KARACHI: 12 cars, 16 bikes hijacked
KARACHI, Jan 21: Twenty-eight vehicles — 12 cars and 16 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Monday, the police said....
KARACHI: Transport fares increased again
KARACHI, Jan. 21: In view of the upward revision of petroleum prices by the Oil Companies Advisory Committee, the Sindh Transport Department has restored the enhanced fares of public transport on...
KARACHI: Anti-polio drive from today
KARACHI, Jan 21: All preparations have been finalized to vaccinate some 4.5m children against polio during the three-day sub-national immunization campaign commencing in different parts of Sindh from Tuesday....
KARACHI: Leakage causes water shortage
KARACHI, Jan 21: Different parts of the city went without water on Monday owing to a major leakage in a 24-inch dia pipeline near the Quaid’s mausoleum....
KARACHI: SSGC rejects plea for compensation
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Sui Southern Gas Company and consumers seem to be on a collision course as the gas utility refuses to accept their contention that they had not only...
KARACHI: Free dialysis facility to be soon restored
KARACHI, Jan 21: Free dialysis facility will soon be restored and appropriately streamlined in the country in coordination with provincial departments, said Mohammad Aslam, director general, ministry of health, at the...
KARACHI: City zoo gets crocodiles from Haleji sanctuary
KARACHI, Jan 21: Crocodiles from the Haleji sanctuary were recently brought to the Karachi zoo to beef up its dwindling reserve of crocodiles that had in course of several years refused...
KARACHI: Dr Amir Tejani passes away in USA
KARACHI, Jan 21: Dr Amir Haider Tejani, a renowned paediatric nephrologist affiliated with the Westchester Medical Centre, New York, died recently of a heart attack. He was widely known for founding...
KARACHI: No shortage of doctors: CHK
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi branch, has said that the ever-crowded Civil Hospital is not only trying to help the poor patients of Karachi but also providing solace...
KARACHI: PMA concerned over pollution
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Karachi branch, has expressed concern over critical increase in noise pollution in the city....
KARACHI: Inter IT exams
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has clarified that theory and practical examinations of Information Technology (Parts-I and II) will be held combined during the HSC annual examinations...
KARACHI: Cold weather
KARACHI, Jan 21: The intensity in the cold weather grew on Monday as the mercury further dropped to 8.5 degrees centigrade....
KARACHI: Acquittal plea in PIA hiring case rejected
KARACHI, Jan 21: An accountability court dismissed on Monday the acquittal application of a co-accused in a reference against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
KARACHI: SHC sets aside ATC order on action against cops
KARACHI, Jan 21: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court set aside on Monday the order of the administrative judge for the anti- terrorism courts through which he had...
KARACHI: High Court orders release of Chinese
KARACHI, Jan 21: Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany of the Sindh High Court directed on Monday the additional sessions Judge III (South) to order immediate release of a Chinese national, You Jin...
KARACHI: Status quo ordered in election plea
KARACHI, Jan 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court ordered on Monday maintenance of status quo while issuing pre-admission notices in a matter challenging the election of Nazim and...
KARACHI: Local govt commission in the offing
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Sindh Local Government Commission will soon be constituted at provincial level with the minister for local government as its chairman....
KARACHI: Hotel’s workers release demanded
KARACHI, Jan 21: Trade unions have demanded that all those workers of Pearl Continental Hotel who are being kept in “illegal detention” at a...
KARACHI: Hearing of Asif’s plea put off
KARACHI, Jan 21: Hearing of criminal miscellaneous applications for acquittal of former senator Asif Ali Zardari in two cases of attempted suicide during police custody, was on Monday adjourned to Jan...
KARACHI: Notice to Town Nazim
KARACHI, Jan 21: The Provincial Ombudsman, Justice Haziqul Khairi, has issued a showcause notice to the Town Nazim of New Karachi, asking him to appear before him on Feb 2....
KARACHI: Mumtaz backs govt decisions
KARACHI, Jan 21: Former Sindh chief minister and chairman Sindh National Front Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has supported the decision of the government to fix educational qualifications for the candidates of National...