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Every story Skardu Times has filed on karachi, newest first.
LPG associations call nationwide strike from 16 November
Marketers reject a new pricing formula they say could raise LPG prices by 25 to 30 per cent, and give the government 15 days to accept their demands.
Court grants bail to Iqrarul Hassan in cybercrime case
A Karachi court ordered his release on Rs200,000 surety bonds, three weeks after the NCCIA arrested him over posts on X, Instagram and Facebook.
World Bank approves $150m for Sindh property tax and municipal services
The Sindh Property Revenues Enhancement Program will back urban immovable property tax collection and the service delivery capacity of selected local councils, Karachi foremost.
Sindh forms committee to review local bodies and audit budgets
The panel, chaired by local government minister Nasir Hussain Shah, will examine illegal recruitment and budget irregularities from union councils up to district councils.
Karachi courts order park and Scheme 33 land cleared of encroachments
The Sindh High Court wants a park cleared and a report by 20 January, while a Malir civil court has given seven days to vacate eight acres in Scheme 33.
ABHI Microfinance Bank sets November 5-6 bidding for Rs3bn IPO
The Karachi-listed bank will sell 132 million shares at a floor price of Rs15, with retail subscription due on November 12 and 13.
Pakistan Railways rolls out new 20-coach Karakoram Express rake
The Lahore-Karachi service, to be run by a private operator, offers four classes and leaves both cities daily at 3:00pm.
FPCCI proposes joint halal standards as ASEAN envoys meet Sindh CM
Chamber says Pakistan exports under $1.5bn against imports above $10bn, while Murad Ali Shah offers ASEAN investors projects in agriculture, pharma and IT.
Hugo Boss to rejoin Pakistan Accord from January 2027
The German fashion group reverses its refusal to renew the legally binding factory safety pact, after unions called the exit completely unacceptable.
PIA to add four aircraft, first to fly from November 1
Parliamentary secretary tells the National Assembly the second plane arrives on November 15, with two more due in January 2027 for Karachi routes.
MQM lawmaker seeks PAC probe into Rs7.5bn KMC development spending
Taha Ahmed Khan's letter to committee chairman Nisar Khuhro also asks for a CMIT inquiry into KMC's schemes and tendering, and transparency in Rs15-16bn of tenders this year
Karachi residents, JI to challenge Nehr-i-Khayyam project in court
Critics, including officials inside the environmental watchdog, call the review an eyewash with construction reported about 80 per cent complete.
Fire at Karachi furniture market brought under control, no casualties
Chief Fire Officer Humayun Khan said four fire tenders and a water bowser were used; a shopkeeper said crews reached the market 15 to 20 minutes after the alarm.
FBR rules out reversal of faceless customs assessment
The board says moving the Central Appraising Unit to Islamabad is the next phase of reform and reports average clearance time falling from 40.2 to 20.57 hours.
NAB names Malik Riaz, Qaim Ali Shah in 18,000-acre Karachi land case
The accountability bureau's Karachi reference names 33 accused and cites exchequer losses of up to Rs783 billion over Malir Development Authority land.
Lucky Cement plans 3.2 MTPA Karachi expansion and Congo addition
The company's first-quarter FY27 briefing says new Karachi capacity should begin commercial production in December 2027, alongside a 1.6 MTPA addition in Congo.
PSX closes above 164,000 as buyers return after rate hike
Topline Securities says the benchmark gained 1,428.73 points, or 0.88 per cent, to settle at 164,467.20 despite the State Bank raising its policy rate by 50 basis points.
PM approves Lahore and Karachi airport expansion under master plans
Islamabad meeting reviewed a foreign firm's survey of passenger facilities and ordered third-party validation of construction quality.
Cybercrime agency arrests schoolgirl's alleged blackmailer within 15 minutes
The NCCIA says it has recorded 351 arrests in social media harassment cases, while raids on four call centres in Lahore and Karachi produced 89 more.
Supreme Court Bar Association polling opens in Lahore and Peshawar, delayed in Karachi
About 4,634 lawyers are registered to vote for president, secretary, additional secretary and finance secretary in the 2026-27 annual elections.
SBP governor says fundamentals improved despite global shocks
Speaking at ICMAP's convocation in Karachi, Jameel Ahmad said inflation is near target and growth recovering, and warned against short-term fixes.
Sindh forms JIT to probe Karachi businessman's murder
DIG West Irfan Baloch will convene a team that includes ISI, IB, Rangers and cybercrime representatives and must examine the victim's phone and social media records.
Karachi hospitals report sharp rise in flu cases as H1N1 circulates
Doctors at Aga Khan University Hospital, Civil Hospital and JPMC say daily patient loads have doubled, with about 400 influenza cases recorded at AKUH this year.
Women-led Karachi motorcycle rally pushes breast cancer awareness
Riders travelled from Z Volta's headquarters along Shahrah-e-Faisal to Avari Tower and back, with a surgeon briefing participants on early detection.
Karachi mayor opens upgraded Gadap water pumping station
The Saulah Muhammad station serves housing societies along Memon Goth Road, while a new 10 MGD pipeline is announced for Lyari.
Karachi woman, 65, found murdered in Sharifabad government flat
Police say Farida Begum, a mother of five, was struck with stones and her throat cut; the body lay for hours at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for want of a lady MLO.
GB chief minister says Kashmir cause is every Pakistani's duty
Amjad Hussain Advocate told a Karachi rally marking Kashmir Black Day that the freedom movement has no fixed timeline and cannot be suppressed by force.
Sindh home minister seeks report on Karachi DHA gunpoint harassment video
Ziaul Hassan Lanjar ordered police to identify the men in the footage and to establish when and where it was filmed; no arrests have been announced.
Dumper kills girl, 11, in Karachi; Tariq Road crash kills woman
Police impounded the truck in Bhains Colony after a crowd smashed its windscreen, and a pedestrian struck by an unidentified vehicle died in hospital.
Bilawal says provinces issue must end, centre should focus on Karachi
Speaking at a revived eye hospital in Lyari, the PPP chairman said Sindh has given its verdict and that the federal government has not discussed the 28th amendment with him.
National Assembly takes up Karachi load-shedding as Bilawal faults federal government
MQM-P's Aminul Haq called K-Electric a mafia over overbilling and night-time outages, and the deputy speaker sent the matter to the energy standing committee.
Bilawal says Sindh Assembly has closed new provinces debate
PPP chairman tells reporters in Karachi's Lyari that Sindh's people and their elected representatives have already given their decision on the question.
Karachi smartphone prices jump by up to Rs 30,000
Dealers blame rising memory-chip costs driven by artificial intelligence demand rather than taxes, as basic handsets double in price for low-income buyers.
FIA immigration system outage disrupts clearance at airports nationwide
Airport officials say the failure hit counters across the country at once and took about an hour to restore, delaying international departures.
K-Electric eases load-shedding in Korangi, SITE and other Karachi areas
The utility's quarterly review moves several neighbourhoods from the medium-loss to the low-loss category and others out of the high-loss bracket.
Police arrest prime suspect in Gadap mobile phone theft case
Malir police say Babar alias Sahil Salman was held on his way to sell the handsets, with 40 phones and a pistol recovered from him.
Karachi board declares first-year results under new grading system
Candidates must score at least 40 per cent in every paper, and anyone below that is marked "ungraded" in that subject, the board says
Four killed in Islamabad and Karachi police encounters within 12 hours
Minute Mirror reports two Afghan nationals among the dead in the capital and eight injured and arrested in Karachi, saying the pattern has spread from Punjab.
Karachi police briefly detain more than 10 JI local representatives
Jamaat-e-Islami's Karachi chief says union committee chairmen and councillors were summoned to police stations and held without reason; police have not commented.
Sindh High Court moves thousands of narcotics cases to five Karachi courts
The Express Tribune reports the transfer order but does not name the five courts, give an exact case count or set out a timetable.