Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways has started direct flights from Kuwait to and from Karachi. The low-cost airline operated the first flight between the two countries on November 21. The new route is first in two decades between Kuwait and Karachi. The Kuwaiti airline also operates from Lahore. Jazeera Airways flight J9 507 will depart from Kuwait every Thursday at 10 pm.
Police in Karachi claim to have arrested a suspected hitman associated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) for his alleged involvement in killings of 96 persons. The anti-street crime squad and Soldier Bazaar police arrested Yusuf alias Thelewala and seized a TT pistol, grenade and a motorbike from him. Yusuf had been in hiding since 2003 and got directions from MQM leadership in London.
An instant desert locust activity observed in Malir and adjoining areas of Karachi has concerned residents of the city. However, Department of Plant Protection of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research has said that sudden surge is a part of the creature’s migration from summer-monsoon breeding zone towards coastal areas of Balochistan and does not pose any risk to food supply.
Temperature is expected to hit as low as 13 degrees Celsius on Saturday in Karachi and Sindh as cold wave hits the province. According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) temperature drastically dropped eight degrees to 15 degrees Celsius in the city on Friday. The recent drop in temperature has broken previous record of average minimum temperature recorded in Karachi in November, which is 16 degrees Celsius.
An 11-year old boy Aima’az Ali Abro who hails from Karachi, attained a new Guinness World Record during an international competition. The record he holds was for ascertaining the highest number of nations i.e. 57 just by their outline in one minute. Ali views his Guinness World Record as a stepping stone to achieving more greatness and has set his eyes on one day winning the Nobel Prize.
A young man from Karachi, Atta Rafiq, has manufactured the first of its kind exocar all by himself after 6 months of vigorous hard work. The project was sponsored by a US company. The extremely fuel efficient car has been made from used parts of different vehicles without any support from any Pakistani company or government.
Sindh Food Authority (SFA) conducted a raid on a retailer shop located in Clifton, Karachi and recovered at least three crates of plastic eggs and arrested four people including the shop owner for selling fake eggs for consumption. Over 100 creates of fake eggs in a supply van were also confiscated and sent to laboratory for further testing. SFA along with Sindh police also raided the shops in the area for further inspection.
Najam, a teenager boy from Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase 5 was beaten publicly by a Politician’s guards after he was unable to give way for them to pass through. His mother revealed the suspects as according to her the guards work for Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti (Member of National Assembly). Najam’s mother claimed that despite the unlawful violence no action is taken against anyone by the Police.
Karachi has been named among the 10 least liveable cities in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) — the research and analysis division of the Economist Group — in The Global Liveability Index 2019. This year, Karachi has been ranked 136th on the list — the fifth least liveable city in the world — only managing to fare better than Damascus, Lagos, Dhaka and Tripoli.
Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairperson Mustafa Kamal has been suspended within 24 hours as focal person for sanitation and cleanliness in Karachi. Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar had issued a notification on Monday designating Kamal as ‘Project Director Garbage’ on a voluntary basis. However, the mayor held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to announce that he was suspending Kamal for “acting beyond jurisdiction and authority”.