All posts tagged "Karachi"
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9BusinessTraders in Karachi flout Sindh govt’s market closure policy
All commercial areas in the city will remain open today, according to All Karachi Tajir Ittehad Chairman Atiq Mir, who was reacting...
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10PakistanPrime Minister Khan announces Rs 446 billion uplift package for Sindh
Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced a Rs 446 billion development package and programme to uplift 14 districts of Sindh. On Friday,...
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144TechnologyKarachi student who developed WhatsApp-like app
15 years old grade 9 student has developed an instant messaging application that contains features like WhatsApp, the app is even more...
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69AutomotiveTwo-corridor Red Line bus project to be launched in Karachi this month
The government is soon going to launch a Two-corridor Red Line bus in Karachi this month. On Tuesday, the authorities announced to launch of the construction of the Two-corridor...
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72PakistanChild courts established in Karachi’s Malir and East districts
There have two child courts established in the city Malir and East Districts with the goal to take the criminal justice reform agenda forward. ...
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191PakistanKuwaiti firm to invest in solar and water projects in Sindh
The CEO of Kuwaiti state-owned firm EnerTech has shown his interest to invest in Sindh province and particularly in the solar and...
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188PakistanSindh approves Rs4bn for monsoon relief via mobile banking
The Sindh government has decided to use the mobile banking system to disburse Rs 4.021 billion relief package among the people in...
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261PakistanTurkish aid agency TIKA sets up medical facility in Pakistan
The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has set up a medical facility in Pakistan for surgeries of children born with cleft...
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199Pakistan33,309 malignant cases recorded in cancer database of Karachi
The total registered cases of cancer in Karachi is 33,309 which have been recorded by the Karachi cancer registry (KCR) for a...
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231InternationalTurkish Foreign Minister inaugurates new consulate building in Karachi
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday inaugurated the country’s new consulate building in the port city of Karachi. Mevlut Cavusoglu while...
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253PakistanGreen and Orange Line projects of Karachi will become operational by Nov
Sindh Transport Minister Awais Qadir Shah on Tuesday said that Green and Orange Line Karachi Metrobus projects will become operational by November...
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222Entertainment‘Karachi is Love’: Shaniera Akram pens endearing note for City of Lights
Philanthropist Shaniera Akram has praised the resilience and diversity of Karachi, saying that it is an eagle that still looks into the...
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577PakistanBurns Road Karachi now to become a Food Street for pedestrians
From 10 January, Karachi’s Burns Road food street will be designated for pedestrians and people won’t be allowed to take their vehicles...
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405PakistanCDWP okays Rs 739 billion KTP through PSDP, PPP mode of financing
The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) agreed on the Karachi Transformation Plan (KTP) at an estimated cost of Rs 739 billion that...
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330PakistanConstruction Work on Karachi Red Line BRT to Begin Next Year
Construction work on Karachi’s Red Line BRT project has been set to be started from next year in March, says Sindh Transport...
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272PakistanKarachi: More than 100 projects for Rs1.1trn finalised under KTP
More than 100 projects had been planned under the Karachi Transformation Plan (KTP) on which over Rs 1.1 trillion would be spent....
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264EntertainmentShamoon Ismail concert at Karachi’s Avari Towers stopped midway
Shamoon Ismail concert organized by Salt Arts at Karachi’s Avari Towers was abruptly halted by police officials for allegedly violating social-distancing SOPs...
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305InternationalIndian plane GoAir makes emergency landing in Karachi as passenger dies
A Delhi-bound Indian plane GoAir made an emergency landing at Karachi on Tuesday after a passenger onboard suffered cardiac arrest and later...
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272SportsKarachi Kings beat Multan Sultans in super-over thriller to reach PSL 5 final
Karachi Kings have finally qualified for their first-ever Pakistan Super League final after beating Multan Sultans in a thrilling match at the...
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387SportsKarachi: Traffic plan for PSL 5 playoffs issued
Karachi Traffic Police on Thursday released an alternate-route plan for the citizens of the metropolis ahead of the PSL 2020 Playoffs which...
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275EntertainmentYasir Hussain, Amna Ilyas disheartened over Karachi’s broken transport system
As the Bloomberg report of Karachi having the worst public transport system globally got public, heartbroken Yasir Hussain and Amna Ilyas took...
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817PakistanSHC dismisses plea of lawyer in Karachi to legalize hashish (charas)
Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed a petition filed by advocate Ghulam Asghar Saeein asking to legalize hashish (charas) in Pakistan. The...
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499PakistanKarachi’s public transport system worst in the world: Bloomberg
Bloomberg, a US-based news agency, has cited a 2019 study by car-parts company Mister Auto which declared Karachi’s public transport system the...
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446PakistanSindh government announces vacancies in SMBBIT
More than 20 new two-year contract-based jobs have been announced by the Sindh government in the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Institute of...
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650Pakistan‘Karachi civil war’: Pakistan slams Twitter for inaction over Indian fake news
Pakistani politicians slammed Twitter for its perceived inaction over Indian media hyping fake news about ‘Karachi civil war’. The huge propaganda initiated...
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551PakistanMaryam Nawaz decides not to file bail petition: PML-N lawyers
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif has decided not to file bail request after her name is nominated with...
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476PakistanSSGC to cut gas supply to 7 big Karachi hospitals
According to the sources of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), the 10th of this month is the last day of payment by...
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382PakistanGovernment plans to introduce electric buses in Karachi
On Sunday, Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister for Science and Technology said that the federal government aims to introduce electric buses in Karachi....
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496Pakistan6 marriage halls, 103 restaurants sealed for violating Covid SOPs
On Friday, National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said that authorities in Karachi have sealed 6 marriage halls and 103 restaurants in...
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545PakistanWe took Pakistan from Nehru & Gandhi, new province will be taken as such: MQM-P
On Thursday in Karachi, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, the convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) presented three names in the rally, Shahri...
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704PakistanTurkey offers help in launching iconic tram service in Karachi
New sheds of growing Pak-Turkey friendship in Karachi as Turkish Council General, Tolga Yok visited the office of the new Karachi administrator,...
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878PakistanLow-cost Turkish airline Pegasus to begin flights to, from Karachi
Low-cost Turkish airline named Pegasus to start their operations from Istanbul to Karachi from September 25 after the launch was delayed due...
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940BusinessKarachi restaurants boycott foodpanda over unfair practices
On Tuesday, All Pakistan Restaurant Association (APRA) in protest over the unfair practices has decided to boycott the food delivery service foodpanda...
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527PakistanThis Girl In Karachi Was Denied A Bike License Because Of Her Gender
A girl named Shireen Ferozepurwalla in Karachi recently took to Twitter and shared the details of the ordeal that she faced because...
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2.2KPakistanDissecting the Karachi transformation package
According to the sources at the Ministry of Planning, the federal government is unable to spend the whole package of Rs 736...
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697Pakistan2 burned to death, 3 injured as ‘huge’ fire erupts at Keamari oil terminal
On Thursday, a fire broke out at an oil terminal in Karachi’s Keamari area where two people burned to death at the...
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588PakistanNationwide petrol supply suspended as fire erupts at Keamari oil terminal
KARACHI: Petrol supply to all over the country is temporarily suspended from Karachi due to a fire erupted at an oil depot...
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484PakistanKarachi transformation plan has been devised to address the city woes
While directing to finalize the “Karachi transformation plan”, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, “We are not unaware of the problems of the...
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526PakistanBreakdown of networks in Karachi as extended electricity outage continues
The largest city of the country Karachi is facing heavy rain with flood everywhere is now suffering from the breakdown of mobile...
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633PakistanPAEC KANUPP-2: 1100 megawatts to be added to national grid by December
PAEC KANUPP-2 will be connected to the national grid by the end of 2020 this year and will add 1100 megawatts to...
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423Pakistan$10bn needed for the restoration of Karachi infrastructure
On Sunday, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said modernizing the infrastructure of Karachi requires a sum of at least $10 billion....
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341PakistanSC moved for contempt proceedings against PM, govt officials
On Tuesday, the SC asked to initiate contempt proceedings against PM and the govt senior federal officials for not implementing its Jan...
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438PakistanPTI, PPP and MQM join hands to work for Karachi uplift
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have joined hands for the betterment of the Karachi city....
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404PakistanSupreme Court slams Sindh govt over lack of cleanliness in Karachi
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan expressed anger towards the carelessness of the Sindh government which has failed to clean Karachi....
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733PakistanNDMA launches cleanliness campaign in rain-hit Karachi
A few days after PM Imran Khan’s directives, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has started clearing the city’s nullahs in Karachi. ...
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643PakistanCity drains not cleaned since 2018, says Karachi Mayor
On Tuesday, Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar told that rain drains have not been cleaned since 2018, even funds of 500 million rupees...
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662PakistanPakistani truck artist paints George Floyd mural
Haider Ali’s fresco proved that racism is nothing and humanity is the foremost thing to be called a human. ‘Racism is more...
