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Fishing boat sinks, almost 25 feared dead in Karachi
World | Sep 10, 2012, 07:04 AM ISTKarachi, Sep 10: A boat carrying almost 25 fishermen sank off near the Ibrahim Hyderi shore in Karachi on Sunday, raising fears of the death of all passengers, Fishermen Co-operative Society said.According to the society,
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Pak says Mumbai attackers were helped by 40 Indians
World | Jul 02, 2012, 11:22 AM ISTIslamabad, Jul 2: Days after terror suspect Zabiuddin Ansari's revelations about the Mumbai attacks being controlled and facilitated from Karachi, Pakistani authorities have claimed 40 Indian nationals were involved in the terrorist incident.“Our information is
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Pakistan to release 315 Indian fishermen
World | Jun 27, 2012, 08:55 AM ISTIslamabad, Jun 26: Pakistan will release 315 Indian fishermen at the Wagah land border crossing on Thursday, official sources said today.The fishermen are currently being held at a jail in Karachi, and they will be
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Arrested key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal set up control room in Karachi
India | Jun 26, 2012, 07:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 26: The arrested key handler of terrorists who struck Mumbai in 2008 has told investigators he had set up the control room in Karachi for giving instructions to the 10 Pakistani gunmen
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Mausoleum to be constructed in memory of Mehdi Hassan
Bollywood | Jun 19, 2012, 08:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: In memory of India-born Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan who passed away this week, a 2000 square yards mausoleum is being constructed in north of Karachi. The 84-year-old died following multiple organ failure in
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Victims of Pak air crash buried
World | Apr 22, 2012, 09:30 PM ISTIslamabad, Apr 22: People across Pakistan buried victims of an airline crash that killed 127 people as authorities announced today that aircraft and pilots of all private airlines would have to undergo fresh tests following
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Indian Poets Escape Gunmen Attack In Karachi 'Mushaira'
World | Mar 30, 2012, 07:39 AM ISTIslamabad, Mar 27: Indian poets Manzar Bhopali and Iqbal Ashar were among those who had a narrow escape when unidentified gunmen attacked a ‘mushaira' in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, one of the
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1,500-yr-old Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple In Karachi Being Renovated
World | Feb 20, 2012, 02:41 PM ISTIslamabad, Feb 20 : One of the oldest Hindu temples in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi is being renovated after a legal battle to evict encroachers and a long campaign to raise funds for
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10 Injured In Karachi Cinema Hall Blast
World | Nov 21, 2011, 08:29 AM ISTKarachi, Nov 21: At least 10 people were injured when a bomb went off inside a cinema hall in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi on Sunday, police and rescue service officials said.The explosive device was planted
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Emergency At Pak Nuclear Reactor
World | Oct 20, 2011, 09:52 PM ISTKarachi, Oct 20: A seven-hour emergency was declared at a key nuclear power plant in Pakistani city of Karachi after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe of the reactor but no one was affected
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12 Killed In Karachi, Peshawar Attacks
World | Sep 20, 2011, 09:15 AM ISTKarachi/Islamabad, Sept 20: At least 12 people, including two women and a child were killed in a Taliban suicide car bombing in Karachi targeting a senior Pakistani counter-terrorism official and an explosion at a music
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Pakistan Warns Of Plot To Free Osama's Wives
World | Sep 10, 2011, 01:40 PM ISTKarachi, Sept 10: Pakistan is warning that the Taliban are plotting to secure the freedom of Osama bin Laden's wives and children by kidnapping a high-ranking government official and then offering to exchange him or
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Gunmen Ambush Police Van In Karachi; 4 Personnel Shot Dead
World | Aug 20, 2011, 11:34 AM ISTKarachi, Aug 20: Four elite police commandos were killed and around 35 others injured when their van was ambushed by unidentified gunmen in a troubled area of this Pakistani port city which has witnessed 70
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Pak Ranger Gets Death Sentence For Killing Youth In Karachi
World | Aug 12, 2011, 05:03 PM ISTKarachi, Aug 12: A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced to death a Pak Ranger trooper who shot and killed an unarmed youth as he was begging for mercy -- an incident that was caught on
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Shoot-At-Sight Orders In Karachi, 88 Dead
World | Jul 08, 2011, 06:56 PM ISTKarachi, Jul 8: Pakistani authorities today issued shoot-at-sight orders and ordered deployment of 1,000 additional paramilitary troops in Karachi as vicious violence continued to paralyse the country's financial capital, leaving nearly 90 people dead in
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MV Suez Crew Expected To Reach Karachi In 3 Days Time
World | Jun 20, 2011, 01:54 PM ISTIslamabad/Karachi, Jun 20: MV Suez's 22-member crew, including six Indians, who were freed by Somali pirates after the payment of ransom, are expected to reach Karachi in a naval vessel by Wednesday or Thursday, a
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India Must Take Karachi Naval Base Attack Seriously, Says Advani
National | May 26, 2011, 07:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 26: Expressing concern over the recent attack on Karachi naval air base, BJP leader L K Advani today said India should take serious note of the incident which raises questions whether terrorist
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Pak Navy Partially Blinded Because Of Loss Of 2 Orions
World | May 25, 2011, 04:20 PM ISTLahore, May 25: The Pakistan Navy stands partially blinded till December this year after the destruction of two Orions (P-3C) at the PNS Mehran base in Karachi on Sunday night, reports the Pakistan daily The
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Pak Fears US Or UN May Takeover Its Nuke Sites: Report
World | May 24, 2011, 05:04 PM ISTIslamabad, May 24: Alarm bells have started ringing in Pakistan's security establishment with the latest terrorist attack at the PNS Mehran in Karachi, with many fearing that as part of any so-called “Great game”, a
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India Worried About Terrorist's Access To Pak N-Assets
India | May 24, 2011, 05:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 24: As details emerge about the terrorist attack on the naval air base in Karachi, India is worried that Pakistan is losing its “internal coherence”, reports Indian Express. The report quoting a top