Non-political administrators to replace nazims in Sindh
KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement agreed on Monday to replace nazims with non-political administrators and hold local government
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Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Karachi’
7 more shot dead as death toll rises to 23 in violence gripped Karachi within 3 days
KARACHI: At least seven more persons were shot dead on Monday in two separate incidents which the police blamed on the violence
Eight killed in Karachi amid late-night armed clash
KARACHI: At least eight persons — six alone in Qasba Colony and its neighbouring Orangi Town area — were killed on Saturday, apparently as fallout of a late-night armed clash between two political parties in the ruling coalition, paralysing life and forcing a business shutdown in the vicinity. The latest wave of violence served as [...]
A shutter down and wheel jam strike in most of Balochistan over Karachi target killings
QUETTA: A shutter down and wheel jam strike was being observed in a number of districts in Balochistan on Friday against the target killings of Baloch people in Karachi. The strike call had been given by the Baloch National Front. According to reports reaching from different parts of the province, the strike was being observed [...]
The battle for Karachi
The Ashura procession in Karachi was odds-on favourite to be targeted, yet this was more than just a terrorist attack. The motivated rioting that engulfed Boulton Market is extremely suspicious, the rush to judgment to a “suicide bomber” was unprofessional. The forensic investigation into the arson and looting in the aftermath of the bomb explosion [...]
January 14, 2010 | Posted in COLUMNISTS' VIEWS | Read More »
Senators call for a judicial probe into the Karachi incidents
ISLAMABAD: Senators called on Monday for a judicial inquiry into the Karachi attack on an Ashura procession and subsequent acts of arson and loot and target killings and expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the city. Prof Khurshid Ahmed of Jamaat-i-Islami said a high-powered inquiry commission headed by a high court [...]
January 12, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
Karachi violence sparks protest amid security crackdown
KARACHI: Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi on Monday to protest at a security crackdown after dozens of people died in political violence. Security officials say up to 48 political party workers have been killed in Karachi since Thursday, when the headless body of a worker from the city’s [...]
January 11, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
PPP, MQM pledge to bring the killers to book
KARACHI: In an effort to curb the spate of violence in Karachi, a meeting between representatives of the Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement at the Governor’s House on Sunday resolved that all those behind targeted killings in the city would be dealt with sternly without regard to their political affiliation. By the time [...]
January 11, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
کراچی : مزید 11 ہلاکتیں، 3 روز میں 39 شہری زندگی سے محروم
کراچی…کراچی کے مختلف علاقوں میں فائرنگ اور ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے واقعات میں پولیس اہل کار سمیت مزید 11 افراد ہلاک اور دیگر 10 زخمی ہوگئے۔گزشتہ تین دنوں میں ہلاک ہونے والے افراد کی تعداد 39ہوگئی ہے۔ پولیس کے مطابق لیاری، گارڈن، خاموش کالونی، پرانا حاجی کیمپ اوردیگر کئی علاقوں میں ہفتہ کوبھی فائرنگ کاسلسلہ جاری [...]
January 10, 2010 | Posted in URDU NEWS | Read More »
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