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Pakistan street cricket comes to life after dark during Ramadan

Karachi (AFP) - After midnight during Ramadan, makeshift floodlights transform a central Karachi basketball court into an urban cricket arena, where dozens of young Pakistani men chase taped-up tennis balls zipping through the night air.

AFP

UAE and China promise Pakistan $1.3 bln to get IMF deal on track

Karachi (AFP) - Pakistan announced financial support Friday from the United Arab Emirates and China totalling $1.3 billion, giving the ailing economy a shot in the arm as it seeks to meet conditions for the resumption of an International Monetary Fund bailout.

AFP

4 firefighters die in garment factory blaze in Pakistan

Officials say four firefighters have died and nearly a dozen others were injured after a massive fire broke out in a garment factory in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi

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Ailing Pakistan elephant survives jumbo diagnosis

Karachi (AFP) - International vets "nearly lost" a 17-year-old elephant in Pakistan on Wednesday after knocking her out to perform diagnostic tests, but they now hope to treat multiple issues that have left her crippled for months.

AFP

Deadly chaos as Pakistanis scramble for scarce donations

Seven-year-old Saad Umer joined a crowd in a poor neighbourhood in the Pakistani city of Karachi rushing to get a handout of flour and a little cash from a charity trying to help the most vulnerable cope with runaway prices.

Reuters

Pakistani police arrest 8 after deadly Ramadan food stampede

Pakistani police say they have arrested eight people following a deadly Ramadan stampede in the southern city of Karachi

The Independent UK

At least 11 killed in Pakistan Ramadan donation stampede

Karachi (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed in a crowd crush in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi Friday as a Ramadan alms donation sparked a stampede in the inflation-hit nation, police said.

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Stampede at food distribution center kills 11 in Pakistan

Pakistani police say 11 women and children have been killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food distribution center in the southern port city of Karachi

The Independent UK

Stampede at Ramadan food distribution centre kills 11 in Pakistan

Women and children die when people panic and push each other to collect food in Karachi, officials say.

Al Jazeera

At least two killed in stampede for food aid in southern Pakistan

At least two people were killed in a stampede at a distribution site for food aid in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, a health official said, one of several such incidents in recent weeks as the country's economic crisis bites.

Reuters

‘We’d have died of hunger’: the charity kitchens feeding millions in Pakistan

Lost jobs and soaring prices have pushed 5m Pakistanis to the edge. As demand soars at Ramadan, charities cannot cope

The Guardian - UK

Karachi United: Giving hope to footballers in impoverished areas

Most of KU’s community centres operate out of low-income areas of Karachi.

Al Jazeera

More Clashes in Pakistan as Police Try to Arrest Imran Khan

Clashes between Pakistan's police and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan persisted for a second day outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, a day after officers went to arrest him for failing to appear in court on graft charges. There have also been clashes…

Asharq Al-Awsat

IndiGo flight from Delhi to Doha diverted to Karachi after passenger falls ill and later dies

Passenger dies onboard before plane lands in Pakistan

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Doha-bound Indian flight makes emergency landing at Karachi after passenger dies

A Doha-bound IndiGo flight from Delhi on Monday was diverted to the Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan's Karachi after a man died mid-flight. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells

Asylum seekers in Karachi tell of terror of being sent back to the Taliban and despair at being shackled and held in Pakistani jails

Daily Mirror

Brothers freed from Guantanamo Bay after 20 years despite never being charged

Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani were seized in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2002 and handed over to US authorities. They claim they were tortured by CIA operatives before winding up in the notorious internment camp

Al Jazeera

Two Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges

Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani, arrested from Karachi in 2002, are the latest inmates to be released from US custody.

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Pakistan's resurgent militancy is a 'Frankenstein monster' of its own creation, experts say

Experts fear the return of a vicious and bloody cycle of militancy as two terrorist assaults within weeks claim more than 100 lives in a country grappling with economic meltdown.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan Taliban Warn of More Attacks against Police after Compound Raid

Pakistan's Taliban warned Saturday of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four people were killed when a suicide squad stormed a police compound in Karachi. The police are often used on the frontline of Pakistan's battle with the Taliban and frequently a target of militants who accuse…

AFP

Pakistan Taliban warn of more attacks against police after compound raid

Karachi (AFP) - Pakistan's Taliban warned Saturday of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four people were killed when a suicide squad stormed a police compound in Karachi.

The Guardian - UK

At least four killed as Pakistani Taliban militants storm police HQ in Karachi

Officials say three attackers also dead as police and paramilitary forces clear building in gun battle

The Independent UK

Pakistan militants launch deadly suicide attack on police headquarters in Karachi

Attack comes as Karachi hosts overseas cricket teams competing in the Pakistan Super League

AFP

Four killed in Karachi police attack claimed by Pakistan Taliban

Karachi (AFP) - At least four people were killed when a Pakistan Taliban suicide squad stormed a police compound Friday in the port city of Karachi, with a gun battle raging for hours as security forces went floor-to-floor through an office building in pursuit of the assailants.

Reuters

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Islamists stormed a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, killing at least two people amid gunfire and explosions, officials said.

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