KARACHI: Eighteen people, including a three-year-old, were bitten by dogs in the Jumma Goth area in Bin Qasim Town on December 15. According to the Indus Hospital staff, at least 12 of the 18 patients were bitten by a single dog. “The
• People living in Defence View say persistent smell, swarms of birds at ‘govt-managed garbage transfer station’ have made life miserable • Complain night-time movement of garbage trucks makes sleep difficult • SSWMB chief says ‘GTS Imtiaz’ functions as intermediary point where
KARACHI: The children of Faryal Ashraf, who was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband, Waseem, some three-and-a-half years ago, evoked emotions like pity, sympathy and love, all at once in everyone’s heart at the Karachi Press Club on December 11. The
SUKKUR: An ex-serviceman was shot dead allegedly by extortionists near Madeji Bypass in Shikarpur on December 8. The attack also left a 12-year-old girl dead and another man wounded. Police and locals told media that unknown armed men opened fire on the
KARACHI: Three women were found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a flat in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on December 7, while a man was also found in an unconscious state, according to the Karachi police spokesperson. Chhipa sources identified the deceased women as Sameena, 52,
KARACHI: A seven-year-old girl died of dengue fever at a private hospital on December 4, the provincial health department stated. Official data shows that the girl, hailing from Gwadar, passed away the same day she was admitted to the hospital. Currently, according
THE lidless manholes in Karachi lay bare the failure of the city administration to provide even the bare necessities of daily living to residents. This week, a regular shopping trip left another family scarred for life. A manhole near Nipa in Gulshan-i-Iqbal
Even the tragic death of a toddler in an open sewer in NIPA failed to jolt civic authorities out of their apathy, as little to no action has been taken to prevent such fatal incidents in the future. On December 4, another
After 15 hours of search, the body of three-year-old Ibrahim, who fell into a manhole near Nipa Chowrangi, was recovered by Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) rescue teams near Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology on Monday. The boy’s body had travelled
KARACHI: Police on November 29 claimed to have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the murder of a woman whose body was found in Clifton earlier this week. On Nov 25, the body of the woman, identified as Shehnaz Arshad