20-year-old trees cut down along Sharae Faisal
KARACHI: Amanat Ali sits on a greenbelt at Sharae Faisal, amid chopped trees, which he planted with his hands around 20 years ago. Wearing a gloomy look, he remains oblivious to the fast flowing...
View ArticleMQM mourns activist’s death
KARACHI: Protesters at Numaish Chowrangi called for exemplary punishment to those responsible for the torture and subsequent death of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker Aftab Ahmed, who died in the...
View ArticlePuma gives birth to three cubs
KARACHI: The birth of three cubs at the Karachi Zoological Garden on Friday cheered the staff mourning the demise of the 16-year-old Bengal tiger the same day. According to Karachi zoo deputy director...
View Article170 turtles found inside wheat bags
KARACHI: The Sindh wildlife department recovered on Thursday 170 black-horn turtles during a raid near Northern Bypass on the Super Highway. Unfortunately, 11 of the 170 turtles had died of...
View ArticleZiauddin University hosts first convocation without Dr Asim Hussain
KARACHI: Wednesday’s convocation of Ziauddin University was the first in its 13 graduation ceremonies that was not marked by the presence of its chancellor Dr Asim Hussain. Nevertheless, Dr Asim, who...
View ArticleA home away from home
KARACHI: A combined shelter for the elderly and orphans is being constructed in Abbas Town. The project, in its final stages, is a three-storey building with three to five rooms on each floor and has...
View ArticleRemembering Her-story — Notable women taken away from Pakistan
KARACHI: In a befitting tribute to T2F founder Sabeen Mahmud, the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) gave a video presentation on notable women of Pakistan who were targeted for a common crime: raising their...
View ArticleA walk a day keeps the doctor away
KARACHI: Firm in the belief that an early morning walk is a blessing for the rest of the day, retired government officer Gulzar Shah formed a walkers club 15 years ago. Safari Walkers Club traverses...
View ArticleWhereabouts unknown: Bring back our husbands, demand MQM protesters
KARACHI: Two years, seven months and several hundred days – this is how long Afsheen’s husband, Muhammad Ali, has been missing for, often prompting the distressed woman to have suicidal thoughts. “At...
View ArticleBeat the heat: Relief centres provide oasis as mercury rises
KARACHI: Saleem Naqvi became a victim of the very condition he had come to help others against. The bulky 47-year-old assistant engineer of the district municipal corporation (DMC) East was rushed...
View ArticleBrazen attack: Seven policemen killed in Karachi assault
KARACHI / MOHMAND: In two brazen attacks, armed terrorists on Wednesday gunned down seven policemen including three deployed for security of a polio vaccination team in Karachi’s suburban Orangi Town...
View ArticleMakers of Thar shawls struggling for sustenance
MITHI: Yet another death has brought Tharparkar to the limelight once again. This time it is the demise of a livelihood. The hand-made shawls from the desert area used to be in high demand in both...
View ArticleJehangir Road depicts a sorry sight
KARACHI: Ill-maintained Jehangir Road is a telling tale of the government’s apathy towards citizens’ concerns. The one-kilometre narrow road starts from Teen Hatti Bridge and ends at Gurumandir...
View ArticleMQM starts cleanliness drive by spraying over own slogans
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) kicked off its cleanliness drive in the city on Thursday by removing political and hateful graffiti sprayed on the walls, including those sprayed with party...
View ArticleDesecration: Row over disputed temple land leaves deity’s arm severed
KARACHI: A row over a small quarter near Gate No 5 of Karachi Zoological Gardens has recently surfaced between the garden’s dispatch rider, Muhammad Anwar, and the pandit of Shital Mata Temple, Maharaj...
View ArticleDeath trap: Demolition starts on shaky building in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
KARACHI: The demolition of a shaky five-storey residential building in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 10-A started on Saturday. The building was vacated on Friday after cracks appeared on the walls.The...
View ArticleThe day terrorists struck the unkindest cut of all
PESHAWAR: It was on this day last year that terrorists struck the most unkindest cut of all. One hundred and twenty-two children and 22 staff were methodically killed in a sickening Taliban rampage at...
View ArticleCommercial produce stay away, homegrown vegetables come my way
KARACHI: Every vegetable we eat has some sort of chemical in the form of pesticides or fertilisers, and we transfer them to our children, said horticulturist Tofiq Pasha Mooraj.He was conducting a...
View ArticleKU visual design students mesmerise viewers
KARACHI: Remember the Dot Game, played by children throughout their childhood? That simple yet fascinating game became the highlight of the University of Karachi’s (KU) visual studies department’s...
View ArticleTreasuring our heritage: Speakers celebrate the Urdu language at 8th...
KARACHI: The four-day Eighth International Urdu Conference kicked off at the Karachi Arts Council on Tuesday, with its first session devoted to ‘Nifaze Urdu, Imkanaat or Masail [Implementation of Urdu,...
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