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Topic: Karachi

9 killed in Karachi as pro-Iran mob storms US Consulate over killing of Khamenei

Protests were also reported from Lahore, Skardu and Islamabad after the joint US-Israel strike in Iran.

Dhurandhar opens Pakistan vs Pakistan debate. Baloch are split, Karachi journalists divided

Pakistanis are left to choose whether to reject Dhurandhar, grudgingly admire it, or regret that the story wasn’t theirs to tell in the first place.

Pakistani toddler dies in a manhole. Angry citizens call Karachi ‘a rotting mess’

Due to a lack of machinery and sewerage maps, local people themselves had to make arrangements to continue the excavation. The child’s parents reportedly paid for the equipment.

Dhurandhar trailer has amused Pakistanis. Kids are calling Ranveer Singh to Karachi

Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar film is about Karachi’s Lyari gangsters. One of them, Rahman Dakait, was a supporter of Benazir Bhutto.

Zubeen Garg’s new song Mur Mon from Roi Roi Binale drops, as Pakistanis dance to Ya Ali

Pakistani pop-rock band Khudgharz shared a clip from its Karachi concert that shows the crowd singing along as Zubeen Garg’s iconic track Ya Ali is performed.

Karachi prisoners escape during earthquake. A mother takes her son back to jail

Prison authorities had evacuated roughly 2,000 inmates from their barracks into an open area of the prison compound during the earthquake. The situation quickly spiralled into chaos.

Owners of Karachi Bakery stress its ‘Hyderabadi, Indian’ roots fearing protests, calls for name change

Karachi Bakery, founded in Hyderabad in 1953, has sought Telangana govt’s support, putting up Indian flags at outlets to assert its roots amid rising anger against Pakistan.

2 Chinese nationals killed in blast near Karachi airport, Baloch Liberation Army claims responsibility

The Sunday attack allegedly targeted convoy of Chinese nationals employed by Port Qasim Electric Power Company. China has demanded a thorough probe & strict punishment for perpetrators.

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.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.