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Friday, November 8, 2024
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Topic: Karachi

Karachi Police gets on rollerblades to stop crime, preacher fashions idea to fund madrasas

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

In Pakistan’s Punjab province, CM looks to promote qawwali programmes through cable TV

CM Usman Buzdar has asked officials to organise qawwali programmes on local cable in a move that is likely to have been inspired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Sena leader asks Karachi Sweets owner to change shop name, party says not ‘official stance’

Karachi Sweets in Mumbai for 60 yrs, has nothing to do with Pakistan, Sanjay Raut says after video shows Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaokar asking shop owner to change its name.

5 killed, 7 injured in explosion inside building in Pakistan’s Karachi

Officials say there was no trace of IED on the scene and initial investigations suggest the explosion could have been caused due to a gas leak.

Pilots of crashed PIA Airbus could have become rusty due to lockdown, safety chief says

Bloomberg- Europe’s top aviation-safety official said that pilot rustiness following global groundings at the height of the coronavirus crisis may have been a factor...

15 die as monsoon lashes Karachi, Pakistan declares holiday to tackle ‘disaster-like’ crisis

Pakistan hasn’t experienced monsoon floods this bad since 2010, which have left thousands homeless. The weather office recorded a total of 345 mm of rain in August so far.

Former Pakistani cricketer Ramiz Raja shares fake image, then gets trolled for foul language

Ramiz Raza shared an image on Twitter which he claimed was a submerged area in Karachi. When social media users called the image fake, he used foul language in response.

MEA slams Pakistan for linking Karachi terror attack to India, calls remarks ‘absurd’

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had alleged that clues of the strike at the Pakistan Stock Exchange were leading towards sleeper cells activated by India.

Sudhir Chaudhary, CNN-News18 share graphic caning video, but it’s not from Karachi

Chaudhary and CNN-News18 falsely suggested video showed a Chinese engineer attacking a Pakistani driver in Karachi. Original video is from Malaysia.

Crashed PIA A-320 had grazed Karachi airport runway at 200 mph without landing gear

After abrupt descent that unnerved air-traffic controllers, crew of PIA jet briefly put it on runway with wheels still up, grinding along on its two engines.

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3 national capitals that will be the unhappiest about Trump’s victory & 3 that will be happiest

In the capitals that will now be the unhappiest, a Kamala Harris victory was presumed, and a lot of actions and calculations were predicated upon that.

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.