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Massive fire erupts at factory near Ghani Chowrangi

Sindh News

A massive fire broke out at a factory located near Ghani Chowrangi, in Karachi's SITE area on Saturday morning. 

Fire brigade vehicles reached the…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 17, 2020 at 2:35am — No Comments

Three hurt as car rams into footpath in Karachi

Sindh News

At least three people were critically wounded after a speeding car rammed into footpath in Karachi on late Friday night.

According to details, the incident…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 16, 2020 at 11:33pm — No Comments

India Tops South Asia Hunger Chart Amid COVID19 Pandemic

India ranks 94th among 107 nations ranked by World Hunger Index in 2020. Other South Asian have fared better: Pakistan (88), Nepal (73), Bangladesh (75), Sri Lanka (64) and Myanmar (78) – and only Afghanistan has fared worse at 99th place. The COVID19 pandemic has worsened India's hunger and malnutrition. Tens of thousands of Indian children were forced to go to sleep on an empty stomach as the…

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Added by Riaz Haq on October 16, 2020 at 11:00am — 27 Comments

At least 30 killed as torrential rains hit Southern India

World News

As much as 30 people lost their lives so far after torrential rains hit southern India, officials said Thursday. 

A local official told AFP, at least nine people were killed when a wall caved in while 10 others died due to…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 15, 2020 at 11:58pm — No Comments

PDM ready to show its strength today

Pakistan Breaking News

Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of major opposition parties, is ready to show its power in Gujranwala today (Friday). 

The first public meeting of…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 15, 2020 at 11:09pm — No Comments

Food Price Hikes Badly Hurting Average Pakistani Consumers

Global food prices are soaring by double digits amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Bloomberg News. Bloomberg Agriculture Subindex, a measure of key farm goods futures contracts, is up almost 20% since June. It may in part be driven by speculators in the commodities markets. These rapid price rises…

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Added by Riaz Haq on October 14, 2020 at 7:30pm — 6 Comments

UK records highest daily deaths since June

World News

Despite strict Covid-19 restrictions in the parts of the United Kingdom under a new three-tiered system, it has recorded 143 more deaths on Tuesday,…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 14, 2020 at 2:39am — No Comments

Fire at chemical godown in Karachi extinguished

Sindh News

Fire that erupted at a chemical warehouse located in the Shershah area of Karachi on late Tuesday night which spread rapidly and engulfed the entire…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 13, 2020 at 11:33pm — No Comments

Gallup Survey Showed 75% of Pakistanis Welcomed 1999 Coup

On October 12, 1999, Pakistani military toppled democratically elected Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif. This action followed the Prime Minister's sudden decision to sack Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf and the Prime Minister's simultaneous orders to deny landing permission to the Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200 that was bringing the Army Chief…

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Added by Riaz Haq on October 12, 2020 at 10:00am — 18 Comments

UK PM Johnson to announce new measures to deal with Covid-19 crisis

World News

New measures to deal with a growing COVID-19 crisis will be announced by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, moving to work more closely with local leaders…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 11, 2020 at 11:49pm — No Comments

Death toll from corona in Pakistan touches 6,580 after 10 more fatalities recorded

Pakistan English News

The number of coronavirus infection in the country has reached 319,317 on Monday after more cases were reported in different parts of the country.

According to the…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 11, 2020 at 11:40pm — No Comments

Ban imposed on display of arms at public places

Sindh News

After the targeted killing of Maulana Adil Khan of Jamia Farooqui in Karachi, display of arms at public places was banned. 

According to media reports, a police…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 11, 2020 at 11:23pm — No Comments

Woman dies due to wrong injection in Tando Allahyar

Sindh News

A woman died after she was allegedly administered a wrong injection at the Civil Hospital in Tando Allahyar on Saturday morning.

According to details, the heirs blocked traffic by placing…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 9, 2020 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Harvard Professor on Cousin Marriages, Kinship and Democracy in Pakistan

In his recently published book entitled "The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous", Harvard Professor Joseph Henrich argues that western democracy and prosperity in America and Europe can be traced back to the Catholic Church's ban on cousin marriages and polygamy. These bans promoted individualism and created what is now known as a "nuclear family". Cousin marriages and strong kinship remain prevalent in present-day Pakistan,…

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Added by Riaz Haq on October 9, 2020 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

The Economist Does a Hatchet Job On Pakistan's Handling of COVID19 Pandemic

In a recent article entitled "Is Pakistan really handling the pandemic better than India", The Economist says Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has "crowed" about his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. It also cites an Indian-American professor who says "test not, find not" to raise questions about Pakistan's coronavirus data. Conspicuously absent from the article is any emphasis on  the covid19 test "…

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Added by Riaz Haq on October 7, 2020 at 10:30am — 7 Comments

Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani to arrive in Sehwan Sharif today

Sindh News Live

Acting President and Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani will arrive in Sehwan Sharif today (Tuesday) to pay his respects to Hazrat Lal Shahbaz…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 5, 2020 at 11:39pm — No Comments

PM Imran Khan to chair federal cabinet meeting today

Pakistan Breaking News

Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair the federal cabinet meeting today (Tuesday) to discuss a 15-point agenda including the economic and political situation of the…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 5, 2020 at 11:20pm — No Comments

Is the Pakistani Diaspora in the West Doing Poorly?

A recent Dawn newspaper article entitled "Getting Ahead in the West" by British journalist Owen Bennet Jones suggests that Pakistanis in the US and the UK are doing poorly relative to their Indian counterparts. It builds this narrative using the example of 3 ministers of Indian origin and just one junior minister of Pakistani origin in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet. It also cites the…

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Added by Riaz Haq on October 5, 2020 at 8:00am — 17 Comments

Zardari indicted in Thatta water supply, Park Lane cases

Pakistan English News

An accountability court on Monday has indicted Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and erstwhile president Asif Ali Zardari in Park Lane and Thatta water…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 5, 2020 at 12:46am — No Comments

CNG station closure schedule announced for Sindh

Sindh News

The compressed natural gas (CNG) stations across the Sindh province will remain closed for three days in an ongoing week because of the low pressure of…

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Added by Sobia Anjum on October 4, 2020 at 11:44pm — No Comments

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    Pakistani Prosthetics Startup Aiding Gaza's Child Amputees

    While the Israeli weapons supplied by the "civilized" West are destroying the lives and limbs of thousands of Gaza's innocent children, a Pakistani startup is trying to provide them with free custom-made prostheses, according to media reports. The Karachi-based startup Bioniks was founded in 2016 and has sold prosthetics that use AI and 3D scanning for custom designs. …

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    Posted by Riaz Haq on July 8, 2025 at 9:30pm

    Indian Military Begins to Accept Its Losses in "Operation Sindoor" Against Pakistan

    The Indian military leadership is finally beginning to slowly accept its losses in its unprovoked attack on Pakistan that it called "Operation Sindoor". It began with the May 31 Bloomberg interview of the Indian Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan in Singapore where he admitted losing Indian fighter aircraft to Pakistan in an aerial battle on May 7, 2025.  General Chauhan further revealed that the Indian Air Force was grounded for two days after this loss. …

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    Posted by Riaz Haq on July 5, 2025 at 10:30am — 5 Comments

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