A special court for the Control of Narcotic Substances (CNS) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a drugs case. Saeed Nawab was allegedly caught with 1,030 grammes of charas (hashish) by the SITE-Superhighway Industrial Area police on February 24,
A total of 1,355 cases of street crime were disposed of by Karachi courts in 2024, but the accused were convicted in measly 83 of them. The conviction rate was alarmingly low at just 6.13 percent — a worrying trend that, according
No parking space is designated within state buildings for persons with disabilities KARACHI: Karachi, the capital of Sindh, is home to dozens of buildings of the federal and provincial governments alongside those of various government agencies, yet most of these buildings do
KARACHI: Despite government efforts to improve immunisation status of children, an alarming situation over measles persists with at least 28 deaths reported in the first three months of this year at two tertiary-care hospitals in the city alone, it emerged on 28th
A high-level meeting of the Sindh transport and mass transit department chaired by Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on 28-March-2025 discussed road accident prevention, progress in the construction of the Red Line and Yellow Line BRT projects, establishment of Motor Vehicle Inspection
From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan’s megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends migrating abroad as the ancient Parsi community dwindles. Soon the film student hopes to join them — becoming one more loss
A speeding heavy trailer caused another fatal accident in the city, killing a young motorcyclist and severely injuring another near Northern Bypass in Surjani Town. According to police, the accident occurred near Attock Pump Check Post on Northern Bypass late on Wednesday,
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori on 27-March-2025 wrote to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to urge him to take notice of the rising cases of fatal traffic accidents in Karachi. Tessori said in his letter that he sought to bring to
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad, the second largest city of the province, continues to struggle to eradicate poliovirus as its environmental sample remained positive for the month of March once again, throwing yet another challenge to health and administration officials. Last year, Hyderabad had reported
The Sindh Local Government Act (SLGA) is going to be amended to make birth registration mandatory, Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah announced during a meeting he chaired on 26 March 2025. Shah emphasised the critical role of birth registration in ensuring children’s