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  • pakistan mqm chief claims support for new province

    Pakistan MQM chief claims support for new province

    World | October 27, 2014 7:21 IST

    Karachi: MQM chief Altaf Hussain today claimed that the people of Sindh have spoken out in favour of new provinces in Pakistan by observing a ‘black day' against a rival PPP leader's remarks about ‘Muhajirs'. “The

  • bilawal bhutto zardari holds first public rally in karachi

    Bilawal Bhutto Zardari holds first public rally in Karachi

    World | October 18, 2014 23:07 IST

    Karachi: Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday held his first public rally here, launching his political career in a big way.Around 40,000 persons were deployed to provide security cover for the rally

  • pakistan to intensify effort to end polio

    Pakistan to intensify effort to end polio

    World | October 15, 2014 11:08 IST

    Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to intensify its effort to eradicate polio, a media report said.Emergence of new cases has forced international institutions and foreign governments to put restrictions on the country.The decision was

  • muhammad ali jinnah s sister asked to pay water bill 47

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah's sister asked to pay water bill 47 years after her death

    World | June 30, 2014 12:50 IST

    Karachi: Pakistani authorities here have sent a water bill amounting Rs 2,63,774 to Fatima Jinnah, the sister of the country's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, 47 years after her death.The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has

  • pakistan pm calls officers to discus hamid mir shooting

    Pakistan PM calls officers to discus Hamid Mir shooting

    World | April 20, 2014 14:10 IST

    Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for a meeting of senior officers Sunday to discuss the attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir, a media report said.Pakistan's Geo News' executive editor Hamid Mir was

  • air india plane in near miss as karachi air traffic control

    Air India plane in near-miss as Karachi air traffic control gives incorrect info

    India | March 13, 2014 11:55 IST

    Hyderabad:  In a mid-air scare, "incorrect" input by Pakistan's air traffic control to a Mumbai-bound Air India Dreamliner plane from London led it to come close to another aircraft, prompting a sharp reaction from India.The

  • 13 killed as suicide bomber targets police bus in karachi

    13 killed as suicide bomber targets police bus in Karachi

    World | February 13, 2014 22:15 IST

    Karachi: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a bus carrying policemen in this southern Pakistani city today, killing 13 people and injuring 50 others. The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), with which the

  • know pakistan s dirty harry the fearless cop who survived 9

    Know Pakistan's Dirty Harry, the fearless cop who survived 9 assassination attempts

    World | January 13, 2014 6:57 IST

    New Delhi: For years, Karachi's Dirty Harry, Chaudhry Aslam Khan had been grappling with the terrorists to maintain law and order in Pakistan. Also called the cop with the nine lives, he had been shot

  • six bodies with throats slit found near bukhari mazaar in

    Six bodies with throats slit found near Bukhari mazaar in Karachi

    World | January 08, 2014 7:43 IST

    Karachi: Six bodies with their throats slit were today found near a 'mazaar' in this southern Pakistani city with a note warning against visiting such shrines.The corpses were recovered near the shrine of Ayub Shah

  • retd justice ganguly had accepted hospitality of pak

    Retd Justice Ganguly had accepted hospitality of Pak national in Karachi

    India | January 03, 2014 9:37 IST

    New Delhi: The chairperson of West Bengal State Human Rights Commission retired Justice A K Ganguly, facing charge of sexual harassment of an intern, had accepted the hospitality of a Pakistani national named Faisal Siddiqui

  • 13 killed as violence hits karachi

    13 killed as violence hits Karachi

    World | December 04, 2013 11:59 IST

    Karachi: Violence rocked Karachi city of Pakistan as 13 people were killed in targeted shootings including five suspected Taliban activists, a Shia scholar and two Moroccan students at a religious seminary.Police said the spate of

  • pakistan to build n power plant in karachi

    Pakistan to build n-power plant in Karachi

    World | November 26, 2013 8:05 IST

    Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lay the foundation stone of a 2,117 megawatt civil nuclear power project Tuesday which is being built with the assistance of China in the port city of

  • 13 dead as violence escalates in karachi ahead of muharram

    13 dead as violence escalates in Karachi ahead of Muharram

    World | November 05, 2013 16:10 IST

    Karachi: At least eight persons died in sectarian violence today in Pakistan's biggest city, taking the number of people killed in two days to 13 as tensions spiked ahead of the Muslim holy month of

  • 97 held in karachi during police crackdown

    97 held in Karachi during police crackdown

    World | November 01, 2013 11:16 IST

    Islamabad : Pakistan police have arrested 97 suspected criminals, some of them accused of murder, kidnapping and robberies, and terrorists in the port city of Karachi since Wednesday, an official statement said Thursday.The arrests were

  • taliban leader mullah baradar kept in karachi safe house

    Taliban leader Mullah Baradar kept in Karachi safe house

    World | September 23, 2013 8:54 IST

    Karachi: Pakistan government has kept Taliban's former No.2 leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in a safe house in Karachi after his release, sources said. “Mullah Baradar was flown to Karachi from Peshawar early on Sunday.

  • chennai express a big hit in karachi

    'Chennai Express' a big hit in Karachi

    Bollywood | August 16, 2013 9:25 IST

    Karachi:  The Shahrukh Khan-Deepika Padukone starrer "Chennai Express" has become a huge hit in Karachi.The Rohit Shetty directorial movie eclipsed all other releases on Eid day by a big margin in Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper

  • eight killed in karachi violence

    Eight killed in Karachi violence

    World | August 03, 2013 20:30 IST

    Islamabad, Aug 3: At least eight people, including five policemen, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, a leading daily said on Saturday.Four policemen were killed overnight when

  • today in history pakistan celebrates jinnah s sister s

    Today in History: Pakistan celebrates Jinnah's sister's birth anniversary

    World | July 30, 2013 10:50 IST

    New Delhi: Every year on July 30, Pakistan celebrates the birth anniversary of  Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, popularly known as Madar-e-Millat (Mother of the Nation). Born in 1893 in Karachi, Fatima was the younger sister of

  • moin khan named pakistan chief selector

    Moin Khan named Pakistan chief selector

    Cricket | July 15, 2013 19:01 IST

    Karachi, July 15: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Monday appointed former captain Moin Khan as chief selector of the national team, replacing Iqbal Qasim, who resigned after the side's dismal performance in the Champions Trophy.The

  • musharraf returns to pakistan after self exile faces death

    Musharraf returns to Pakistan after self-exile, faces death threat

    World | March 24, 2013 22:37 IST

    Karachi, Mar 24: Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf today ended nearly four years in self-exile defying threats of arrest and assassination by Taliban, saying that he returned home to “save” Pakistan and would face all

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