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Karachi opens only to shut down again
KARACHI/HYDERABAD: After two days of empty streets and closed businesses, the city had finally started to edge towards its normal routine on Thursday when, merely a few hours later, shopkeepers were...
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Oxygen factories: The million-rupee industry thriving along Karachi streets
KARACHI: It is an undeniable fact that trees and vegetation are necessary for our survival. Besides the obvious reason that they produce the oxygen that we breathe, trees also give the atmosphere a...
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MQM joins hands in mass prayer for party chief’s health
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) observed a ‘day of prayer’ across the province on Friday for the well-being of its chief Altaf Hussain, who was hospitalised on Tuesday evening. The main...
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All aboard: Bringing the railroads back to life
KARACHI: Inside the main building of the Karachi Cantonment Railway Station, a small throng of neatly dressed men and women from the non-governmental organisation ‘Pursukoon Karachi’ and Pakistan...
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Feature: Pedalling to fulfill dreams of glory
Low salaries, difficult conditions and almost no exposure makes it extremely difficult for female cyclists in Pakistan to demonstrate their talent. But there are some gifted young women who are eager...
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Family ties: Loved ones protest, wait for updates outside storage area
KARACHI: The air was thick with smoke. Water flooded the area in front of the cold storage at the Jinnah International Airport’s cargo terminal on Monday night. A crowd stood outside waiting for...
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Repercussions: Medicines for hepatitis destroyed in airport carnage
KARACHI: Karachi still seems to be reeling from the attack at the airport on Sunday night as each new day brings more bad news for the city. It has recently come to light that a whole batch of...
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Cyclone Nanauk: ‘Be my guest and let the mosquitoes feast on you’
KARACHI: Cyclone Nanauk may not have hit any part of the country directly, but it did send some high tides over the Arabian Sea which damaged several villages along the sea coast Some of these areas...
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World Cup inflates football passion across Pakistan
KARACHI: While Lyari remain the leaders when it comes to the Fifa World Cup fan-following, other regions of Pakistan are only some distance behind in their fervent passion for the tournament. The...
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FIFA frenzy: Divided we fall, united we football: Lyari residents
KARACHI: How much happiness can a simple projector and a curtain stimulate? Add football and Lyari to the equation and the joy is unlimited. A little before midnight on Tuesday, hundreds of residents...
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Neglected neighbourhood: Cattle dung, hospital waste makes its way to Rehri Goth
KARACHI: As garbage from Bhains Colony gets thrown into the water untreated, Rehri Goth has become dumping ground for not only cattle dung, but also injections, syringes and other factory waste. One...
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Marking the occasion: PPP celebrates BB’s 61st birthday
HYDERABAD / KARACHI: Hundreds of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders, workers and supporters – or ‘jiyalay’ as they prefer to be called – converged at various blood camps organised by the party in...
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Back2Love: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan launches new album
KARACHI: From a jam-packed crowd to TV cameras, the McDonalds at Karachi’s Sea View wore a different look Saturday night as Rahat Fateh Ali Khan launched his new album ‘Back2Love’. Talking to...
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Feeling your words: From Lyari with love
KARACHI: A child asks his father why the darkness encircles him. He asks for guidance as he has lost his path. The frightened child says: “Father, I can’t sleep well.” As Zafar Shehzad Zafari recited...
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Thalassaemia and haemophilia: Sindh sets new record with 3,000 blood...
KARACHI: Sindh has set a new record by carrying out blood transfusions for around 3,000 children suffering from thalassaemia and haemophilia. The mega event of the blood transfusion for 2,000...
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Big dreams: With a week left, little people still trying to get their tickets...
KARACHI: Kamran Ahmed Khan has spent the last couple of weeks hanging around government offices. He even went to ask some NGOs for help but got nowhere. He was waiting to talk to an official at the...
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The footballer within every Lyariite
KARACHI: In Lyari, it all began in the 18th century when European ships frequently dropped anchor at the Karachi port. The foreign crew on the ships – more commonly known as the gora masters – would...
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Wasted resources: Nine years on, government yet to hand over Rehri Goth hospital
KARACHI: The government glanced in the direction of the often-neglected Rehri Goth in 2005 and gave money for a 36-bed hospital but the facility has yet to be handed over to the district...
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Forgotten with time: A building that binds the history of two nations...
KARACHI: In the heart of Karachi, a ramshackle three-storey edifice, adjacent to the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) ‘Maulvi Abdul Haq’ campus, exudes a strong sense...
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Sky is the limit: Father-son duo hit Karachi as they go around the world in...
KARACHI: The father-son duo planning to go around the world in 30 days to raise money for underprivileged reached Karachi on Tuesday afternoon. The 17-year-old Haris Suleman, who is said to be the...
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