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A Shia man and an owner of a plastic warehouse were gunned down in separate incidents of targeted killings in Karachi on Tuesday, bringing the death toll in target killings to 104. After a day’s-break, two more people, Mirza Abid Shirazi and...

Gunmen killed at least 45 people and injured 93 others in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, after the assassination of a prominent lawmaker set off a cycle of revenge attacks, officials said yesterday. Dozens of vehicles and shops were...

At least four people died from electrocution and another drowned as heavy rains wreaked havoc on the city and inundated many roads and low-lying areas on Tuesday. Rains which continued intermittently throughout the day exposed the working of...

The target killing in the city is being continued unabated as three more people lost their lives on Tuesday. According to a private TV channel, unidentified men opened indiscriminate firing on a car on Rashid Minhas Road, in which, two people...

At least two more persons were gunned down by unidentified armed men in two separate incidents of target killing in the city on Tuesday. According to police sources, unknown armed men shot dead a man identified as Fayyaz (24), son of Suleman...

Police in Pakistan’s largest city, the port of Karachi, say the Taliban are increasing in numbers and appointing new leaders. The sprawling southern city, with its population of about 18 million, is an ideal place for militants to get...

Karachi look set to bag the Mohenjo-Daro trophy as the region dominated the second day of the 13th Sindh Games with 19 gold medals, while Sukkur came in second with 5 and Hyderabad secured third position with 4 gold medals. Karachi’s Almas...

Cyclone Phet lashed Karachi June 5, and heavy rains paralysed life in coastal areas and adjoining cities in Sindh and Balochistan provinces as well as damaging infrastructure before moving on Sunday. The cyclone did not directly cause any deaths,...

Police on Tuesday baton charged the participants of a rally organized by Imamia Organization against Israeli aggression which was trying to reach US Consulate. Manhandling was observed between the protestors and the police near Fawara Chowk...