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KARACHI: The mysterious absence of MQM chief Altaf Hussain from the political scene has raised several doubts about his health, with sources claiming Altaf is currently undergoing treatment in Germany. However, an MQM spokesman expressed his ignorance of such reports. The exact nature of Altaf’s illness is not clear as yet, as MQM spokesman Salahuddin [...]
KARACHI: The court trying the cases against Mohajir Qaumi Movement leaders Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan, postponed the announcement of decision in the last case against them till April 7. Later, talking to media outside the court, Afaq Ahmed said that target killings in Karachi should end now and this kind of politics should be [...]
KARACHI: Pakistani police said Monday they arrested three militants from the country’s most feared sectarian group on suspicion of plotting to blow up a Karachi prison to free jailed comrades. Three members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were arrested in a raid on a house in Rerhi, in the suburbs of Karachi, senior police official Umer Shahid told [...]
KARACHI: The encounter between police and criminals proved futile as Razzaq Commando, a notorious gangster manages his escape from Mawach Goth area of the Kemari Town, Karachi. Earlier in the day Police and rangers launched an operation against an active gang in Machh Goth, Karachi. The area has been cordoned off and all the entry-exist [...]
KARACHI: A senate committee has ordered the details of the 2007 Shershah bridge collapse inquiry. The inquiry comes after ‘The Statesmen’ report that the people held responsible for the bridge’s collapse had been re-hired and even promoted. Members of the committee are demanding that strict action be taken against officials including those of the National [...]
KARACHI: District government has been unable to start construction work of a flyover on Shahra-e-Faisal for more than three months now. The delay in construction is not due to lack of funds, but because of a house belonging to president Zardari. Officials at the district government say that the chief minister of Sindh has ordered [...]
KARACHI: The National Highway Authority (NHA) lieutenants, held responsible for Karachi’s Shershah bridge collapse, have managed to get higher positions within the same organisation in less than two-and-a-half years of the disaster. On Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s suo motu notice, the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission (PMIC) had conducted an inquiry into the tragedy, holding [...]
KARACHI: Three men closely linked to Al-Qaeda were arrested during raids in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal area. Intelligence officials arrested the three from Gulshan-i-Iqbal’s Block 17.
KARACHI: A lynch mob overpowered two suspected bandits, beat them to death and attempted to burn their bodies in Kharadar on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. The suspected bandits were on the run after killing a young area resident following a robbery attempt when some youths caught them and gave them a hiding. No sign of police [...]
KARACHI: As the death toll in Friday’s twin blasts rose to 33 on Saturday, the police launched investigations into the attacks with serious professional flaws in their approach and made no effort to obtain the readily available CCTV footage from the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), the scene of the second explosion that killed more [...]
کراچی …کراچی میں گزشتہ روزہونیوالے دو بم دھماکوں پرمختلف سیاسی جماعتوں اور شیعہ تنظیموں کی جانب سے سوگ اورہڑتال کی اپیل پرآج شہرقائدمیں کاروبارزندگی معطل رہا
KARACHI: Thousands of people Saturday attended the funeral of 14 people killed in Friday’s double bomb attack in Karachi, as the death toll from the assault rose overnight to 31. “Six more people died overnight, raising the death toll to 31,” provincial government spokesman Jameel Soomro told AFP. He said at least 170 wounded people [...]
KARACHI: Ansar Burney Trust International Chairman Ansar Burney has strongly condemned suicide attacks on a bus of mourners and at the Jinnah Hospital gate in Karachi on Friday, demanding immediate arrest of masterminds and corrupt politicians behind such heinous crimes against humanity. Ansar Burney said in a statement issued on Friday that it could be [...]
KARACHI: The Jafria Alliance has announced a “peaceful strike” on Saturday and mourning for three days in protest against the twin-bomb blasts which killed 25 people. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, former senator and senior leader of the alliance Allama Abbass Kumaili urged the Supreme Court to take notice of frequent bomb attacks [...]
KARACHI: At least 25 people were killed and over 100 others injured here on Friday when two blasts hit within a couple of hours a bus carrying people to a Chehlum procession and a hospital where the wounded were being treated. At about 3pm, the bus carrying mourners was blown up by what police described [...]
KARACHI: The MQM on Thursday rejected all the allegations levelled against them by ANP Sindh President Shahi Syed who blamed the political party for target killings in Karachi. Addressing a press conference in Karachi, MQM politician Faisal Sabzwari condemned the allegations saying the ANP should avoid making it a ‘political matter’ everytime a Pushtun is [...]
KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said that Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement will work in unison and that people found involved target killing will be awarded severe punishment. Talking to media persons after attending Sindh Assembly meeting, Rehman Malik said target killings will not be tolerated at any cost. “The anti-state elements [...]
KARACHI: A man was killed in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town whereas two people were killed in the city’s Orangi Town and Qasba Colony areas. Meanwhile, a man wounded three days ago during the violence also succumbed to his injuries. On Tuesday, at least 13 people were killed in incidents of firing in different areas of Karachi [...]
KARACHI: Eleven people, including a prayer leader and a teenage boy, were shot dead on Tuesday as major political parties remained engaged in reconciliation efforts but failed to restore peace to the city. The violent incidents, which in most cases saw armed motorcyclists targeting mainly small traders and labourers, reached central and eastern localities of [...]
KARACHI: MQM and PPP traded barbs during the Sindh Assembly session, which was ensued by a walk out on part of the former. The session was chaired by Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza.MQM reacted strongly on PPP’s comments regarding Karachi situation and interference of civil administration. Dr Sagheer Ahmed was trying to comment on Interior Minister’s [...]
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