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KARACHI/AHMEDABAD (Reuters) -Coastal towns and cities in India and Pakistan braced for a rare August cyclone on Friday, as heavy rains and winds forced authorities to close schools and evacuate ...
2025 ICC Champions Trophy: The ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy commences in Karachi, marking Pakistan's first time hosting an ICC event since 1996. [39] Seven people are killed in an attack by gunmen on a bus in Barkhan District, Balochistan. [40] The Balochistan Liberation Army subsequently claims responsibility. [41]
1843 - Town becomes part of colonial British India. [4] 1847 Town becomes part of Sind Division, Bombay Presidency, British India. Karachi Anglo-Indian School founded. 1852 Municipal Commission established. Karachi Fair begins. [5] 1854 - Napier Mole built connecting Kiamari Island. [6] 1858– Agra and Masterman's Bank branch established. [7]
Sartaj Aziz, 94, politician and economist, minister of foreign affairs (1998–1999, 2013–2017), national security advisor (2013–2015) and three-time minister of finance. [citation needed] Qaiser Rashid Khan, 62, jurist, chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (2021–2023). [192] 5 January: Masood ur Rehman Usmani, Islamic scholar. [193]
15 January – Polling for the second phase of Sindh local government elections were held in the 16 districts of Karachi and Hyderabad. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] 18 January – Haji Ghulam Ali , the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , dissolved the 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , on the advice of Mahmood Khan , the Chief Minister of Khyber ...
At that time, Karachi was the capital of Pakistan, but the only cricket ground was the one at the Karachi Gymkhana which had limited seating capacity. [6] A plan was formulated to develop a new stadium for which a plot of land measuring 174.5 acres was acquired by the Pakistan Public Works Department through the Commissioner of Karachi. [6]
Riots erupted on 6 January 1948, after which most of Sindh's Hindu population fled to India, [104] with assistance of the Indian government. [105] Karachi became the focus for the resettlement of middle-class Muslim Muhajir refugees who fled India, with 470,000 refugees in Karachi by May 1948, [106] leading to a drastic alteration of the city's ...
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