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Change of command: Sindh police chief removed from office
KARACHI: Sindh police chief Iqbal Mehmood has been relieved from his duties after a three-month stint. Ghulam Haider Jamali, Anti-Corruption chairman and a former Sindh additional IG, has been...
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The latest racket: Streets lined with gold for charged parking contractors
KARACHI: It is said that Karachi’s streets are lined with gold. No one realises this better than those who have made their fortunes from the ‘illegal’ trade of charged parking for vehicles. It does...
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Reprisal attack? ASI killed, four others injured in attack on police van in...
KARACHI: A police officer was killed and three policemen and a passerby were wounded when a police mobile van was attacked in Korangi area of Karachi late on Tuesday. According to details, the police...
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Allama Talib Jauhri's son-in-law shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI: Lawyer Mubarak Ali Kazmi was shot dead in Karachi on Wednesday as violence in different parts of the city claimed four lives including that of a woman. Kazmi, son of Mustafa Haider Kazmi and...
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Rangers kill 3 millitants, apprehend 4 suspects in separate raids
KARACHI: Three suspected militants and a police ASI were killed while one Ranger and a female police officer was injured in separate incidents on Friday evening. Rangers raided a suspected terrorist...
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Four TTP militants killed in shootout with police in Karachi
KARACHI: Four Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were killed in an encounter with the police in Karachi on Monday evening, police officials said. The four militants were killed during an...
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Ramazan special: Street crime rises as police, robbers hustle for ‘Eidi’
KARACHI: Waqas Iqbal is one of around four dozen Karachi residents who were injured while resisting attempted robberies in the holy month of Ramazan. While Iqbal lived to tell the tale, 10 others...
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Tragedy at the beach: 25 revellers die in Karachi
KARACHI: Rescue services on Thursday recovered the bodies of 25 men who drowned at Clifton Beach during the Eid holidays this week. While it remained unclear until the evening how many people...
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Karachi beach tragedy: Death toll rises to 35 as 9 more bodies fished out
KARACHI: Rescue teams recovered the bodies of nine more picnickers who had drowned in Karachi’s Sea View beach, bringing the number of deaths to 35. The search and rescue operation for at least three...
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Crime does pay: The lucrative business of SHO appointments
KARACHI: In Karachi, the Station House Officer (SHO) is the ‘boss’ of his area. If he wishes so, no criminal could muster the courage to commit crimes within his jurisdiction. Unfortunately, police...
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Preedy police station chief killed in targeted attack
KARACHI: The station house officer (SHO) of Preedy police station Inspector Ghazanfar Kazmi was shot dead in Karachi early on Wednesday in a targeted attack. According to details, Inspector Kazmi was...
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No respite: Three men killed in shrine attack
KARACHI: At least three people were killed on Saturday afternoon when armed motorcyclists opened fire at a shrine in District East. Meanwhile, two supporters of a religious organisation were shot...
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In the aftermath: When death strikes, rescue workers clear up the residue
KARACHI: Karachi is no novice when it comes to bomb blasts. They have almost become a regular occurrence in the city. Each tragic incident brings with it the customary news flashes, the ambulance...
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Karachi bleeds: Five people killed in separate incidents
KARACHI: With the day off to a gruesome start, at least two people were killed and three bodies found in Karachi on Friday. An Irani petrol seller, identified as Nabi Buksh, was killed in an incident...
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Gone too soon: Mother of two killed in apparent mugging attempt
KARACHI: It was routine for Taskeen Asad to drop her son at Robotics Labs — an institute that offers computer courses — and then pick him up a few hours later. Little had she known that she would not...
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Karachi police official's missing son reportedly killed by kidnappers
KARACHI: More clues were found about a body recovered from the sea on Sunday, as officials and family members of Sindh Police Additional Inspector General (AIG) Inspection Ali Sher Jhakarani tried to...
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Brazen assault: PNS dockyard attackers had ‘inside support’
KARACHI: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday hinted at the possible involvement of some navy personnel in the botched Sept 6 attack at the PNS Dockyard amid responsibility claims by the...
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Ghulam Hyder Jamali appointed IG Sindh
KARACHI: After serving the police department for two months as acting IG Sindh, Ghulam Hyder Jamali has been made the chief of the provincial police on Wednesday. Jamali, a grade-21 officer, had been...
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MQM leader's coordinator gunned down in Karachi
KARACHI: Salman Kazmi, a coordinator to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Haider Abbas Rizvi, was gunned down in a firing incident in District Central of Karachi late on Wednesday night. Kazmi,...
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No respite: Binoria scholar among nine shot dead
KARACHI: In the second high-profile killing of the week, the son-in law of Jamia Binoria International principal Mufti Muhammad Naeem was shot dead by unknown assailants in broad daylight on...
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