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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 ...
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]
The Karachi Agreement formally called the Agreement Between Military Representatives of India and Pakistan Regarding the Establishment of a Cease-Fire Line in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, was signed on 27 July 1949, supervised by the Truce Subcommittee of the UNCIP. [1] The signatories were: Lt. Gen. S. M. Shrinagesh, on behalf of India
26 April - 2022 University of Karachi bombing; 12 May - 2022 Karachi Saddar bombing; 15 May - 2022 Miranshah suicide bombing; 16 May - 2022 Karachi Bolton Market bombing; 19 May - One person was killed and several were injured in a bomb blast in Quetta. [3]
2 January: India-Pakistan exchange a list of their nuclear installations. [270] 12 January: Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes, 11 Afghan soldiers are killed but no casualties on Pakistani side. January: 2012 Pakistan fake medicine crisis kills 112. [271] 24 April: Karachi targeted action and Operation Lyari are initiated.
The following is a list of floods in Pakistan. In 1973 heavy rains in Indian Kashmir caused the Indus River to overflow and flood the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] 1992 India–Pakistan floods; 1993 Monsoon Floods Across South Asia killed fifteen people in Pakistan. [2] In 1995 heavy monsoon rains occurred in mid-July.
Monsoon rains caused urban flooding in Karachi and Rawalpindi, the largest cities in Pakistan. At least 23 people, including seven children, died after Karachi received up to 130 millimetres (5.1 in) of rainfall on 31 August. Most of the victims died from being electrocuted, with others being killed by partial building collapses or drowning.
Since its establishment in 1947, Pakistan has been involved in numerous armed conflicts, both domestically and internationally.Historically and presently, the primary focus of its military operations has been on neighboring India, with whom Pakistan has fought four major wars, as well as the Siachen conflict, frequent border skirmishes, and standoffs.