Religious scholar assassinated in Karachi

KARACHI: Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi, a renowned cleric, was shot dead on Tuesday morning in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar neighbourhood of Karachi after morning...

Criminal gangs escalate activities in upper Sindh amid police operation

SUKKUR: Criminal activities have reportedly increased in upper Sindh areas in recent weeks, police said, as gangs of outlaws and dacoits appear...

PTI lawmaker from Karachi handed over to police on remand

KARACHI: A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker, who was “picked up” from his Karachi residence by unidentified plainclothesmen, was handed over to the...

Murad inaugurates polio vaccination campaign in Karachi

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah launched a polio eradication campaign in Karachi on Monday by administering polio drops to...

Jamaat warns of citywide sit-ins over delayed Karachi local government polls

KARACHI: The chairperson of the Karachi chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami, Hafiz Naeem ur-Rehman, has announced that the party will stage sit-ins across the...

Final results: PPP, JI win equal UC seats in Karachi LG polls

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday officially released the results of the Karachi local government elections, according to which both...

2020 Sindh Public Service Commission exams invalidated over tampering

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has invalidated the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) exams that took place in 2020 due to...

Minor earthquake jolts Balochistan district, no casualties reported

QUETTA: A 3.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Kharan district of Balochistan on Sunday morning, with tremors felt in various parts of Kharan...

Argument leads to fatal shooting of police officer by colleague

KARACHI: In a shocking incident in Karachi, a police official was fatally shot by a fellow officer on Sunday. The altercation took...

Balochistan rocked by startling 4.3 magnitude earthquake

QUETTA: Residents in the Lasbela region of Balochistan were taken aback on Thursday morning as the area was struck by a powerful...

Quran khawani held for civil servant

LAHORE: Quran khawani for the departed soul of retired Capt. Sher Alam Mahsud, former federal secretary for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, was...

Sharjeel Memon hospitalised with heart attack

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon, was rushed to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Hyderabad on Saturday...

Karachi Safe City project: seven years late and counting

KARACHI: The Safe City project in Karachi, which promised the installation of 10,000 CCTV cameras, has been delayed for seven years despite...

PPP urges Jamaat to put aside differences for ‘betterment of Karachi’

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Education Saeed Ghani on Wednesday said that Jamaat-e-Islami is on Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) priority for talks over...

Karachi records coldest morning of the winter season

KARACHI: Karachi residents woke up to the coldest morning of the season on Sunday, with the temperature dropping to a low of...