Voicing concerns: Opposition leaders protest outside ECP office
KARACHI: Members of opposition in the Sindh Assembly gathered outside the provincial Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office on Wednesday afternoon to register their grievances on the allegedly...
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MQM leads rally against arrest of workers
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) led on Thursday a rally to protest the arrest of its workers ahead of the local government elections.The rally failed to reach its destination, the Pakistan...
View ArticleDHA officials destroy more than 800 hookahs
KARACHI: From a distance, the blue, yellow and black coloured hookahs neatly arranged in rows looked like shining trophies to be given away. Only when one came closer and saw the road roller, did it...
View ArticleCouple arrives in Karachi on 271st day of world tour
KARACHI: On the 271st day of their overland journey from South Africa to Pakistan, Farhan Ahmed Khan, a Pakistani-South African, arrived in Karachi with his Indian-South African wife, Khairunissa Khan,...
View ArticleColours of democracy: As city goes to polls, its better half steps out
KARACHI: The city elected its local representatives during the third phase of the local government (LG) elections on Saturday with the support, of not only men, but an overwhelmingly large number of...
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Italy’s latest export to Pakistan
KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts’ (NAPA) in-house theatre in Karachi came back to life on Sunday with a musical evening put together in collaboration with the Consul General of Italy....
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,...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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Makers 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...
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Brazen 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 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 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 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...
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Remembering 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...
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