KARACHI: Heavy rains, described as “unprecedented” by the Met Office, paralysed life in Karachi on 19th August and submerged many areas mainly due to clogged drains that could not handle the rainwater flow. The rain also exposed the ill-maintained transmission and distribution system
Khawar Hussain, a Karachi-based journalist and reporter for Dawn News channel, was found shot dead on Sunday in Sanghar, police said. According to police and initial investigations, Hussain was discovered inside his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, parked outside a private
KARACHI: At least seven people were killed in Karachi on Tuesday after heavy monsoon rains battered the city, flooding neighbourhoods, paralysing traffic and knocking out power, prompting the mayor to enforce a rain emergency. Dark clouds covered the city by afternoon, followed
District East police arrested a rickshaw driver after a video clip showing him harassing and misbehaving with a woman surfaced on social media. Sohrab Goth SHO Mumtaz Marwat said the woman had recorded the incident, which occurred at a deserted location, on
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on 17th August remanded a woman in police custody in a case pertaining to the killing of her two minor children. The investigating officer (IO) of the case brought Adeeba, 37, before the duty judicial magistrate (South) and sought
Sindh Rangers on 16-August-2025 claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in kidnappings and recovered a teenage boy during an operation near Islamia College on New MA Jinnah Road. According to a Rangers spokesperson, four suspects were arrested: Aamir Ali, son
KARACHI: A sessions court sentenced a man to a total of 50 years in prison in a case pertaining to the abduction and gang rape of a minor girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge Naseer Noor Khan, who is also the presiding
Health experts have sounded a chilling warning that Pakistan is on the verge of becoming a crippled nation with a diabetic losing a limb every 10 seconds due to complications of the disease, and a major amputation taking place every 25 to
TikToker Makhdoom Junaid allegedly used female relatives to obstruct his arrest by a team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Sukkur. The incident occurred on Abul Hassan Isphahani Road where the FIA team had arrived to arrest the suspect over allegations
KARACHI: Educationists, social scientists and parenting experts have warned that the increasing use of mobile phones among children is severely affecting their mental health and academic performance, citing research findings indicating that 77 percent of children who use mobile phones for more