Violence rocked Pakistan's biggest city on Tuesday as 13 people were killed in targeted shootings including five suspected Taliban activists, a Shia scholar and two Moroccan students at a religious seminary. Police said the spate of targeted killings increased late this evening when seven people were...more »
KARACHI: Violence rocked Pakistan's biggest city as 13 people were killed in targeted shootings including five suspected Taliban activists, a Shia scholar and two Moroccan students at a religious...
The Times of India 2013-12-03KARACHI, Dec 3: Two Moroccans among three members of the Tableeghi Jamaat were killed in an attack outside a mosque in North Nazimabad on Tuesday hours after a Shia scholar was gunned down along with...
Dawn 2013-12-04KARACHI: At least 12 people, including a Shia leader of the Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) and his security guard, gunned down on Tuesday in apparently the latest wave of sectarian violence in the...
Dawn 2013-12-03Islamabad, December 04: At least 12 people, including a leader of the Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) and his security guard, were killed Tuesday in the latest wave of sectarian violence in...
The Siasat Daily 2013-12-04
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KARACHI: In the wake of yesterday's sectarian violence in Karachi which claimed at least 15 lives, parts of the city remained tense on Wednesday, DawnNews reported. Public transport on the roads was less than usual and several...
Dawn 2013-12-04Karachi: At least nine people were killed and scores injured in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi on Tuesday as a fallout of political violence triggered by the shooting of an MQM leader and his brother by unidentified gunmen. The gunmen entered the home of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Mansoor Mukhtar at PIB Colony this morning and gunned him down. Mukhtar's brother...
Zeenews 2012-03-27KARACHI, Dec 3: Two foreigners were among 15 people killed in Karachi on Tuesday as violence reared its ugly head after a lull. Officials believed the spiral was a...
Dawn 2013-12-04Karachi. When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric lost little time in turning the narrow escape to his advantage. Recovering in hospital after the ambush on his convoy in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, the radical Sunni Muslim ideologue was composed enough...
Jakarta Globe 2013-02-24KARACHI (Reuters) - When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric lost little time in turning the narrow escape to his advantage. Recovering in hospital after the ambush on his convoy in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, the radical Sunni Muslim ideologue was...
Reuters 2013-02-24KARACHI (Reuters) - When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric lost little time in turning the narrow escape to his advantage. Shi'ite Muslims light candles at the site of Saturday's bomb attack to mourn for the victims in Quetta February 21, 2013. REUTERS/Naseer...
The Star 2013-02-24
Karachi (
Karācī (help·info), Urdu: کراچی; Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the largest city, main seaport and financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 13 million. Results in April 2012 of Pakistan's latest census initial tabulations show that the district is home to over 21 million people, at a density of nearly 6,000 people per square kilometer (15,500 per square mile). Karachi is the most populous city in the country, one of the world's largest cities in terms of population and also the 10th largest urban agglomeration in the world. It is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, economic activity and trade and is home to Pakistan's largest corporations, including those involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment, the arts, fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical research. The city is a major hub of higher education in South Asia and the wider Muslim world.
