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14 killed, many injured in massive blast in Pakistan's Karachi city

Officials said the cause of the explosion is being investigated as it cannot be ascertained whether it was a gas pipeline or a build-up of methane that took place inside the sewage system

MSCI downgrades Pakistan to 'frontier market' after four years

The decision has been expected since Pakistan started falling below the MSCI's criteria in terms of size and liquidity after its promotion to an emerging market in 2017

Gunmen on motorcycle wound Chinese in Pakistan's port city of Karachi

The motive behind the attack was not immediately clear, and senior officer Javed Akbar said police were still investigating.

Economist report ranks Dhaka, Karachi in world's ten least liveable cities

With an average score of 68.6, cities in the Asia-Pacific region scored below the average of 73, as per the the 2021 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit's (The EIU) Global Liveability Ranking

Shops sealed for violating coronavirus SOPs in Pakistan's Karachi

The Karachi administration sealed over a dozen shops on Tuesday night for not following Covid-19 SOPs

80% power supply restored in Pakistan's Karachi after major outage

Power supply has been restored in the majority of areas in Pakistan's Karachi, hours after a major power outage occurred on Saturday due to the tripping of a high-tension transmission line."Moonis Alvi, CEO K-Electric sharing live update from BQPS Complex. 80% of Karachi has been restored & teams are working to normalize affected areas as quickly as possible," the power utility company said in a tweet at 4 am IST.Earlier on Saturday, the utility company responsible for the electricity supply in the city tweeted that the power supply to parts of Karachi got interrupted."Power supply to parts of Karachi has been interrupted due to tripping of KE's 220 kV high tension line. Due to this, supply to associated grids has been affected," K-Electric tweeted on Saturday evening.The company later announced that the restoration efforts have already begun and are expected to be completed within one hour.MQM-P Senator Faisal Subzwari had said "half of Karachi" was facing a power breakdown and

IndiGo flight diverts to Karachi due to medical emergency onboard

A Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight from Sharjah was diverted to Karachi airport

8 killed, 16 wounded in explosion in boiler room at Karachi factory

At least eight people have been killed and 16 others wounded in a blast inside a boiler room within a factory in New Karachi Industrial Area on Tuesday, police and local government officials said

GoAir plane makes emergency landing in Karachi as passenger suffers stroke

A Delhi-bound GoAir plane made an emergency landing at Karachi after a passenger onboard suffered cardiac arrest and later died, according to an airline official

Why is Karachi a political orphan? Look at the public transport system

Incomplete roads in Karachi show what happens when a city becomes a political orphan

5 killed, 28 injured in building explosion due to gas leak in Karachi

At least five people were killed and 28 others sustained injuries in a massive explosion due to a gas leak in a multi-storey residential building near Maskan Chowrangi in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal

5 people killed, 20 injured in a blast in multi-storey building in Karachi

At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion in a multi-storey building in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Wednesday, according to officials

PM Imran Khan has 'lost' Karachi after PDM's power show: PoK activist

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) hosted the second power show of 11-party opposition alliance, PDM, in Karachi on Sunday

China-backed projects in Pakistan fuel its biggest steel IPO in 5 years

The Karachi-based company plans to raise between 3.6 billion rupees to 5 billion rupees as early as this month, Chief Executive Officer Hussain Agha said

Imran Khan announces Rs 1.1 trn package to address infra issues in Karachi

The rainfall spell totally exposed the poor civic infra including the drainage system of the city, prompting the federal government to take notice of the protests and complaints of the Karachites

Pakistan: 19 dead as Karachi records highest rainfall in 24 hours

The crisis-like situation led Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to announce a public holiday on Saturday

'He is not on our soil': Pakistan does an about-turn on Dawood Ibrahim

Brushes aside media reports claiming that Islamabad has 'admitted to his presence' as 'baseless and misleading'

Pak admits Dawood Ibrahim living in Karachi; imposes financial sanctions

Islamabad has for years denied that it has sheltered Dawood, responsible for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, along with other terrorists

Pak Army, ISI planning to declare Karachi federal territory: Altaf Hussain

Pakistan Army and Pak spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence with the support of China is planning to declare Karachi a federal territory to usurp its resources

European Union bans Pakistan's national carrier for at least six months

Pakistan's aviation minister revealed that nearly a third of Pakistani pilots had cheated on their pilot's exams.