12,000 cops for Karachi on EidKARACHI - Some 12,000 policemen are to be deployed in this volatile southern port city to maintain law and order on Eid on Saturday. Taliban planning ‘mass extinctions’ by poisoning Karachi’s water supplyKARACHI - Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is planning to poison Karachi’s main water supply. Pakistan moves up in global corruption index, ranks 42KARACHI - Pakistan ranks 42nd in the global list of most corrupt countries, the Transparency International’s (TI) latest report has revealed. EU postpones visit to see Pakistani seafood industryKARACHI - The postponement of a visit by a European Union (EU) team over the implementation of international standards for seafood export will be “harmful for economic development”, an official said in this Pakistani port city. Jaswant Singh’s book to hit Pakistan in DecKARACHI - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s controversial yet famous book ‘Jinnah: ndia-Partition-Independence’ would hit bookstalls in Pakistan next month. Pakistan releases book on ‘humour’ in SindhiKARACHI - Pakistani author Imtiaz Abro’s book ‘In a lighter vein’ - the first book on humour in Sindhi language after a gap of 15 years - has been released by the Matiari provincial government. Big blast rocks Pakistan’s Peshawar city as militants press campaign of attacks
Loud explosion rocks northwestern Pakistan Police say gunmen kill Pakistani working at Iranian Consulate in northwest city of Peshawar
Gunmen kill Pakistani working at Iranian Consulate Make FIRs legible, Pakistani minister tells policeKARACHI - Fed up with First Information Reports (FIR) that are barely legible, a minister has ordered the police here to make the reports “readable”. Musharraf ‘a hypocrite’ who is seeking asylum abroad: Bilawal House spokespersonKARACHI - Criticising former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf for his verbal attack on President Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal House spokesman Ejaz Durrani has called the former general ‘a hypocrite’. 41 Hindu couples tie the knot in PakistanKARACHI - Over 40 Hindu couples have got married at a mass wedding here. The event was organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council. Gang of donkey thieves busted in PakistanKARACHI - A five-member gang of thieves that stole as many as 150 donkeys has been busted here. Pakistan businessmen hopeful about economy’s potentialKARACHI - Despite the string of terror attacks across Pakistan, a group of business people here have expressed hope about the economic potential of the country. Sindh assembly website shuts as US aid contract expiresKARACHI - The website of the legislative assembly of Pakistan’s Sindh province has stopped functioning after United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ended its aid contract, an official said. Amid drum beat of militant violence, models defy Taliban in Pakistan’s 1st fashion week
Pakistan models defy Taliban with 1st fashion week PAF’s Karachi base, NATO containers under severe terror threat, warns Pak intelligenceKARACHI - Pakistan Intelligence agencies have issued warnings regarding a probable terror attack on the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base in Karachi. Amid drum beat of militant violence, Pakistan models take part in first fashion week
Pakistan’s fashionistas defy Taliban KARACHI, Pakistan — Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. Pakistani actors return upbeat after India visitKARACHI - A group of actors based here has returned from India where they received a “brilliant response” from the people during their performance. 14 killed in Karachi train collision (Second Lead)KARACHI - Fourteen people, including women and children, were killed in a deadly train collision near the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi Tuesday, officials said. At least 10 people, including infant, killed in train collision in Pakistan
At least 10 killed in Pakistan train collision Tight security at posh Karachi schoolsKARACHI - Police checkposts have come up in and outside schools located in posh localities of Pakistan’s commercial capital following a string of terror attacks across the country, including bombings at the International Islamic University in Islamabad. Iran hands over evidence regarding Sistan blast to PakistanKARACHI - Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakiri has said that his country has handed over evidence regarding the devastating Sistan bomb blast, in which 42 persons were killed, to Pakistan, and is waiting for a reply. Terrorists can’t take over Karachi, as they had Swat and Waziristan: Shahi SyedKARACHI - Pakistan’s Awami National Party Sindh President Shahi Syed has said that there is no chance of “terrorists” or the Taliban taking over Karachi, the way they have done in Swat and the two Waziristan agencies. Pakistan Navy proposes maritime body to prevent future Mumbai-type terror attacksKARACHI - The Pakistan Navy is considering setting up an organisation assigned to oversee all the maritime authorities of the country to minimize the chances of a terrorist attack being launched on a neighbouring country from its land and waters. Security beefed up in KarachiKARACHI - Security has been beefed up in this southern port city ahead of the Friday prayers with additional contingents of police and paramilitary Pakistan Rangers deployed at different roads to avert any terrorist incident. Pakistani cops use explosives’ bottle as ashtray, cause blastKARACHI - Two Pakistani policemen, having a smoke on a police station rooftop, casually stubbed the cigarette in a bottle containing highly inflammable chemicals for making explosives - causing a blast. ‘Soft target’ Karachi Port next on terror hit list: Pak intelligence reportKARACHI - A Pakistani intelligence report has revealed that following the brazen terror attacks on the Army General Headquarters (GHQ) and other security installations, extremists are now on the lookout for a ’soft target and could attack the Karachi Port in near future. Pakistan fights militants inside 3 fronts as jets bomb insurgent positions near Afghan borderDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Troops fought militants on three fronts and fighter jets bombed insurgent positions near the Afghan border Monday as Pakistan pressed ahead with an assault on the country’s main Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold. Karachi police arrests Taliban leader, 3 othersKARACHI - Pakistani security forces have arrested a Taliban leader and three other militants here, possibly averting a major attack on the city. Pakistan fights on 3 fronts inside militant sanctuary as US officials visitDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Troops fought militants on three fronts and fighter jets bombed insurgent positions near the Afghan border Monday as Pakistan pressed ahead with an assault on the country’s main Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold. |