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  Pakistan: At least 14 killed in a gas explosion in sewer in Karachi

  World | December 18, 2021 19:32 IST

  Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a bank building in the Shershah neighbourhood of the port city of Karachi.

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  West Indies tour of Pakistan: Commandos deployed to guard West Indies series in Karachi

  Cricket | December 10, 2021 13:36 IST

  Personnel of the Special Branch in plain clothes would be deployed at the National Stadium and hotels.

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  Hidden cameras found inside Karachi school washrooms; show cause notice issued

  World | November 06, 2021 9:14 IST

  Women were being filmed with the hidden cameras, the education department officials confirmed, adding that several women had reported the presence of cameras in the washrooms to the department.

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  Pakistan among top 10 countries in world where killers of journalists went free: Report

  World | October 30, 2021 10:13 IST

  Pakistan has been a mainstay on index since its inception in 2008, Geo News reported. Somalia remains the world's worst country for unsolved killings of journalists, according to CPJ's annual Global Impunity Index.

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  Fuel station explosion in Pakistan kills 4, injures 6

  World | October 30, 2021 7:11 IST

  The explosion in Karachi was result of short-circuiting inside a room where electric system is controlled, according to Nasir Aftab, who is deputy-inspector general for the city’s police. 

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  Elaborate security arrangements for comedian Umer Sharif's funeral in Karachi

  October 05, 2021 18:03 IST

  Thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral of the comedian Umer Sharif, whose demise on 2nd October was mourned and condoled not only in Pakistan but also in the Indian film and television industry. 

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  Fire at chemical factory kills 16 in Pakistan's Karachi

  World | August 28, 2021 7:50 IST

  She said 12 of the bodies had been identified and were taken away by relatives, while 4 could not be identified immediately. 

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  Truck explosion kills 11; injures several in Pakistan's Karachi: Officials

  World | August 15, 2021 8:14 IST

  The incident happened on Saturday in Karachi’s Baldia town when the victims were returning home in the truck after attending a marriage ceremony.

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  Cash van driver flees with 200 million rupees in Pakistan's Karachi

  World | August 12, 2021 7:48 IST

  The complaint was lodged with the police by regional operations manager of the cash transportation company.

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  Karachi: Truck containing 780 bags of imported sugar falls into sea

  World | August 01, 2021 7:09 IST

  Sugar was loaded onto the container truck from a ship, MV Unity, that arrived at the KPT from Dubai with 33,000 tonnes of the sweetener purchased by the TCP.

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  Pakistan: Gunmen attack car carrying Chinese workers in Karachi, one injured

  World | July 28, 2021 14:56 IST

  The incident comes weeks after a bus carrying Pakistani and Chinese workers fell into a ravine in northwest Pakistan, killing nine Chinese and four Pakistanis in an alleged terror attack.

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  IndiGo flight diverted to Karachi due to medical emergency onboard

  India | March 02, 2021 11:25 IST

  A Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight from Sharjah was diverted to Karachi airport, in Pakistan on Tuesday after a medical emergency onboard.

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  Will be proud if Karachi's accession becomes reality: Sena's cryptic response to Fadnavis

  News | November 24, 2020 11:41 IST

  Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant reacted to BJP leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's statement about Karachi.

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  Karachi imposes 'smart lockdown' in 4 districts

  World | November 21, 2020 22:47 IST

  The Karachi city administration has imposed a 'smart lockdown' in four districts and a 'micro lockdown in two other districts amid an alarming resurgence in the number of new Covid-19 cases.

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  Mumbai's Karachi Sweets forced to mask name by Shiv Sena, Sanjay Raut clarifies

  India | November 19, 2020 18:41 IST

  After a video of Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaokar went viral in which he was allegedly asking Karachi Sweets shop owner in Bandra West to change the name 'Karachi', party leader Sanjay Raut issued a clarification saying it makes no sense to ask for changing their names now. Demand for changing their name is not Shiv Sena's official stance.

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  Opinion | Double Faced Pakistan: Attacks on Hindus and Temples

  India | November 03, 2020 13:33 IST

  A huge mob of Muslim bigots attacked the Sheetal temple in Bhimpura area of Karachi on Sunday night, vandalized the premises, broke idols of Hindu gods Lord Shiva and Ganesh, and within minutes turned the place of worship into a wreck. 

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  Maryam Nawaz Sharif's husband arrested after Karachi rally against Imran Khan govt

  World | October 19, 2020 9:58 IST

  Former Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Sharif on Monday informed that the police has arrested her husband Captain Safdar Awan. 

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  ISI blackmailed Gorakhpur man using sex worker in Karachi

  India | August 24, 2020 16:17 IST

  Pakistan's ISI spy agency blackmailed a middle-aged Indian Muslim widower visiting his relatives in Karachi, using a sex worker to honey trap him so that he would work for them.

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  Pakistan imposes sanctions on Dawood, Hafiz, Azhar, Lakhvi and others

  News | August 23, 2020 8:25 IST

  In a bid to escape blacklisting by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Pakistan has effectively ended up acknowledging the presence in the country of fugitive terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, one of the most wanted men in India.

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  Dawood Ibrahim is in Karachi, admits Pakistan

  World | August 23, 2020 7:35 IST

  India's most wanted and mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts Dawood Ibrahim is in Karachi, Pakistan has admitted. Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday released a list of 88 leaders, members of terrorist groups on which Islamabad has imposed more restrictions. The list mentions the name of Dawood Ibrahim.