KARACHI Top Stories

Pakistan to resume outbound international flights as COVID-19 spreads2020-05-29
Metro USA: Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will allow outbound international flights to resume from Saturday, an aviation official said, after largely...
Commecs college's old student association president Asif Arif dies of COVID-192020-05-29
The News International: Mohammad Asif Arif, the president of Commecs college's old student association. — Facebook KARACHI: Mohammad Asif Arif, the president of Commecs college's old student association, died of COVID-19, it emerged on Friday. Arif was also the trustee of the Commecs...
Sindh education department says schools not to reopen from June 12020-05-29
The News International: KARACHI: Schools in Sindh will not reopen on June 1, according to a notification from the provincial education department on Friday. The official notification said that the decision to close schools until June was...
Rahul Dravid Asked ‘Was I Out’, I Said ‘No’: Rashid Latif Recalls How Former Indian Batsman Was Wrongly Adjudged Out During IND vs PAK 1996 ODI2020-05-29
Yahoo Daily News: Former India cricketer Rahul Dravid is widely regarded as one of the best batsman and his record in all forms of cricket speak volumes of his capabilities. Hailed as ‘The Wall,’ the right-handed batsman is one of the seven batsmen to score over 10,000 runs...
Crashed Pakistan A320 Jet Insured for $19.7 Million: Airline Document2020-05-29
US News: SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus SE A320 jet that crashed into a crowded residential district of Karachi... ......
Karachi police chief says journalist Aziz Memon was murdered due to enmity2020-05-29
The News International: Shortly after news of the journalist's murder broke, journalists in Islamabad had protested...
Pakistan drug firm to import potential COVID-19 treatment from Bangladesh2020-05-29
Metro USA: Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A pharmaceutical company in Pakistan plans to import the antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in...
Pakistani repatriation flights from UAE to depart next month2020-05-29
Arabian Business: A number of repatriation flights are due to take off from the UAE to Pakistan in the first ten days of next month. Pakistani officials have announced 27 special flights to take stranded citizens in...
Weather forecast for world cities -- May 302020-05-29
China.dot.org: BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 world cities on May 30 (temperatures in...
Queen’s ‘secret palace’ letters should be public, Australian court rules2020-05-29
The Independent: An Australian court has ruled that correspondence between Queen Elizabeth and her representative in the country during the lead up to the dismissal of a former prime minister can be made public. Historian ProfessorJenny Hocking has fought for a decade for...
WebQoof Recap: From Amit Shah’s Handcuffs to Birds in Saudi Arabia2020-05-29
Yahoo Daily News: From an image showing Home MinisterAmit Shah with the claim that he hid his handcuffs under a handkerchief while being taken to the court, to an old bird attack in Texas that went viral as news from Saudi Arabia, this week saw a barrage of misinformation on...
Crashed Pakistan plane hit runway three times on first approach2020-05-29
Gulf Daily News: ISLAMABAD/PARIS - The captain of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, killing 97 people on board, approached Karachi airport without announcing he couldn’t open his landing gear and hit the runway three times, a government minister said on...
Erstwhile Hyderabad State witnessed locust attack 90 years ago2020-05-29
The Siasat Daily: Hyderabad: Erstwhile Hyderabad State had witnessed a locust attack in the early 20th century. The Nizam who was the then ruler of the State had taken many steps to help farmers who suffered huge losses due to the attack. He also followed all the...
Investigators find Rs 30 million in wreckage of crashed Pak aircraft2020-05-29
Yahoo Daily News: Karachi, May 29 (PTI) Investigators and rescue officials have found around Rs 30 million in cash in the wreckage of the Pakistan International Airlines' aircraft that crashed wth 99 people on board, killing 97 people, including nine children. Flight...