In June 1995, monthly killings in Karachi were 350. In January 1996, this figure had come down to 0. The Deputy Inspector General at the time was Dr. Shoaib Suddle. The same man who's been appointed the new Inspector General of Police, Sindh (continue reading)

The murder of factory worker, Jagdesh, who was attacked and killed by his colleagues on April 8 in Korangi Industrial Area may have been done in the presence of the police who did nothing to stop this from happening, eye witnesses told The (continue reading)

On March 24th as Ali Hassan Solangi left the mosque in Hyderabad, he was kidnapped at Gunpoint by 4 men and taken to the Shah Bukhari Shrine. When he reached there his hands were chopped off at the wrists by his kidnappers, he was shot in both (continue reading)

Hanns Seidel Foundation and Goethe-Institut Pakistan in Karachi welcome you to a public lecture on the subject " The Role of the EU as Election Observer" by Hon. Mr. Michael Gahler on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 8:30 pm in the Goethe-Institut's (continue reading)

I just couldn't help it... I trailed this car for a ways before I managed to whip my camera out and snap this. But I think the stickers on the car cover just about every imaginable message, applicable to all of us! "Keep your distance", "Park (continue reading)

For the last 10 years the residents of Sharafi Ghot in the Landhi Industrial Area, Karachi have been suffering at the hands of a Chipboard Factory owner next to them. This factory ironically called Sunlight has been producing/emitting dust in such (continue reading)

  Plagiarism is the word, our leading newspapers may spell it C-o-n-v-e-n-i-e-n-c-e (due to easy availability) but it’s Plagiarism and nothing more or less. The practice is getting very common in this country several low-budget magazines and (continue reading)

This might sound like a new series, and may even be grounds for one. I am trying to highlight weird structures/systems within the city that might serve no purpose at all yet are there, for some reason, to make a statement. This is an (continue reading)

Canon sponsored event of photgraphy was held at FAST main campus, Karachi, Saturday 12th April. According to the organizing committee, the event was being arranged for the first time in the history of FAST and was being done to promote photography (continue reading)

KMB has been showing lot of photographs of our dreaded, failed transport system showing our typical buses being over-loaded, stuffed like a fat photo, over-flowing with people. Sometimes, off course, the consequences are just too bad to relate to. (continue reading)

For those who lived in Karachi in the mid-1990s or have heard the stories from that time, the idea of re-visiting the state policy against the MQM is horrifying. Whatever hits the Haqiqi or the Mutthaida take, it's the denizens of this city who will (continue reading)

Seems a bit shady to me....what kind of marketing financial institution is going out and publicly asking peole to come have their debts written (continue reading)

Just a small recall of the times when you are on / near Shahra-e-Faisal and you are stuck in between a sea of cars standing still. You see an ever-increasing and endless trail of cars piling up from a point where your sight can't even reach, after (continue reading)

I do not think any resident of Karachi would have forgotten last years monsoon season. Well this years rains will have a drainage solution ready, at least for the residents of D.H.A ala the storm drain project. Civic planning has ensured that (continue reading)

I was seriously disgusted after reading the following news article about a man who committed suicide after being harassed by MCB's recovery staff. Due to the alleged immense pressure and threats from the loan recovery staff of a bank, a man (continue reading)