KARACHI Top Stories

Gas supply suspended after pipeline damaged in Karachi Red Line construction2026-05-10
Dawn: KARACHI: Gas supply was disrupted in major parts of the city on Saturday evening after the Red Line construction work damaged a high-pressure gas pipeline near Jail Chowrangi. A spokesperson for the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) said...
Gas supply suspended in Karachi after pipeline damaged in Red Line construction2026-05-10
Dawn: KARACHI: Gas supply was disrupted in major parts of the city on Saturday evening after the Red Line construction work damaged a high-pressure gas pipeline near Jail Chowrangi. A spokesperson for the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) said...
Drug supplier, extortionist arrested in separate police operations in Karachi2026-05-09
Dawn: KARACHI: The SpecialInvestigationUnit (SIU) on Saturday claimed to have arrested an alleged supplier of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ice, and an extortionist in separate actions in the metropolis. The SIU and a federal civilian intelligence...
Shocking! Atif Aslam stops Karachi concert after female fan jumps on stage, refuses to leave; ...2026-05-09
DNA India: Atif Aslam briefly...
NAB freezes four more Bahria Town properties in Karachi2026-05-08
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Karachi, has frozen four more high-value properties of Bahria Town on the instructions of an accountability court. Sources in the NAB said the action was carried out under the Anti-Money Laundering Act,...
Karachi mass transit: a pipe dream2026-05-08
Dawn: THE Frontier Works Organisation has taken over construction of UniversityRoad, which is part of Karachi’s chronically sick Red Line project, on an ‘emergency’ footing to meet a 90-day deadline — offering some hope to long-suffering Karachiites. However, a...
Five new poliovirus cases detected in Pakistan's Karachi2026-05-08
Suryaa: Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) As the polio virus continues to pose a major public health threat in Pakistan, five environmental samples collected in Karachi have recently tested positive for the virus, local media reported, citing a senior health department...