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Karachi

Type: City

Name: Karachi

Country: Pakistan

Latitude: 24.860001

Longitude: 67.010002

population: 11,627,380

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 12 reports

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan)

Pakistan turns a page

HISTORY has been made this month in this much maligned country. A democratic process of elections went through without the usual rash of violence or indiscriminate bombings that would have turned the whole thing into a farce. Instead, the Pakistanis took ... [Published Saudi Gazette - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Altaf Hussain, Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Imran Khan

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 4 reports

Chinese workers escape Karachi bomb

A roadside bomb has exploded near the seafront in Karachi, likely targeting a van full of Chinese port workers, police said, a day before Premier Li Keqiang arrives in the capital, Islamabad. No one was hurt."Apparently, the Chinese who are working at ... [Published Radio TV Hong Kong - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Karachi, Bomb, Workers

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 3 reports

Police arrest 39 accused in last 24 hours

KARACHI - The Karachi Police in their drive launched against criminals, arrested 39 accused during the past 24 hours.A police statement on Tuesday said that those arrested included three absconders.One of the accused arrested was said to be involved in ... [Published Pakistan Today - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Arrests, Police, Karachi

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 8 reports

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan)

Police to register PTI leader’s murder case

They see it as a targeted killing ahead of election re-run in Karachis Karachi: Police on Tuesday said that the state would register a case if the family of Zahra Shahid Hussain, the slain leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), or Justice Party, ... [Published Gulf News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Homicide

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 3 reports

Karachi: 11 foreigners escape IED blast

Posted on 14 minutes agoKARACHI: An improvised explosive devise (IED) blast was reported in Clifton Karachi, FP News desk reported.The blast occurred in Block-I of Clifton near Sea View, however, no loss of life has been reported.The blast was carried ... [Published Frontier Post - 14 hours ago]

Entities: IED Improvised Explosive Device, Karachi

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 3 reports

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bomb blast at Boat Basin, Karachi

KARACHI: A low-intensity bomb blown on Tuesday in Boat Basin area of Karachi, the metropolitan city of Pakistan, police sources said.According to the sources, no casualty or damage is caused by the bomb blast fortunately, the explosion occurred near the ... [Published The News Tribe - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Bomb Explosion, Karachi, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bomb Disposal Unit

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 18 reports

Imran Khan

Imran Khan's party wins Karachi seat election rerun

A file photo of a young supporter of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and leader of the opposition party PTI, Imran Khan. Picture: EPAKARACHI, PAKISTANTHE party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held ... [Published Brunei Times - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Karachi, Imran Khan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Elections

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 8 reports

MQM decides to sue Imran for defaming Altaf

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has decided to sue Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for defamation for charging Altaf Hussain with the killing of Zohra Shahid Hussain three days back.Senior MQM leader Wasay Jalil said that ... [Published The Gulf Today - May 21 2013]

Entities: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Altaf Hussain, Karachi

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 19 reports

Dharna wars: MQM kicks off series of protests

KARACHI:Kicking off its series of protests against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists held Khan and the “thunder squad” of Jamaat-e-Islami responsible for Zahra Shahid Hussain’s mur ... [Published The Express Tribune - May 20 2013]

Entities: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Imran Khan, Altaf Hussain, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), protest

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 36 reports

Britain Condemns Karachi Violence

The British government tells Sunrise it is in contact with its embassy in Pakistan over murder allegations against the London-based Pakistani politician, Altaf Hussain.The Metropolitan Police says it has received ‘a number of complaints’ about a man associated ... [Published Sunrise Radio - May 20 2013]

Entities: Karachi, Altaf Hussain, United Kingdom, Imran Khan

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 12 reports

Karachi braces for MQM, PTI protests

Posted on 41 seconds agoKARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which have locked horns after May 11 general elections, have set the stage for protests and counter protests in Karachi today after exchange of allegations, FP ... [Published Frontier Post - May 20 2013]

Entities: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Karachi

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 9 reports

Zahra’s slaying: Imran calls for protests in Karachi today

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has again alleged that his party’s senior leader Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed at the behest of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and has urged his workers in Karachi to stand up against ‘oppression’ ... [Published DAWN Group - May 20 2013]

Entities: Karachi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan), Imran Khan, protest

Quotes

...Major contributors were FCCL and MLCF. "Key factor to the recent rally was favourable political situation. Banking sector companies - MCB, NBP and UBL were under pressure as profit taking was witnessed, however they managed to close in positive zone. Expectations remain still bullish, targeting oil, banking and cement sector" they said

Index crosses 21,000-barrier [Published Business Recorder - 1 hour ago]

...Prakash, advocate appearing on behalf of Ayurveda Shewashram Kalyan Samiti, the petitioner who sought an investigation into Khas Khas imports. "The court took note of the fact that poppy import was funding arms smuggling" he added

Allahabad High Court bans import of Khas Khas from Turkey [Published Economic Times - 2 hours ago]

...will ink one MoU according to which Joint Marine Research Facility (JMRF) will be established with an integration observation centre in Karachi. "We are signing a MoU with National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) China which is laying special emphasis on establishment of Pak-China Economic Corridor which envisages Pakistan as a future hub for regional co-operation" the sources added

MoU on energy to be inked: Chinese Prime Minister due today [Published Business Recorder - 3 hours ago]

A group of WHO experts who recently visited Saudi Arabia to help investigate the situation "were actually fairly reassured that everything is being done that possibly could be done to investigate the causes of this outbreak and try and find the source" he said

CIDRAP: WHO expert concerned guest workers could spread coronavirus [Published H5N1 - 3 hours ago]

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