KARACHI Top Stories

Europe launches Hera asteroid probe on SpaceX rocket
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo module lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the early morning May 4, 2019.
NASA / Tony Gray and Kenny Allen
2024-10-07, Khaleejtimes
Europe's Hera asteroid probe blasted off from Florida on a SpaceX rocket on Monday, beginning a two-year voyage to revisit an asteroid bashed off course by Nasa's Dart...
Balochistan rocked by violence as gunmen kill 40 in separate attacks; 21 terrorists eliminated
Relatives stand around a body of a passenger, who was killed by gunmen at a highway in Musakhail, and wait for transportation at a hospital, in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.
AP / Arshad Butt
2024-08-26, Dawn
At least 40 people were killed in separate shootings and grenade attacks across Balochistan, officials said on Monday, while 21 terrorists were eliminated and several...
Afghanistan has massive opium stockpiles despite Taliban ban: UN report
FILE - An armed Afghan policemen destroys an opium poppy field in Noorgal, Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on April 13, 2013. Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021.
AP / Rahmat Gul, File
2024-07-22, Hindustan Times
Afghanistan continues to have massive stockpiles of opium that can be used to meet the needs of narcotics trafficking networks despite a ban imposed by the Taliban on...
Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan kill 16 security personnel, police officer says2024-12-21
Straits Times: KARACHI - Sixteen security personnel...
Tennis equipments distributed2024-12-21
Urdu Point: <p>KARACHI, (APP - UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 21st Dec, 2024) The...
Emirates Introduces Experiential Travel Store In Karachi2024-12-21
MENA FN: (MENAFN - BangladeshMonitor) Dubai: Emirates has officially launched its new Travel Store in Karachi, making it the airline's first experiential retail concept to be rolled out in West... ......
Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan kill 16 security personnel2024-12-21
Deccan Herald: <p>Karachi: Sixteen security personnel...
PSX experiences negative trend, investors lose billions of rupees2024-12-21
Urdu Point: <p>KARACHI: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / PakistanPoint News-Dec 21<sup>st</sup>, 2024) Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a...
Imposing pickup trucks symbolise Pakistan's power gulf2024-12-21
The Peninsula: Karachi: In Pakistan's largest city, cars inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. But some seamlessly carve through the jam: SUVs flanked by Toyota Hilux pickup trucks. The Hilux has become a symbol of power, affluence and intimidation in a society...
Royalty, iconic aircraft, infamous crashes – Kolkata airport brings alive a century of memories2024-12-21
Hindustan Times: Kolkata, From the royal presence of Queen Elizabeth-II, foreign dignitaries such as Cuban PresidentFidel Castro, iconic aircraft like the Concorde to infamous crashes, the Kolkata airport, which is celebrating 100 years of flight operations, has seen it all....
Pakistan military court jails 25 over 2023 attacks2024-12-21
Hindustan Times: By Ariba ShahidPakistan military court jails 25 over 2023 attacks KARACHI -Twenty-five civilians were sentenced by a Pakistani military court to periods of two to 10 years of "rigorous imprisonment" in connection with attacks on military facilities in 2023,...
Bad romance: The complex allure of toxic love in Pakistani dramas2024-12-21
Dawn: Pakistani dramas have seen a drastic shift in their reception since their origin. Despite the release of innumerable dramas over the years, our parents’ generation continued to reminisce about the impact of Dhoop Kinarey, Dhuwan, and Tanhaniyaan on the...
Gwadar to host PSL 10 player draft on January 112024-12-21
Dawn: LAHORE: The Paki­stan CricketBoard (PCB) on Friday announced Balo­­chistan’s port city Gwadar as host for the player draft ceremony of the 10th edition of the HBL PakistanSuper League. The ceremony which will kick off the league’s...
China, Pakistan share latest non-wood forestry findings2024-12-21
Urdu Point: <p>BEIJING, (APP - UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 21st Dec, 2024) Chinese and Pakistani academic achievements in resistant rootstocks for economic forests and grafted and fodder plants were exchanged at the just finished 4th China-Pakistan Tropical...
Pakistan sentences 25 over attacks on military in 2023, military says2024-12-21
The Star: KARACHI (Reuters) - Twenty-five people were sentenced to periods of two to 10 years of "rigorous imprisonment" in connection with attacks on the Pakistan military in May 2023, the military's media wing, said on Saturday. Read full story ......
NZC delegation in Pakistan to asses security arrangements ahead of ODI tri-series2024-12-21
Deccan Herald: <p>Karachi: <a href=...
New Zealand Cricket delegation in Pakistan to asses security arrangements ahead of ODI tri-series2024-12-21
The Hindu: The New Zealand delegation, including security expert Reg Dickason and New ZealandPlayers' Association representative Brad Rodden are in Karachi and Lahore to discuss security arrangements and other preparations for the event ......