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65 killed in Karachi violence: Officials

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Ethnic and criminal violence blamed on gangs has killed 65 people in Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi, with police the latest victims shot dead in a brazen ambush, officials said on Saturday.

42 killed in Karachi violence

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At least 42 people, including a popular former MP of the ruling PPP, were killed in a fresh outbreak of violence unleashed by criminal gangs in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, where gunmen also ab

Pakistan creates ‘national anthem’ world record

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Pakistan has set a world record for the maximum number of people singing a national anthem simultaneously.

A gathering of 5,885 people from Karachi beat the previous record of 5,248 persons achieved

Wasim 'puzzled' by Pakistan selection

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Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said on Monday he was surprised over the decision to exclude pacemen Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul from the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour, saying it would hamper their progre

12 killed, 28 feared trapped in Pak building collapse

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At least 12 people were killed and 28 others feared trapped under the debris and rubble of a four-storey building that collapsed in the congested Lyari area of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi.

25 killed in fresh violence, even as activists walk for peace

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Violence refused to die down in this Pakistani city with 10 more people killed on Sunday, raising the death toll to 25 in the past two days, even as people joined a government-supported peace rally to

Zardari’s son Bilawal to contest next Pakistan election

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has announced that his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman, will contest the upcoming general elections from the party’s s

Shoot-at-sight orders in Karachi; death toll reaches 95

Pakistani authorities on Friday issued shoot-at-sight orders and ordered deployment of 1,000 additional paramilitary troops in Karachi as vicious violence continued to paralyse the country's financial

Pak woman chops off her ex-husband's genitals

An attempt by a Pakistan man to get in touch with his divorced wife ended in disaster as the woman chopped off his genitals in a city hotel here.

Abid Pervaiz, 25, was lucky to have survived the att

Fresh political violence kills 24 in Karachi

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Pakistan’s leading human rights organisation on Wednesday accused the government of failing to stop political killings after officials said another night of violence left 24 people dead in Karachi.

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