The park is located in located in the suburb of Clifton and is Karachi's largest urban park, covering 130 acres (0.53km2) and visited by over 10 million people each year. The park has a turtle pond, murals of dinosaurs, 24 washrooms, 20 stone canopies and thousands of roses. It overlooks the 90 meter Port Fountain of Karachi Port Trust (KPT). The park's name commemorates the 8th century Arab conqueror, Muhammad Bin Qasim of the Ummayad empire.
Events that have taken place in the park include the Sindh Festival 2014.
Mexico insisted it will not pay for a wall along the US border – a promise made by US president-elect Donald Trump during the just-completed US election – the country’s foreign minister said in a report on Raw Story Wednesday. "Paying for a wall is not part of our vision.” – ClaudiaRuizMassieu... Backers argue it made the whole continent more competitive, but Trump complains it hollowed out US manufacturing.....
Addressing the public for the first time since privately conceding the presidential election to Donald Trump, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton told the nation she wants to work with the president-elect and offered her help on behalf of the country, The Washington Post reported. Surrounded by running mate Virginia Sen ... "Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country ... This loss hurts....
Of course, it will be no change in the Middle East. The one thing which always united Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – despite Trump’s nonsense about Muslim immigrants – was that large area of land between Algeria and the Pakistani-Indian border. Or is it Morocco and the Pakistani-Indian border? Or the Iranian-Pakistani border? Heaven knows where the ‘Middle East’ actually is in the minds of American politicians. Or Trump ... And yet ... ....
In Karol Bagh too, some shopkeepers shut shops due to lack of buyers ... The same was the situation at Naagar tent house in ShalimarBagh, which is yet to receive payments ... Traders in Chandni Chowk and Karol Bagh have displayed notices stating they will not accept the banned currency and advised people against agents promising to convert the money. Chandni Chowk, Karol Bagh saw very few buyers; many even shut shop due to lack of customers....
The PM 10 levels in south Delhi’ RK Puram and west Delhi’s PunjabiBagh areas were recorded at 373 ug/m3 and 277 ug/m3 respectively whereas the PM 2.5 in the same areas were registered at 196 ug/m3 and 151 ug/m3 on Wednesday evening, according to the DPCC’s data ... ....
The petrol stations saw huge rush as Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had announced that petrol pumps will have permission to accepted Rs500 or Rs1,000...Naresh Gupta, a businessman from Mayur Vihar felt cheated as the fuel station did not return the change ... “I live in MaharaniBagh but the card machine at the petrol pump did not work hence I travelled till Mayur Vihar to fill fuel in my motor-cycle,” said Vikas Singh ... ....
It is her wedding in a week from now, but the bride to be, Shruti Singh, 29, could not collect her lehenga on Tuesday, as the store in north Delhi's Kamla Nagar refused to take cash. Singh negotiated with them, as she had to try on the wedding lehenga at her salon, but no luck ...The government's decision has played a spoilsport for this weeding season," said, Kartikeya Mittal of Karol Bagh. Vatsala Shrangi. ....
BARAMULLA.At least eight residential houses were gutted in a devastating blaze in North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday night. According to reports and police ,eight residential houses came under mysterious blaze in Khawaja Bagh area of Baramulla on Tuesday night. The cause of the fire is yet to be known. Reports said that fire tenders couldn’t reach at the spot immediately, due to which fire couldn’t be controlled ... ....
New Delhi... "I had been putting coins in the piggy bank for three years ... Anita Sinha, a resident of East Park road in Karol Bagh, complained that she could not buy vegetables and fruits in the morning ... Shakuntala Dixit, an 85-year-old in old Delhi, had other anxieties ... Adequately equipped for his needs, Divyanshu Shandilya, a civil services aspirant in Karol Bagh, should have been comfortably placed with his Rs 7,500 ... RELATED....
HARIDWAR. Even though the major culprits for deterioration in Haridwar's air quality are burning of waste and dry leaves and vehicular emissions, Haridwar's dwindling green cover is no less to blame for it ... "This is nature's way of keeping air fit for human consumption ... MishraGarden, Vishnu Garden, Niranjani Bagh, DadooBagh and many more are names of gardens which got converted into residential colonies over the years ... RELATED....
She was residing together with her sons in Nasir Bagh camp established for Afghan refugees since she moved to Peshawar in 1984...The country’s authorities had earlier said Gula’s deportation will be halted on humanitarian grounds ... ....
NEW DELHI... According to DCP traffic (southern range), D K Gupta, the traffic police provided a special route following the request. The ambulance from Gurgaon was escorted to the Delhi border by the Gurgaon traffic police after which it was transported through Sardar Patel Marg to Park Street and Karol Bagh ... RELATED. From around the web....
New Delhi. The otherwise bustling markets in the Walled City bore a deserted look on Wednesday with most traders reporting bleak business due to the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes being banned by the Centre. While some applauded the decision, others questioned what was the hurry in implementing the decision during this busy wedding season ... The Sarojini Nagar and Karol Bagh markets also bore a deserted look ... RELATED. From around the web....