Considering that Pasha kicked off the trend of Jobfairs a few years ago, the association has a knack for putting together the kind of event that clicks with their audience and today’s Career Expo was no exception! Read more

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Following the two successes of The Karachi Anime Conventions, Metal Seinen originated to bring together Pakistan’s ‘metal youth’ to the fore. COTC is organized to propagate creative and professional progression though mutual efforts of the members by means of untraditional interests such as anime, gaming, digital art, music and performance racing.

Be there, if you are enthusiastic about the upcoming genres of Anime, Gaming, Comics, Life Music and Art. Witness the creativity of the youth of today.

Location: Bayview Auditorium
Date: 27th July, 2008
Time: 3 To 11pm
Entrance: Free
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“Of Spaces and Substance”, An exciting exhibition of beautiful photographs, the art work of a talented IVSAA graduate (2004), Sara Hashim opened yesterday for public at the Unicorn Art Gallery, Clifton.

To experience exhibition and enjoy the artwork do give this Gallery a visit, as the entrance is absolutely free without any discrimination of class or social status.

Note: Timings From Noon till 8 Pm (Except Sunday) - Exhibition continues till 25th July 2008. 

Unicorn Gallery,

Unicorn House, MCF 1-5, Shahrah-e-Iran, Clifton ( Near British Consulate), Karachi.
Phone: +92-21-5831200, 5877625,5877632.
Web : www.unicorngallery.com

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Early morning Saturday, two over speeding buses collided near northern bypass killing 10 people and injuring several. The way our bus drivers drive i fear worse. more on GEO and AAJ

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It has been some time that I posted here so as soon as I saw this, I decided to post ASAP, meaning this happened one and a half hours ago. Just a bit after PAF chapter at the Baloch Colony road opposite Defense View, a Honda Civic rolled up the slope and then over.

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Yesterday a huge riot broke outside the Karachi Stock Exchange, the protest was by a large number of small investors who were facing problems due to the decreasing stock prices. One such news report from The News

The small investors, who staged a violent protest on the KSE ground floor on Thursday, demanded closure of the bourse for two or three days and cancellation of all trading deals done in the last three sessions.

The protest was staged in the backdrop of persistent heavy declines on the KSE for the last three months, especially during the last three weeks.During the said period, the market lost nearly 35 per cent or 5,463 points from all-time high of 15,676 points on April 18. During the same period, over Rs 1,598 billion fund was also pulled out of the market.

At around 11 am on Thursday, a number of investors started agitating outside the KSE building. They expressed their anger by throwing stones at the building. Later, they entered the trading hall and the administration block and indulged in ransacking.

Your comments and reaction to this event and other economical pressures facing our country

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 ”When Dr Shershah Syed is not in his doctor’s gown or sitting with friends or off on a marathon or cycling, or even writing short stories, he’s busy taking the government to task and speaking his mind on the high level of maternal mortality, writes Zofeen T. Ebrahim ” The Review - Dawn.

Dr Shershah Syed is a savior, a man who has dedicated his life to helping the underprivileged and oppressed women of the society, providing them health care and educating them to lead a healthy life and raise children in a healthy environment. But his work simply doesn’t end here his concerns include human rights, women’s health and social issues, child development and health issues and children’s rights and the rights of the animal as well. Read more

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A few days ago all the shopkeepers of Lyari a downtrodden area of this metropolis were handed chits. Each chit contained an amount which was to be collected later by the members of two gangs that operate there. Upon much hue and cry by these poor shop owners the government has finally taken action.

The whole area of Lyari is divided amongst the Ghaffar Zikri and Rehman Dakait gangs, they collect bhatta, run diesel from Gwader and engage in the drugs trade openly and without fear of punishment. They also provide a safe haven for most ransomists who kidnap people and keep them in Lyari till the ransom is received.

2 days ago, the rangers entered the narrow lanes of this area and set up pickets and are now carrying out a siege and search mission to recover kidnapped persons, arms and drugs as well as drug traffikers. Finally someone is doing something for the residents of Lyari, I hope after this the authorities will shift their focus on a city wide scale as well to counter the spurt of increasing robberies and crime.

The criminals of this city need to be taught that crime does not pay so that new entries into such gangs can be eliminated.

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 Several injured in a series of six low intensity blasts in different parts of karachi. Blasts occurred within an hour at Banaras chowk, orangi town, Hyderi, Pahar Gunj, Qasba colony, and  Manghopir.

The injured have been taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, DawnNews sources

Report that at least 40 injured have been brought to the hospital by now. While RMO Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Dr. Akbar says the count to be 30.

PM Gilani has strongly condemned the blasts in Karachi

Latest:

• Two more blasts at Pak Colony have just been reported. 
• 1 person is confirmed dead (Source Geo TV). 
• Reports of unrest and firing in Barda Board and Pak-colony (Source Geo and Saama Tv)

The section will be updated as latest news comes through.

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One person was killed and dozens others injured in a series of five blasts that ripped through different areas of the busiest city of country on Monday.

Two explosions occurred here in Banaras area. One of the blasts happened in a pile of garbage while the other one at a footpath near Banaras chowk, injuring 16 people. They were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, sources said.
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A 5th bomb blast has just been reported in a matter of an hour. The first was reported at Banaras and the second at Qasba Colony. The third at Sharah-e-Noor Jehan. I could still the sirens blaring all around when a fourth was reported in Hyderi. Another just went off at Manghopir.

May Allah have mercy on us!! Amen

Updates: Another one reported in Pak Colony. One man killed.

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I was overjoyed to find out via various news channels like Geo and Express today that at last the local government is taking notice of the problems of Karachi Zoo.

Mustufa Kamal came on tv to ensure the families of Karachi and the zoo visitors that the city government is in the process of acquiring an elephant to give rides to the children for which tenders have been opened and is allocating a proper budget for the zoo as well.

The city government has ensured the uplift and reopening of some parks around the city and by doing so have added to options for people going out with their families here. If they can do the same for the zoo in Karachi it would indeed be marvelous.

Off course the news channels mentioned were quick to point out that this happened after “they” ran a news story on this but who cares? As long as the end result is good the process does not really matter eh???

So here is a small thank you from this concerned parent to the authorities for taking notice, well done sir!

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Today when I went to watch cricket match between India and Srilanka I amazed to know that I can not take my camera with me in National Stadium but as every Karachite know how to deal this kind of situation I tried other gate and with confidence I said “Press” (I do not belong to any press or media) and police wala allowed me. Do you people have any clue why we are not allowed to take our camera with us in stadium?

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While browsing through the internet a few days back I came across a picture of a 36 year old poor women with 9 children, another 25 year old had 5, population is on the rise, so is inflation and the crime rate too.

 Yesterday we experienced three episodes of load shedding, the power was out for a total of six hours for today the episodes were five and the total hours of load shedding was nine. We are out of power, food supplies, water, health care facilities and education.         

Every week hundreds of new cars come out on our streets, running us out of fresh air and adding to the city’s rising pollution, trees are being chopped off and new ones are not coming at the required rate, and the only green our newspaper boasts of is growing on the filthy sewage sludge gathered in a nullah with a warning that flood threats persists if the clogged drains are not cleared before the monsoon spell unleashes upon us. 

And what do I do about it ? Nothing besides punching a few keys, scribbling a few notes and bracing my self for this and the worst that may come.

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