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Dozens of body parts are found after Pakistan's shopping plaza fire

Officials in Pakistan have discovered body parts thought to belong to over a dozen people in a Karachi shopping plaza after a devastating weekend fire

The Independent UK · Jan 21

Hopes fade in fourth day of search for dozens missing in Karachi shopping plaza fire

Hopes of finding survivors of a Karachi shopping plaza fire have faded

The Independent UK · Jan 20

Death toll in Karachi shopping plaza fire rises to 23 as search continues for 46 missing

On Sunday night, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said families had reported about 46 people missing, prompting authorities to launch a search operation.

Euronews · Jan 19

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Death toll in Karachi shopping plaza fire rises to 10 as search continues for dozens missing

Officials say the death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, has jumped to 10 after rescuers recovered four more bodies from the building during the search for dozens of people reported missing

The Independent UK · Jan 19

Death toll rises to 6 in a fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s city of Karachi

Firefighters in Karachi are battling a blaze at a multistory shopping plaza that erupted overnight, killing six people, including a firefighter

The Independent UK · Jan 18

15 killed and dozens missing as massive fire rages for hours at Pakistan shopping plaza

Huge fire sweeps through shops and warehouses at Gul Plaza in Karachi at around 10pm local time when most shop owners were winding down their businesses

The Independent UK · Jan 17

Women make inroads in Pakistan as they become firefighters and barriers slowly fall

Women in Pakistan are slowly making inroads as they become firefighters and barriers slowly fall in this staunchly patriarchal and traditional Islamic nation

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2025

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Spirituality isn’t rigid dogma. It’s a living, breathing practice that helps make sense of an incomprehensible world

I grew up in Kabul and Karachi. In both, I learned the value of the quiet rituals observed while no one is watching

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2025

'I Know It's Immoral': Child Workers Still Common In Pakistan

From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.

International Business Times · Oct 13, 2025

Range Rover stolen in UK turns up three years later in Pakistan

Black Range Rover Sport stolen from Harrogate in 2022 signalled its location in Karachi three years later

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

How extreme temperatures strain minds and bodies: a Karachi case study

When the daytime air feels like an oven and night brings no relief, people in Karachi, Pakistan, say the heat “goes straight to the head”. They mean more than dizziness or sweat.

The Conversation · Oct 6, 2025

From Karachi’s crowded markets and Kabul’s alleys to Australia’s vast sky: budgies are for me fragments of memory

The contrast between the captive birds of my childhood and the wild flocks of my new home has become more than an observation

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2025

How water fuels conflict in Pakistan

For ten days in April 2025, Pakistan almost came to a standstill. No freight was moving from its only port city, Karachi, towards the population centres in the north. The cause was the government’s announcement of a project to build six canals to irrigate the Cholistan Desert in the east…

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2025

Outrage in Pakistan after three transgender women killed and left on roadside

The victims' bodies were found on a roadside on Sunday

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025

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International Business Times · Aug 27, 2025

Pakistan's Monsoon Misery: Nature's Fury, Man's Mistake

Floodwaters gushing through mountain villages, cities rendered swamps, mourners gathered at fresh graves -- as Pakistan's monsoon season once again delivers scenes of calamity, it also lays bare woeful preparedness.

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

Explosion at Pakistan fireworks storage facility injures at least 25 people

Officials say an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi has injured at least 25 people, some critically

Al Jazeera · Aug 21, 2025

What’s causing Pakistan’s deadly floods?

Further flooding is predicted in cities including Karachi in the south of Pakistan.

Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025

Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan kill over 20, including 10 in Karachi

Schools shut and villages swept away as Pakistan reels from monsoon devastation.

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The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025

Girl, 7, among three killed in celebratory gunfire on Pakistan’s independence day

Aerial firing across Karachi also injured over 100 people

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to parts of Pakistan after hotel security alert

People have been urged to avoid crowds and stay alert in places frequently visited by tourists and citizens of Western countries

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Pakistani actor Humaira Asghar Ali found dead in Karachi flat

Police rule out foul play

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2025

At least 27 bodies recovered from collapsed Pakistan building as rescue ends

Rescuers pull 11 more bodies from rubble of the building that collapsed on Friday

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2025

A multistory building collapse in Pakistan's port city of Karachi kills at least 6 people

Officials say a multistory building has collapsed in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, killing at least six people and injuring several others

International Business Times · Jul 4, 2025

Pakistan Building Collapse Kills 7

A five-storey building collapsed in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring eight, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.

Al Jazeera · Jun 11, 2025

Are India and Pakistan preparing for a naval face-off in a future conflict?

Recent signals from both governments have underscored how their navies could play a central role in their next face-off.

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