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Closure of key roads brings chaos to downtown streets in Karachi

Sindh CM says alternative routes for citizens should be publicised on mainstream and social media.

Updated 05 Mar, 2026 09:55am

Detrimental effects of power outages, climate change on labourers highlighted

Piler study recommends workers’ welfare fund to provide off-grid solar energy systems for low-income households.

Updated 05 Mar, 2026 09:58am

Sindh launches Rs1bn fund for micro, small and medium enterprises

Individual projects eligible for financing of up to Rs 5m, with flexibility to expand in innovative cases.

Updated 04 Mar, 2026 07:59am

28 years after installation, KMC’s own incineration plant revived

Facility can process up to 10 tonnes of industrial and medical waste daily.

Published 04 Mar, 2026 07:08am

Illegal occupants of Kalhora ruler’s property in Hyderabad asked to vacate site

he ladies chamber called ‘tajjar’ belongs to Kalhora ruler Mian Ghulam Nabi Kalhoro (1719-1753) and was declared ‘protected antiquity’.

Published 04 Mar, 2026 07:08am

Karachi’s MT Khan Road again closed in view of security situation

Alert issued for traffic congestion on both sides of II Chundrigar Road.

Updated 03 Mar, 2026 10:55am

Sindh orders probe into Rs20bn worker welfare schemes

New governing body of SWWB withdraws ‘controversial’ decisions taken by previous management; increases grant for heirs of workers died during service to Rs1m.

Published 04 Mar, 2026 07:08am

Karachi inches towards normalcy as roadblocks and protests continue

Transport remains thin, businesses witness voluntary shutdown as tension prevails.

Updated 03 Mar, 2026 08:42am

Terrorism cases registered over violence near US consulate in Karachi

Three FIRs lodged against ‘unknown persons’; IGP forms body for ‘transparent’ probe; several officers removed.

Updated 03 Mar, 2026 08:39am

‘Mastermind’, aide indicted for Chinese convoy attack case

The court has issued notices to the prosecution witnesses with a direction to appear before it on March 17 to record their testimonies.

Updated 03 Mar, 2026 08:48am

GDA leader Murtaza Jatoi acquitted in two encounter cases

One of the cases was registered at Larkana’s Dokri police station and the other at the Badah police station of the same district.

Updated 03 Mar, 2026 08:45am

Multiple roads closed in Karachi’s West, South districts over prevailing security situation

Islamabad Police say Margalla Road, route via Islamabad Marriott Hotel will remain open for entry into Red Zone.

Updated 02 Mar, 2026 03:05pm

Three die after consuming illicit liquor in Karachi’s Nazimabad

Six people under treatment; police arrest one suspect, recover 16 small and three large bottles of illicit liquor from the suspect's possession.

Updated 02 Mar, 2026 12:54pm

Thousands attend funeral of seven killed near US consulate in Karachi

Three more bodies sent to Gilgit'; Condolence meeting at Nishtar Park today.

Updated 02 Mar, 2026 08:32am

SHC asks Nadra, govt depts to ensure registration of children living in orphanages

It noted that the right to legal identity was intrinsically linked with the right to life and dignity guaranteed under Articles 9 and 14 of the Constitution and the state.

Published 02 Mar, 2026 07:02am

Inquiry uncovers financial irregularities in Matiari court building construction

The building has remained unutilised for the past four years, and no maintenance work has been carried out due to its “incomplete status”, the report stated.

Published 02 Mar, 2026 07:02am