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Pakistan: Price hikes defy official rates in Karachi as Ramazan profiteeri
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Despite official price lists, Karachi shopkeepers are charging significantly higher rates for essentials during Ramazan. Fruits, vegetables, and chicken are being sold well above government-fixed prices. The report highlights the city administration's failure to enforce regulations, leaving
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82 missing, 12 killed: BNM's Paank highlights worsening human rights situa
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
According to the report, multiple incidents of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings were recorded across various districts of Balochistan as well as in Karachi, Sindh, highlighting what the organisation describes as a worsening security and human rights environment.
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Pakistan: Baloch youth reportedly vanish in security operations
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
A wave of alleged enforced disappearances involving Baloch youth has surfaced, with at least nineteen individuals reportedly taken into custody across Karachi, Quetta and Gwadar, according to families and activists, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan: Gul Plaza inquiry highlights gaps in emergency response and buil
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Fresh disclosures before the judicial commission on the Gul Plaza fire pointed to major failures in emergency preparedness and response. Testimony cited missing safety systems, delayed fire engines, extreme blaze conditions, and poor inter-agency coordination. The probe is examining whether
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Pakistan: Protest held over disputed police encounter in Karachi
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Families of Baloch missing persons protested outside the Karachi Press Club, alleging a student, Hamdan Baloch, was killed in a staged police encounter after enforced disappearance. The family disputed CTD's claims and demanded the body's release. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee called for a c
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Pakistan: Ramadan price surge exposes policy paralysis as Karachi resident
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
As Ramadan approaches, frustration is mounting across Karachi's markets, where residents say unchecked inflation and weak governance have turned the month of Ramadan into a financial ordeal.
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Families in agony as Pakistan linked to fresh Baloch abductions
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
A new wave of alleged enforced disappearances has again put Pakistan's security apparatus under scrutiny, with at least seven individuals said to have gone missing in incidents connected to Panjgur and Karachi. A student is among those unaccounted for, heightening anxiety among families al
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Pakistan: Karachi's water breakdown exposes governance failures
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Karachi is once again in the grip of an acute water crisis after repair activity on a major transmission line halted supplies to wide swathes of the city, a situation that has left residents angry and dependent on private tankers.
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Renewed disappearance claims deepen scrutiny of Pakistan
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Reports of four more alleged enforced disappearances in Karachi and across Balochistan have intensified criticism of Pakistan's security apparatus, with families accusing authorities of detaining men without acknowledgement and refusing to disclose their fate, as reported by The Balochistan
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Pak: 4 die, 5 injured in firing incidents in Karachi
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In Memon Goth neighborhood, two men were shot dead and a woman was injured. According to police, both deceased victims sustained fatal head wounds. The injured woman was discovered at a bushy area near a private housing society off the Super Highway.
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Ageing Karachi hospitals face serious fire safety risks amid gaps
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Karachi's public healthcare network continues to function inside decades-old structures, where fragile electrical wiring and the absence of organised fire response systems threaten the lives of patients and medical workers.
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Pakistan: Massive fire at industrial unit brought under control near Rawal
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A massive fire erupted at a factory in the Rawat Industrial Area near Rawalpindi which was brought under control after hours of firefighting, with cooling operations are still underway, rescue officials said on Tuesday as reported by GeoTV.
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