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  • pak asks karachi citizens to carry national identity cards

    Pak asks Karachi citizens to carry National Identity Cards

    World | Apr 21, 2015, 12:03 PM IST

    Karachi: Citizens of Karachi have been asked to carry their National Identity Cards with them all the time or face detention, amid fear that militants have taken refuge in Pakistan's financial capital after fleeing the

  • karachi may sink into ocean by 2060 experts

    Karachi may sink into ocean by 2060: Experts

    World | Mar 13, 2015, 11:39 PM IST

    Karachi: Pakistan's biggest city and financial hub Karachi may sink into the ocean along with other coastal towns of Sindh province in the next 45 years, oceanography experts have warned.Pakistan Senate's Standing Committee on Science

  • pia chairman sets example takes last seat in plane

    PIA chairman sets example, takes last seat in plane

    World | Mar 10, 2015, 06:58 PM IST

    Karachi: Pakistan International Airlines Chairman Nasser NS Jaffer set a new precedent on Monday, becoming the first head of the often-criticised national carrier to board a flight as last passenger who got the worst seat

  • bengaluru karachi cheapest cities to live in survey

    Bengaluru, Karachi cheapest cities to live in: Survey

    India | Mar 04, 2015, 07:51 AM IST

    New Delhi: India's IT hub Bangalore and Pakistan's financial capital Karachi have emerged as the world's cheapest cities to live in, according to a new global survey.The sub-continent as a whole offers the best value

  • world cup 2015 silence descends on karachi after defeat to

    World Cup 2015: Silence descends on Karachi after defeat to India

    Cricket | Feb 16, 2015, 12:18 PM IST

    Karachi: An eerie silence descended on Pakistan's biggest city today after its national cricket team was annihilated in the much-hyped up World Cup game against India in Adelaide.Dubbed as 'war without the guns' the passionate

  • grenade attack near karachi school in pakistan

    Grenade attack near Karachi school in Pakistan

    World | Feb 03, 2015, 12:18 PM IST

    Islamabad: A grenade was hurled near a school in Pakistan's Karachi city Tuesday. No casualties were reported, a media report said.The motorcycle borne attackers, however, left a threat letter before fleeing.A police official said the

  • al qaeda commander among four killed in karachi

    Al Qaeda commander among four killed in Karachi

    World | Jan 09, 2015, 11:07 AM IST

    Islamabad: Four terrorists, including an Al Qaeda commander, were killed in an alleged gun battle in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, media reported on Friday.The terrorists were well-versed with preparing suicide jackets.They were planning to

  • india asks pakistan to hand over dawood

    India asks Pakistan to hand over Dawood

    India | Dec 27, 2014, 08:15 PM IST

    New Delhi:  India on Saturday asked Pakistan to hand over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, saying enough evidences have been given to it on the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.Minister of State for

  • no new year celebrations in karachi

    No New Year celebrations in Karachi

    World | Dec 24, 2014, 12:04 PM IST

    Islamabad: The New Year celebrations have been cancelled in Karachi in view of the Peshawar army school carnage, media reported on Wednesday.Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Siddiqui said permission would not be granted for New Year celebrations

  • kargil was in response to india s role in creation of b desh

    'Kargil was in response to India's role in creation of B'desh'

    World | Dec 10, 2014, 06:51 PM IST

    Karachi: Pakistan's former military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he believes in a tit-for-tat policy on all fronts and claimed that Kargil conflict was in response to India's role in the creation of Bangladesh. 

  • karachi renames moti lal nehru road as jigar muradabadi road

    Karachi renames Moti Lal Nehru Road as Jigar Muradabadi Road

    World | Nov 01, 2014, 04:47 PM IST

    Karachi: Authorities in this commercial capital of Pakistan have renamed a road named after Moti Lal Nehru, father of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, as Jigar Muradabadi road.Jigar Muradabadi, renowned Urdu poet, stayed in

  • pakistan slashes petrol price by rs 9.43 a litre

    Pakistan slashes petrol price by Rs 9.43 a litre

    World | Oct 31, 2014, 07:28 PM IST

    Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced a steep reduction in petrol price by Rs 9.43 a litre. The new price shall be effective from midnight today.The price of diesel has been slashed by

  • pakistan to evacuate 50 000 people in wake of nilofar

    Pakistan to evacuate 50,000 people in wake of Nilofar Cyclone

    World | Oct 30, 2014, 02:53 PM IST

    Karachi: Pakistan has planned to evacuate at least 50,000 people from its southern coastal areas with cyclone Nilofar slowly moving towards it, officials said today.The cyclone, moving at about 14km per hour speed towards Sindh

  • pakistan mqm chief claims support for new province

    Pakistan MQM chief claims support for new province

    World | Oct 27, 2014, 07:21 AM 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 | Oct 18, 2014, 11:07 PM 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 | Oct 15, 2014, 11:08 AM 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 | Jun 30, 2014, 12:50 PM 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 | Apr 20, 2014, 02:10 PM 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 | Mar 13, 2014, 11:55 AM 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 | Feb 13, 2014, 10:15 PM 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

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