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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
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 ...
1935 - May: Qazi Khuda Buksh becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1936 City becomes capital of Sindh Province, British India. May: K.B. Aradsher H. Mama becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1937 - May: Durgha Das B. Adwani becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1938 - May: Hatim A. Alvi becomes Mayor of Karachi. [25] 1939 - May: R.K. Sidhwa becomes Mayor of ...
Following the Partition of India in 1947, Karachi was declared the capital of the newly formed Islamic Republic of Pakistan. [5] To ensure the federal government's autonomy, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was carved out of Karachi District in 1948. [6] The FCT remained the capital of Pakistan until 1960 when the capital was shifted to ...
Karachi Time (Urdu: کراچی وقت, abbreviated as KART, LMT or Local Mean Time) was a time zone set at UTC+04:28:12 ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and observed prior until 1907 in Karachi. The local time was established by the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry. [1] [2] From 1951 to 1971, the term Karachi Time was again used to denote ...
The 2023 Pakistan blackout was a power outage that occurred across the entirety of Pakistan on 23 January 2023. [1] This was the second major grid breakdown in Pakistan in 2 years, and the second largest blackout in history. [2]
Towards the end of 1971, there were rising tensions between India and Pakistan, and after Pakistan declared a national emergency on 23 November, the Indian Navy deployed three Vidyut-class missile boats in the vicinity of Okha, near Karachi, to carry out patrols. As the Pakistani fleet would also be operating in the same waters, the Indian Navy ...
Karachi (/ k ə ˈ r ɑː tʃ i /; Urdu: کراچی [kə.ɾɑː.t͡ʃiː]; Sindhi: ڪراچي ; IPA: [kəˈraːtʃi] ⓘ) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million.