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Toxic water crisis exposes Karachi's failing infrastructure
Updated : 7 months ago IST
In yet another alarming incident highlighting Pakistan's worsening public health and sanitation systems, nine people, including six children, have lost their lives to a gastroenteritis outbreak in a village on Karachi's outskirts. The tragedy unfolded in Faiz Muhammad Burro Goth, located nea
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Pakistan: Islamabad court postpones verdict against Imran Khan, his wife i
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
While presiding over the hearing today, judge Nasir Javed Rana said, "The verdict will not be announced today; [winter] vacations are coming and there is also a course at the high court."
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Pakistan Defence Minister Asif renews corruption allegations against Imran
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Ahead of the December 23 verdict in the Al-Qadir Trust case involving Imran Khan, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has again accused the former prime minister of financial corruption linked to the GBP 190 million case, renewing claims that Imran misappropriated funds for personal gain.
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Pakistani media in spotlight: List exposes alleged Bahria Town payments to
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Among the reported 19 beneficiaries are well-known figures such as Mubashir Luqman, Shahid Masood, Najam Sethi, Kamran Khan, Hamid Mir, Hassan Nisar, Mazhar Abbas, Meher Bukhari, Marvi Sirmed, Arshad Sharif, Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas.
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Pakistan: Rawalpindi Police arrests couple for ‘torturing’ maid
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Rawalpindi Police arrested a couple over allegations of torturing their eight-year-old maid, who was employed at their house in the Bahria Town as a babysitter, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Sindh Action Committee vows to launch 'court arrest' movement ag
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): The leaders of the Sindh Action Committee (SAC) have warned of launching a 'court arrest' movement and a siege to the Sindh Assembly in Pakistan in the next stage of protest against 'illegal' occupation of lands by the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) and the arrest
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JUI-F holds protest on power, water problems in Pakistan's Sindh province
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Larkana [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): The workers of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Thursday held a protest in Pakistan's Sindh province over a slew of issues including the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) incident, shortage of irrigation water, power outages, corruption, deteriorating law and o
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World Sindhi Congress condemns brutal operation against anti-land grabbing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 16 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) has strongly condemned the ongoing brutal operation against the indigenous rights movement of Sindhi people against the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) and other land grabbing movements by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led Sindh provin
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Satirical publication lampoons misgovernance of Pakistan govt
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Taking a dig at the mis-governance of Imran Khan, a satirical post in a Pakistan publication wisecracked that American spy agency CIA is finally on the verge of getting airbases to host the US drones in Pakistan after being offered a gamut of plots inside
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Strike, rallies organised across Sindh following crackdown on Bahria Town
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Following crackdown on Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) protesters, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) called for strike, rallies across Sindh on Tuesday.
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Rights group holds protest in London against land grab in Pak's Sindh
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 8 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a protest opposite Downing Street, London on June 6 against large-scale land grabbing in Pakistan's Sindh province, particularly the illegal occupation of Bahria Town in Karachi.
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Protest against 'land grabbing' in Pakistan's Karachi turns violent, polic
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): A protest in Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) against land grabbing turned violent as fast food franchises, several vehicles, a showroom and two offices of estate agents were set ablaze and police resorted to teargas shelling and firing rubber bullets.
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