KARACHI Top Stories

Vienna Tops Survey As World's Most Livable City
People attend a concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Georges Pretre of France, during the traditional open air concert in the gardens of Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
2018-08-14, WorldNews.com
Austria’s capital, Vienna, has beaten Australia'sMelbourne to be named the world's most livable city, BBCNews reports. It's the first time a European city has topped...
Pakistan celebrates Independence Day with patriotic zeal, fervour
Pakistan Independence Day 2014 (14738151217)
2018-08-14, Sify
Islamabad, Aug 14 (IANS) People all across Pakistan on Tuesday celebrated the country's 72nd Independence Day with traditional zeal and fervour. As the clock struck...
Indian man returns home after 36 years in Pakistan jail, but mystery remains over disappearance2018-08-15
CNN: (CNN)Gajanand Sharma wandered across the Indian border into Pakistan in 1982. He was arrested and spent the next 36 years in prison. How he ended up in a Pakistani jail, and why the Indian government appeared to be unaware of his existence, remains a mystery....
Imran Khan's party MLA 'thrashes' man on road2018-08-15
The Times of India: KARACHI: A newly-elected provincial assembly member from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has landed himself in hot water after a video purportedly showing him beating a man who tried to cross his vehicle went viral on...
Son of man beaten by PTI lawmaker raises serious questions in Facebook post2018-08-15
The News International: KARACHI: After Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf‘s newly elected MPAImran Ali thrashed a citizen named DawoodChauhan, in broad day light on the streets of Karachi, thousands have come out to express anger over the politician’s contemptible act. Soon...
Independence Day celebrations in Pakistan claim 3 lives, leave 35 injured2018-08-15
Deccan Chronicle: Karachi: At least three persons were killed and over 35 others, including children and women, injured in various incidents of aerial firing and firework displays by the revellers during Pakistan's Independence Day celebrations, media reports said on...
Three killed, 35 injured in Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations2018-08-15
The Hindu: At least three persons were killed and over 35 others, including children and women, injured in various incidents of aerial firing and firework displays by the revellers during Pakistan’sIndependence Day celebrations, media reports said on Wednesday. A large...
Where Urdu Is The Head & English Is The Lady of the House2018-08-15
Yahoo Daily News: My grandparents migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947. My maternal ones were Urdu speakingMuhajirs from Uttar Pradesh and my paternal ones were Punjabis from Amritsar. So I would say I'm of mixed origin. The majority of my friends hail from a khalis (pure)...
Video: Pakistani lawmaker caught beating a citizen, tweeps react2018-08-15
Gulf News: A video of a PTI lawmaker beating the citizen in Karachi went viral on Tuesday ......
Results: Speakers' election for National ,KP, Sindh ,Punjab assemblies2018-08-15
The News International: KARACHI: Members of National, Sindh, Punjab, and KP assemblies are casting their ballots to elect speakers and deputy speakers who will run the houses during the next five years. According to resulst...
Agha Siraj Durrani elected Sindh Assembly Speaker2018-08-15
The News International: KARACHI: Agha Siraj Durrani was elected Speaker of the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday. He was contesting against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate Javed...
3 killed in Pakistan I-Day celebrations2018-08-15
Suryaa: At least three people were killed and over 45 injured in different incidents of aerial...
Voting for speaker, deputy speaker in Sindh, KPK assemblies underway2018-08-15
The News International: KARACHI/PESHAWAR: Voting for election of speaker and deputy speaker in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies is underway. In Sindh Assembly, the election will be done by show of hands. The assembly is being headed by Presiding...
Osaka 3rd most livable city after Vienna, Melbourne: Economist2018-08-15
Kyodo: Osaka is the third most livable city in the world after Vienna and Melbourne, according to a recent global survey by the research unit of British magazine The Economist. The...
Fact check: Governor-designate Imran Ismail is not Miftah’s brother2018-08-15
The News International: KARACHI: Soon after ImranIsmail's nomination as SindhGovernor, social media was abuzz with the news that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has accommodated brother of PML-N’s Miftah Ismail on the post, which is completely false. WhatsApp groups were flooded...
How the Memory of India’s Traumatic Partition Is Being Preserved Across Borders2018-08-15
Time Magazine: Seventy-one years ago, a line drawn between India and Pakistan ushered in a bloody separation that left lasting scars on both sides of the border. Upon independence from the British Empire, the two states were demarcated along religious boundaries that proved...