KARACHI Top Stories

Decision to hike electricity tariff for Karachi deferred by PM Imran2020-07-16
The News International: The prime minister advised his ministers to closely monitor the Karachi load-shedding issue, noting that injustice with citizens of Pakistan's financial capital was unacceptable. The News/Files ISLAMABAD: A decision to hike upward the electricity tariff for...
Why Pak doesn't want this billionaire to be extradited to US (IANS Exclusive)2020-07-16
Sify: London, July 16 (IANS) Ostensibly at the behest of Islamabad, Pakistani diplomats are going all out to scuttle the extradition process of Karachi born business tycoon Arif Naqvi, who has been accused of global money laundering by the US authorities. Naqvi, who...
NAB chairman orders inquiry against KE for unannounced load-shedding, over-billing2020-07-16
Dawn: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal on Thursday ordered an inquiry against the K-Electric (KE) over complaints of frequent unannounced electricity load-shedding in Karachi, over-billing and violations of an agreement with the federal...
Rainfall, dust storm expected in Karachi tomorrow2020-07-16
The News International: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted rain and thunder in the metropolis from today as a low-pressure area has developed around the IndianRann of Kutch. “The spell...
Rs 750 Prize Bond Results 15 July 2020 – List of Winners2020-07-16
Pakistan Tribune: Muzaffarabad — The draw number 82 of the prize bond worth PKR 750 was held here in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. According to...
The Billion-Dollar Broker Who Managed a Nation's Oil Wealth2020-07-16
Canada Dot Com: (Bloomberg) — The wire transfer was just one of millions that ricochet through the global financial system every day. Starting at the Zurich branch of a Russian state bank, $800 million zipped through Citigroup Inc. in New York before landing in a small...
All licenses issued by us to pilots genuine, valid: Pakistan’s aviation authority to Oman2020-07-16
Deccan Herald: Pakistan’s aviation authority has clarified to Oman that all the licenses it has issued to the commercial airline transport pilots so far are genuine, a month after the civil aviation minister alleged that almost 30 per cent of the pilots had fake license and...
All licences of Pakistani pilots are genuine and validly issued, claims Civil Aviation Authority2020-07-16
Gulf News: Dubai: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has finally spoken out on the ‘fake pilots’ reports claiming that all commercial flying linceces issued by the authority are genuine. The PCAA’s claim directly contradicts earlier statement of Pakistanis...
Pak scientist gets rare honour2020-07-16
The News International: Pakistan-origin Asifa Akhtar has been appointed as vice president of the biology and medicine section at Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society. BERLIN: Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar has become the first international female vice president of the...
Weather forecast for world cities -- July 172020-07-16
China.dot.org: BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 world cities on July 17 (temperatures in Celsius): Min....
COVID-19: First ‘charity’ flight carries 124 stranded homeless Pakistanis from Sharjah to Karachi2020-07-16
Gulf News: Dubai: Some 140 destitute stranded Pakistanis flew from Sharjah to Karachi on Thursday on a special ‘charity flight’, thanks to good Samaritans in the UAE. A group of Pakistani residents in the UAE joined hands to charter a flight to send poor people back...
All licenses issued by us to pilots genuine, valid: Pak's aviation authority to Oman2020-07-16
The Times of India: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's aviation authority has clarified to Oman that all the licenses it has issued to the commercial airline transport pilots so far are genuine, a month after the civil aviation minister alleged that almost 30 per cent of the pilots had...
Met predicts rain, dust storm in Karachi tomorrow2020-07-16
Dawn: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Thursday predicted rain and thunder in Karachi from tomorrow in a second spell of downpour this season. The department's director, Sardar Sarfaraz, said the spell would last a day or two and would be preceded by dusty...
Pressure of dual-role taking toll on Misbah, says Mudassar2020-07-16
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan all-rounder Mudassar Nazar believes the pressure of a dual role is taking its toll on Pakistan’s head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and said the former skipper had put himself in a difficult situation by accepting both the...