KARACHI Top Stories

Sindh govt appoints Karachi police chief Javed Akhtar Odho as acting IGP Sindh2025-12-31
Dawn: The Sindh government on Wednesday appointed Karachi police chief Javed Akhtar Odho as the acting inspector general of police (IGP) Sindh. The change in command comes after incumbent IGP Ghulam NabiMemon relinquished charge today after attaining the age of...
Traffic police issues New Year’s Eve plan for Karachi2025-12-31
Dawn: Authorities have finalised a traffic plan for Karachi for New Year‘s Eve while security arrangements have also been made in different cities, including Sindh’s provincial capital, for 2025’s last night. According to the traffic plan issued by the Karachi...
Pakistan allows re-export of nearly 500 tea containers of Việt Nam stranded at Karachi Port2025-12-31
Vietnam News: Pakistan has allowed nearly 500 containers of tea of Việt Nam stuck at Karachi Port due to regional tensions to be re-exported, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Wednesday. HÀ NỘI — Pakistan has allowed nearly 500 containers of Vietnamese tea...
Double-decker buses introduced in Karachi, to be available to the public from tomorrow2025-12-31
Dawn: Double-decker buses were introduced in Karachi on Wednesday, with SindhSenior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon saying that they would be available to the public from January 1 (Thursday). “Today marks the beginning of double-decker bus in the city. They will be...
Connection between BRT Orange and Green lines inaugurated in Karachi2025-12-31
Dawn: KARACHI: SindhSenior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the provincial government has connected the Bus Rapid TransitOrange Line with BRTGreen Line, providing travel ease to citizens from Orangi Town to Numaish. The Orange Line runs from Orangi Town...
First winter rain drenches parts of Karachi2025-12-31
Dawn: Winter’s first spell of rain drenched parts of Karachi late on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, bringing a dip in...
Karachi mayor urges people to avoid politicisation after child drowns in open manhole2025-12-30
Dawn: A day after an eight-year-old boy drowned in an uncovered manhole in Karachi’s Mehran town, Mayor Murtaza Wahab urged people not to politicise the issue, saying that the child fell because the manhole cover “had been removed and put on the side”. According to...
Afghan Woman and Three Children Found Dead in Karachi, Pakistan Home2025-12-30
Khaama Press: An Afghan woman and her three children were found dead in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area, prompting a police investigation into the suspected family tragedy. Pakistani authorities reported the discovery of the bodies of an Afghan woman and her three children in...
Over 10,000 Afghanistan and Pakistan Traders’ Shipments Stalled at Karachi Port2025-12-30
Khaama Press: More than 10,000Afghanistan and Pakistan traders face mounting losses as transit shipments and containers remain stuck at Karachi port due to border closures. The Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned that over 10,000 Afghan and Pakistani...
Case registered against lawyers after YouTuber Rajab Butt roughed up during court appearance in Karachi2025-12-30
Dawn: KARACHI: A first information report (FIR) has been registered against more than a dozen lawyers after YouTuber Rajab Butt was physically assaulted during a court appearance in Karachi on Monday, it emerged on Tuesday. On Monday, Butt was physically assaulted,...
Law enforcers in Karachi thwart plot to use ‘radicalised schoolgirl for suicide bombing’2025-12-30
Dawn: KARACHI: A major terror plot was thwarted by law enforcers in the city on Monday as they rescued a school-going teenage girl who had been radicalised through social media by an outlawed militant group and was being prepared for a suicide attack in Karachi....
Karachi-Dhaka flights likely from January, says Pakistan’s high commissioner2025-12-29
Dawn: Pakistan’sHigh Commissioner to BangladeshImranHaider expressed hope on Monday that direct flights between Karachi and Dhaka will start in January, during a meeting with the Chief AdvisorProfessorMuhammad Yunus. Relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh...
Pakistani YouTuber attacked inside court premises in Karachi2025-12-29
Deccan Herald: <p>Karachi: A famous Pakistani YouTuber was attacked on Monday inside the premises of a court here.</p>.<p>Rajab Butt had appeared at...
YouTuber Rajab Butt physically assaulted at sessions court in Karachi2025-12-29
Dawn: KARACHI: YouTuber Rajab Butt was physically assaulted at a sessions court in Karachi on Monday during the hearing of a case registered against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Butt appeared before the sessions court (Central) upon the expiry of...