KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah is presiding over a meeting here at Chief Minister House to review the overall law and order situation in Sindh province in the wake of recent wave of target killings in Karachi.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik is also present at the meeting which is being attended by Home [...]
KARACHI: Horror once again came to haunt the streets of Karachi, as at least 40 people have died in grisly incidents of target killings over the past few days.
A policeman Obaid s/o Muhammed Yousuf was gunned down by unidentified men in Korangi last night.
Also, some arms wielding motorcyclists shot down former councilor Abdul Ghani and [...]
KARACHI: Violence enveloped the city on Wednesday as a fresh wave of politico-ethnic target killings claimed at least 23 lives. According to reports, the latest bout of violence has prompted the authorities to hand over the task of maintaining law-and-order to the Pakistan Rangers, under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
Two young men were shot [...]
KARACHI: Captain of T20 cricket team Shahid Afiridi has expressed satisfaction over team’s performance in T20 World Cup tournament.
Talking to media after reaching back home, Afridi said the team had tried best to perform well in the tournament and overall performance of the team was satisfactory.
Replying to a question, Afridi said Saeed Ajmal is [...]
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team is returning home tomorrow after participating in the ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies.
The national team failed to defend its title as it faced defeat from Australia in the semi-final of the mega event.
Most players of the team are reaching Karachi early in the morning and from here the players [...]
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves have risen to 15.3574 billion dollars, showing an increase of 397 million dollars, according to the central bank.The SBP spokesman, Wasimuddin talking to Geo News said, on May 7, 2010 the foreign reserves held by State Bank amounted to dollars 11.5524 billion. Whereas the net foreign reserves held by [...]
KARACHI: National athlete and Nasim Hameed is still waiting for the big bounties announced by the government and other institutions after winning the title of fastest athlete of South Asia.
Talking to Geo News here, Nasim said Prime Minister and Senate had announced a flat and a plot as a reward for her but so [...]
KARACHI: The local share market witnessed profit taking on Monday with its major Index losing 29 points to close at 10,557.
The Index started off in the green zone and crossed 10,600 mark but failed to sustain it due to profit taking seen at the later stage.
The market turnover was recorded at 210 million shares with [...]
KARACHI: Indian tennis stunt Sania Mirza, is on one hand on course to wed Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, while on the other hand she surprised people as she could become partner of Pakistani tennis thrill Aisam-ul-Haq in mixed doubles, Geo news reported.
In a Geo news program, Aisam announced that due to his gradual better performance [...]
KARACHI: The court has awarded life imprisonment to leaders of Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan in a case of murder. The court established in central jail has announced the punishment on Wednesday.
Farooq Siddiqui, the brother of Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) leader Haroon Siddiqui had been killed after being severely tortured in Landhi [...]
