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Topic: Karachi

Inquiry initiated against Karachi cop busted smuggling gutka, drugs

The DSP rank officer has been suspended from duty and is awaiting the outcome of the inquiry lodged against him.

Fire in Karachi shopping mall kills at least 9

Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui confirmed in a post on X that nine bodies had been transferred to local hospitals. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

Pakistan businesses soared in early 1950s compared to India. Gujarati Muslims were the reason

In 'No Birds of Passage', Michael O'Sullivan explores the history of Gujarati Muslim business communities like Bohras, Khojas and Memons.

‘Lions on the street, donkeys in govt’—Pakistanis amused by big cat roaming free in Karachi

According to the police, the pet lion was on its way to the veterinarian when it escaped. It was captured and relocated to the wildlife department’s compound.

Greece boat tragedy: At least 209 Pakistanis were on board, data suggests

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -There were at least 209 Pakistani "victims" on an overloaded boat that capsized and sank in open seas off Greece last week, according to data

18 dead, 50 ill in this Karachi district and no one knows exactly why

The Sindh environment and health departments have contradicting claims — contaminated food, measles, toxic fumes.

Karachi and Comic Con not oxymoron. This Pakistani city has a subculture of anime

The Karachi Comic Con, in its fifth edition, has built a space for ‘geeks’ and ‘nerds’ in Pakistan to be themselves. And it featured blasphemy and Partition too.

‘Uncivilised ghosts’: Unruly men gatecrash Karachi Eat food festival, harass and grope women

The tenth edition of three-day Karachi Eat, a food festival which began as a movement to reclaim public spaces, ended in utter chaos on 8 January.

Imran Inc: How Pakistani Generals manufactured ‘Mr Clean’ using disgraced billionaire’s funds

Fighting extradition to the US, Pakistani businessman Arif Naqvi is at the centre of a storm over his role in financing the rise of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.

IndiGo’s Sharjah-Hyderabad flight diverted to Pak’s Karachi airport due to technical defect

This is the second Indian Airline to make a precautionary landing in Karachi in 2 weeks. No emergency was declared and the aircraft made a normal landing.

On Camera

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.

How a provision in trade deal with UAE has led to a surge in India’s gold imports

New Delhi: Indians are once again flocking to gold — both physical and digital — in a bid to hedge against economic uncertainty, high...

China does a Galwan in South China Sea, Coast Guard carries spears and knives

Pictures had emerged of Chinese soldiers carrying rifles and iron rods with machete-like heads in the vicinity of India’s forward locations on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in 2020.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.