KARACHI - Seven people were killed in various incidents of violence while police claimed to have killed two alleged terrorists in an encounter on Friday. According to details, Surjani Town Police have found two bullet-riddled bodies of young men from Ali Muhammad Goth.  Police said that some ...

At least 45 Indian fishermen were released on Friday from Karachi’s Malir Prison and are to be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border on Saturday, said Chairman of Ansar Burney Trust International.Chairman Ansar Burney said all expenses to send the fishermen to India would be ...

KARACHI - Five people were gunned down in separate incidents of violence here on Wednesday.A dismembered body of an MQM activist was found from a house in Chisti Nagar, Orangi Town in the remits of Iqbal Market police station. The body was found after people reported police about stink emitting ...

Karachi - A convoy of Chinese engineers narrowly escaped a bomb attack in Karachi Tuesday.  The low-intensity explosion took place near Shireen Jinnah Colony when the convoy was passing through the red-zone. Police said the bomb, carrying 10 kilos of explosive material, was concealed in a ...

MULTANStrongly condemning the murder of PTI leader Zahra Shahid, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has said that Altaf Hussain is responsible for the killing of each political leader and worker in Karachi. Talking to the journalists here on Monday, Baloch added that MQM was ...

PeshawarActivists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the brutal killing of party senior leader Zohra Shahid in Karachi and demanded the government to immediately arrest the culprits.The protest demo led by PTI district President and MPA-elect Yasin ...

KarachiAt least eight people, including two political activists were killed in various incidents of violence here Monday.A local leader of the Sindh National Movement was shot dead near Metrological Department in Gulistan-e-Jauhar within the limits of Mobina Town Police Station. SHO Jamal Leghari ...

The fresh spate of violence following May 11 general elections, erupted in the metropolis as 11 people were killed in the firing incidents in different areas.Some unidentified miscreants lobbed a cracker at a shop near the residence of Siraj Lala, a local leader of Awami National Party (ANP) in ...

MULTANPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Javed Hashmi said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement had knelt down in Karachi as Pakistani nation want “New Pakistan” not a monarchy.While addressing lawyers here in Multan, Javed Hashmi explained, “We gained vote bank by revolutionary ...

MULTAN - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Javed Hashmi said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement had knelt down in Karachi as Pakistani nation want “New Pakistan” not a monarchy.While addressing lawyers here in Multan, Javed Hashmi explained, “We gained vote bank by revolutionary ...

karachiSohrab Goth police has arrested four alleged members of outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan during a raid conducted on a tip-off about presence of TTP men in Sohrab Goth’s Ganna Mandi area on Sunday. The suspects were identified as Anar Khan, Ameer Khan, Sal Muhammad and Naimatullah. ...

karachiClash between two rival groups continued on the second day on Sunday in Lyari area of Karachi, claiming three more lives while over a dozen people sustained bullet injuries. Another man was shot dead in North Nazimabad area and police found three dead bodies in Northern Bypass and Khamiso ...

KARACHI/HYDERABAD - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates won one national assembly and two Sindh assembly seats in Karachi after Sunday’s revote on 43 polling stations, according to unofficial results. The re-polling, which took place in a tense atmosphere, remained peaceful under ...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that his party will protest against the murder of Zehra Shahid Hussain in Karachi on Monday.In a video message Sunday Imran Khan said Altaf Hussain was responsible for the killing of Zehra Shahid Hussain.He said PTI would hold a protest ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed concern over PTI leader’s murder in Karachi while saying that it is a bid to sabotage polling process in the city.The Election Commission has said in a statement issued this mid night that Zara Sheikh’s murder is a bid to sabotage ...

A security plan has been devised for re-polling in 43 polling stations in Karachi’s National Assembly constituency NA-250.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that army would be deployed at the 43 polling stations.As per the security plan, 3500 security personnel will discharge ...

karachi - PML-F’s strike call given on May 16 against election rigging received a mixed response in Karachi. PML-N Provincial President Ghous Ali Shah had also announced to support Sindh-wide strike. However, all the main shopping centres and markets remained open and the transport also ...

KARACHI -  The BIEK  special vigilance teams and deputy commissioners caught dozens of candidates using unfair means in the first paper of Higher Secondary Certificate Part-I & II Annual Examinations in the city here on Thursday.  Despite repeated assurances of Karachi ...

KARACHI : PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif has said that work on Karachi Metro Bus Project would be started soon. Speaking to a private TV channel, Shahbaz Sharif, whose party emerged as the largest winner in May 11 polls, said launching the Metro Bus Project in Karachi is PML-N’s one of the top ...

KARACHI - As many as five more new dengue fever cases have been reported in the city during the last two days, from May 13 to 14, taking the total number of cases to103 during the on going year. Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell of Sindh Health Department on Tuesday confirmed that five more new ...

karachi - Jamaat-e-Islami has decided to file a petition within a day or two in Supreme Court of Pakistan for re-elections in Karachi.This was announced by JI Sindh Chief Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqui while addressing a sit-in protest rally at II Chundrigarh Road near SC Registry Office here on ...

karachi - Amid huge protests against MQM rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad, Sindh government Monday imposed section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in Karachi.A notification in this regard has been issued.Section 144 also bans carrying weapons.The imposition of the section means that Pakistan ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Railways management has decided to bring back Karachi Express from May 16 (Thursday) after furnishing the air conditioned coaches. The train will now run from Lahore to Karachi via Sahiwal and Multan and the special discount in fare has been introduced for the passengers. The ...

KARACHI At least three people succumbed to violence-related incidents in the city on Monday. Unidentified assailants targeted a school with a ball bomb in Pirabad area and opened indiscriminate fire on two brothers identified as Waheed and Naseeb who were running the institute. Both the brothers ...

KARACHI The Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen on Sunday demanded re-polling in Karachi’s three seats of National Assemblies (NA-252, 253 & NA-257) and five Sindh Assembly seats (PS-117, 118, 126, 127, & 128). In a statement, MWM central deputy general secretary Allama Amin Shaheedi accused ...

KARACHI - Being perturbed at the prospect of re-elections in Karachi over the poll rigging allegations, MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said if the ‘establishment’ doesn’t like the mandate of his party, it should detach Karachi from the rest of the country.Almost all the parties have ...

Karachi stocks hit an all-time high Monday following Nawaz Sharif's strong victory in landmark elections, which raised hopes the steel tycoon's pro-business agenda could spark an economic revival.The benchmark index of top 100 shares rose 1.68 percent to 20,250.42 points in afternoon trade, ...

  KARACHI   Like other parts of the country, the magic of the charismatic personality of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chief Imran Khan has also migrated to Karachi, where the citizens especially youngsters and women found excited to cast their votes to PTI despite the fact that only 10 ...

A Taliban bomb attack targeting an election candidate killed at least 11 people and wounded 36 others in Karachi as polls got under way Saturday, a doctor said.The bomb targeted a candidate seeking election to the Sindh provincial assembly for the Awami National Party (ANP), the main secular party ...

In an emergency press conference Saturday, the Jamaat-e-Islami announced that it was boycotting elections in protest against what they called the threatening and scaring of voters in several constituencies of Karachi and Hyderabad.Party chief Syed Munawar Hasan, accompanied by former Mayor of ...