributed to more testing; other areas going under the radar: health officials
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Man beats daughter-in-law to death
Father-in-law assaults woman for refusing to do household chores
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DRAP approves passive immunisation technique for treating COVID-19
Authority is further deliberating on the recommendation of obliging recovered patients to donate plasma
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Non-Muslim volunteers join fight against COVID-19
Scores of Hindu, Christian and Sikh volunteers are providing rations, sanitation products in low-income areas
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Tenants likely to get two-month reprieve from Sindh govt amid COVID-19 crisis
Sources say provincial government will bring an ordinance to amend the Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979
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COVID-19: Restricted movement in Karachi on eve of Shab-e-Barat
Heavy contingent of police and Rangers has been deployed at several checkpoints
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Doctor in Karachi loses battle against coronavirus but wins hearts
Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro established a special ward for virus-infected patients at Al-Khidmat Hospital
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LIVE: Punjab, Balochistan extend lockdown as nationwide COVID-19 tally crosses 3,700
Punjab records 538 new coronavirus cases on Monday – the highest single-day spike so far across Pakistan
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Locked down, Karachiites grab their kites
At least 12 people have been injured by sharpened kite strings in the past few days
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In dire straits: Karachi’s cobblers strive to make ends meet
With all business suspended, city’s cobbler community bears the financial brunt of the lockdown
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Larger than life: Sculptor sets national record with giant Jinnah statue
‘Aside from exhausting entire savings worth Rs2.5 million, it took over six months of labour to make this sculpture’
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Five arrested for violating transportation ban in Karachi
A truck carrying 43 people to Mansehra at exorbitant rates was stopped near Fawwara Chowk
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Curiosity surrounds over delay of COVID-19 results in Sindh
Sindh Health Department hasn't released coronavirus lab updates in past 36 hours
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Prayer leader, six others sent to jail on judicial remand in Sindh
The suspects were part of a group that attacked police officials in Liaquatabad on Friday
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Karachi businessmen demand suspension of service tax, levies
Request mechanism for providing relief to perturbed industrialists
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Karachi-based NGO invites volunteers to help people amid virus crisis
Volunteers can help residents in various areas including food distribution and public awareness
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Clinics’ closure gives quacks free rein
Charlatans operating despite lockdown, without any fear of raid, says PMA official
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Pakistan’s first COVID-19 patient donates plasma for new therapy
Blood plasma of recovered patients may help treat critically ill people
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Hospitals still treating those in need of urgent care, OPDs partially open
PMA launches remote consultancy service to aid citizens amid lockdown
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‘This is a battle that everyone has to fight’
A doctor who treated first COVID-19 patient in Pakistan shares his experience
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Isolation takes a toll on fishermen's community
With boat services to Keamari suspended, a ban on fishing, and dwindling food supplies, islanders fear starvation
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Halting waste disposal efforts is a recipe for disaster: NFEH
Though Karachi generates 12,000 tonnes of trash per day, garbage disposal has paused in many areas
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Hungry daily-wage workers wonder about promised rations
Confusion prevails about when and where they will receive the food pledged by the government
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Five graveyards designated for coronavirus victims in Karachi
City mayor says says funds have been requested to turn KMC hospitals into COVID-19 centres
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Lockdown is an opportunity to address air pollution'
With minimal traffic and limited industrial activity, Karachi's environmental issues have eased up
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Karachi doesn’t forget its minorities
Muslims distribute food items to Hindu and Christian daily wagers in FC area
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Worn-out animals heave a sigh of relief as govt relaxes pet shop restrictions
Shops to open for two hours a day so that animals, exhausted and sick after week-long starvation, can be fed
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In the line of duty: LNH doctor, cop contract coronavirus
Liaquat National Hospital doctor recently returned from Ijtimah in Punjab
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Stay at home, say officials. Where do the homeless go?
As the province goes into lockdown, how do the city's marginalised fare?
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Three prayer leaders booked in Karachi for defying ban on Friday prayer
Two of them belong to mosques situated in Orangi Town while another one is Imam of Memon Masjid Kharadar
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Stay at home, say officials. Where do the homeless go?
As the province goes into lockdown, how do the city's marginalised fare?
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Over 400 prisoners transferred from Karachi
Central Jail Karachi holds over 3,600 inmates, with capacity for only 2,400
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Citizens ignore ban on congregational prayers in Sindh
Crowds flock to mosques, disregarding law enforcers' repeated pleas to pray at home
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Sindh lockdown spells trouble for pet owners in Karachi
With all the city’s veterinary facilities closed, consultations via phone are the only way out
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Karachiites unstring their purses for those hit by lockdown
People start distributing food items among daily-wage workers in the city
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Demand for food items surges as people throng markets
Wholesale body official says people are stocking up more than usual
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Woman ‘beaten up, head shaved’ by landlord's sons
They also burned down her house after dispute with her son over pigeon flying contest
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Sindh govt gives nod to buying ventilators, testing kits, machines
CM Murad Ali Shah orders purchase of 290 ventilators, 150 testing machines and 110,000 testing kits
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Suspected coronavirus patients ‘being turned away by hospitals in Karachi’
Edhi workers taking patients to public and private hospitals told there are no facilities to admit them
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Tales of survivors: How I became Pakistan's first COVID-19 patient
From being diagnosed to being treated as a pariah and then emerging healthy, Yahya Jaffrey shares his COVID-19 ordeal
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Unshielded amid pandemic: Medical staff decry shortage of protective gear
JPMC head denies shortage, says gear is given to only those working in isolation, emergency wards
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Karachi’s rich unstring their purses for those hit by COVID-19 lockdown
Affluent people start distributing food items among daily wagers in the city
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Carcass washed ashore at Karachi beach identified as Risso’s dolphin
Photograph of dolphin’s carcass went viral on social media last week
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Cracking down: Police arrest hundreds across Sindh
Police claim to have arrested at least 119 people, registering 29 cases for the violation of Section 144
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A metropolis on the first day of a lockdown
As an uneasy quietude prevails in Karachi, some continue to flout orders to stay home
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Sindh’s coronavirus tally soars to 394 on first day of lockdown
Govt issues decree protecting jobs, pay of industrial, commercial workers
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COVID-19: Karachi and the first day of lockdown
Citizens are being warned to stay home through announcements on loudspeakers
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COVID:19: Karachi, Sukkur airports to be shut from March 24 for domestic flights
Decision was taken amid the lockdown imposed in the province to limit the spread of the virus
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LIVE: Cooperation more important than isolation in fight against COVID-19: DG ISPR
Pakistan confirms six COVID-19 deaths as cases tally soars to 875
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Daily wage earners down to their last penny as Sindh goes into lockdown
As govt adopts emergency policies to flatten the pandemic curve, workers fear devastating financial crisis