KARACHI Top Stories

Parallel justice2021-01-18
Dawn: ALTHOUGH the ‘jirga’ system, notorious for its controversial decisions, such as honour killing and revenge-rape, is not in accordance with the Constitution, it is still prevalent in many parts of the country. Some 12 years ago, the Sindh High Court had banned...
Kamal threatens to shut down Karachi if ‘fair’ census is not held2021-01-18
Dawn: PARTICIPANTS in the rally pass through Sharea Faisal on Sunday.—Photo by Shakil Adil / White Star KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday warned that his party would lock down Karachi if a fair census was not conducted in the...
Naqeeb’s family, lawyer fear Rao Anwar’s acquittal2021-01-18
Dawn: KARACHI: SlainNaqeeb Ullah Mehsud’s family, their lawyer and a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNA on Sunday expressed their apprehensions that former SSP Rao Anwar might be acquitted in his [Naqeeb’s] murder case due to a perceived lack of interest on the part of...
CM urged to ask Sepa to hold public consultation on review process2021-01-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Three senior lawyers have recently written a letter to the chief minister, urging him to direct the SindhEnvironmental Protection Agency (Sepa) to engage the public in the review process of the Sindh Env­ironmental ProtectionAct 2014 and its rules...
CEP vs SOP Dream11 Team Prediction And Hints: Fantasy Tips & Probable XIs For Today's Pakistan One Day Cup 2021 Match 172021-01-18
Cricket Country: CEP vs SOP Dream11 Team Tips CentralPunjab vs Southern Punjab Dream11 Team Prediction PakistanOne Day Cup – FantasyPlaying Tips, Probable XIs, Dream11 Guru Tips, Probable XIs For Today’s CEP vs SOP Dream11 Team, Match 17 in Karachi: In the...
117th birth anniversary of G.M. Syed held in Sann2021-01-18
Dawn: SUP activists and supporters attend G.M. Syed’s 117th birth anniversary programme in Sann on Sunday.—Dawn DADU: Sindh United Party chairman Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has demanded that federal government end its control over Port Qasim Authority and Karachi Port...
COMMENT: Syed’s nationalist movement in disarray but its romance lives on2021-01-18
Dawn: HYDERABAD: A group of women, men and children is sitting at a hunger strikers’ camp outside local press club, seeking recovery of their ‘missing’ family members. They may have different political affiliations but they have one thing in common. They share the...
Man shot dead2021-01-18
Dawn: KARACHI: A young man was shot dead near Ghaus Park in the Korangi area late on...
0.85m tonnes sugar to be imported tax-free2021-01-18
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: Amid rising prices during the ongoing sugarcane crushing season, the government has decided to immediately allow import of almost 850,000 tonnes of sugar without any taxes and duties to prevent price hike. This includes tax and duty free import of...
Nawaz wonders over delay in PTI funding case2021-01-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Comparing and contrasting his case leading to his ouster in 2017 with that of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) foreign funding case, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has questioned why no action has been taken against the ruling PTI for...
More Covid-19 vaccines to be registered: official2021-01-18
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: As Pakis­tan reported 2,521 new Covid-19 cases and 43 deaths on Sunday, the Ministry of National Health Services (MNHS) ann­ounced that more vaccines would be registered in the country in coming weeks. According to the data released by the National...
NAB vows not to bow down to propaganda campaign2021-01-18
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: Apparently responding to the remarks made by the Senate deputy chairman on Saturday, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has repudiated a “malicious propaganda campaign” being carried out in a section of media to malign the anti-graft watchdog...
PN ship sails off to Africa on humanitarian mission2021-01-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Pakistan NavyShip (PNS) Nasr sailed off on a mission of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to African...
More ignominy for PIA2021-01-18
Dawn: ANOTHER ignominious chapter has opened in the wretched saga of the national flag carrier. On Friday, it was learnt that a PIABoeing 777 had been seized at Kuala Lumpur airport on the orders of a Malaysian court in a $14m lease dispute. The aircraft was about...