KARACHI PRESS CLUB: Concerned Karachiites, Civil Society Representatives & Prominent Environmental Experts converged here on Tuesday (25th Nov, 2025) to sound alarm on rapid conversation of public parks into commercial ventures and its impacts on environment & ecosystem. Conspicuous, among others who spoke at the Presser there were: Marvi Mazhar (Architect & Cultural Practitioner); Madeeha […]
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NATIONAL STADIUM (KARACHI): US Consul General Charles Goodman attended the USA vs. Sri Lanka Over-40s T20 World Cup Cricket match here on Sunday (23rd Nov, 2025), to support Team USA and celebrate the unifying power of sports. He joined more than 500 US government-supported English Access students from all over the Sindh to experience the […]
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KARACHI: Physician, oriental medicine researcher, scholar, and philanthropist Hakim Said, was assassinated this day (17th Oct) 27 years ago. Mohammad Said was born on 9th January 1920 in Delhi. His ancestors migrated to India from Kashghar. His father, Hakim Abdul Majeed, also used to practice hikmat. By nine he became hafiz-e-Quran. Following early schooling, young Mohammad […]
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KARACHI: US Embassy Islamabad Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) Natalie Baker visited the Port City from 23rd to 26th Sept, to strengthen avenues for Pak-US cooperation in bilateral trade and foreign investment to deliver increased prosperity for both countries. CDA Baker met the Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori to discuss Pak-US […]
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KARACHI: As the result of a profound depression set to enter Monday (8th Sept, 2025) the SE parts of Sindh from India, citoyens of the port city will experience torrential rains, gusty winds and urban flooding on 9th till 11th Sept. On Monday (8th Sept) the Metropolis received light rain: University Road (8.8mm), Gulshan-e-Maymar (8mm), […]
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KARACHI: US Consul General Charles Goodman presided over the launch of a new therapy, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), developed by US company Boston Scientific. ESG will be available in Pakistan exclusively at the Sindh Institute of Advanced Gastroenterology (SIAG) in Karachi. The 1st Sept launch highlighted the benefits this minimally invasive procedure will bring to […]
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KARACHI: Charles Goodman assumed the role of CG at the US Consulate General here. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Goodman brings extensive experience to his new role. Most recently, he served as the Management Counselor for the US Mission to New Zealand and Samoa. Prior to that, he held the positions of […]
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KARACHI: Blast in a firecracker factory/warehouse situated in a building near Taj Medical Complex on M. A. Jinnah Road here on Thursday (21st August, 2025) killed 4, wounded 34 people, twenty of whom were taken to Jinnah, while 14 were admitted at Civil’s Trauma Center. Following the explosion, caused by a short circuit, an incendie […]
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KARACHI: Twelve people died in rain-related incidents here on Tuesday (19th Aug, 2025), including four members of a family who expired when walls of their Gulistan-e-Jauhar house collapsed; a 50-year-old man drowned in a Gurumandar nullah; an 8-year-old boy in Orangi got buried under falling debris; 2 men died from electrocution in DHA and N […]
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KARACHI: Monsoon winds are presently entering Sindh and resultantly citoyens of the Metropolis will experience rain on 18th and 19th August. Heavy rain will also hit Hyderabad, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Larkana, Qambar Shahdadkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Badin, Thatta and Tharparkar. For poor, lower-middle-class and middle-class karachiites, living in the Metropolis’ godforsaken milieu, initially the rain brings relief […]
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