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By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least seven people, including three suspected militants, have been killed and nineteen others injured after heavily armed terrorists stormed the police headquarters in the port city of Karachi on Friday evening, officials and local media reported. A group of at three assailants who stormed the compound at 7.10 […]

19th Dec 2021

Pakistan: Suspected gas explosion kills 16 in Karachi

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 16 people were killed and nearly a dozen injured in a suspected gas leak explosion that shook the southern port city of Karachi, police and health officials said. The explosion occurred outside a building in Shershah area, an industrial district of Karachi, which serves as the […]

29th Jun 2020

Pakistan: 9 killed as terrorists attack stock exchange

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least nine people were killed as gunmen attacked the Pakistani stock exchange building in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, police said. The building is in a high-security zone and also houses the head offices of many private banks. The dead include four attackers, four […]

23rd May 2020

Pakistan: 97 killed in plane crash, 2 survive

By Aaamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 97 people were killed and two survived when a plane crashed in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, the army said on Saturday. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-8303, traveling from the northeastern Lahore, crashed Friday into a residential area near Jinnah International Airport while […]

13th May 2019

Pakistan’s roadside iftar feeds thousands in Ramadan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): As the sun begins to fade in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, volunteers start fixing traditional delicacies and drinks on scores of tables at different points of Karachi’s main University Road. Others roll large plastic mats on the stony footpaths and fill them with food. Motorists pull […]

23rd Nov 2018

Pakistan: Bombing kills 25 in Orakzai market

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): At least 25 people were killed and 35 injured in a bomb attack in Kalaya Bazaar, northwest Pakistan on Friday, local media reported. Meanwhile, a terror attack on the Chinese Consulate General situated in the posh Clifton locality of the port city of Karachi, was foiled by security forces […]

17th Nov 2018

Pakistan: Bomb kills 2, injures 10, in Karachi

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least two people were killed and ten injured in a bomb explosion in southern port city of Karachi on late Friday, police said. However, soon after the blast, Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials defused a second bomb, with at least two kilograms of explosives. Officials said the […]

5th Dec 2016

Pakistan: 11 killed in fire at Karachi hotel

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 11 people were killed and 75 injured in a fire at a Karachi hotel early Monday, officials said. The blaze engulfed the four-star Regent Plaza hotel in the city’s downtown after breaking out in the kitchen on the ground floor, Chief Fire Officer Tahseen Ahmed said. Dr. […]

3rd Nov 2016

Pakistan: 18 killed in train collision in Karachi

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains near Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi’s Landi Railway Station on Thursday, police and health officials said. Witnesses described watching in horror as Zakaria Express from Multan rammed into Fareed […]

30th Oct 2016

Pakistan: 5 Shia Muslims killed in terror shooting during religious event

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least five Shia Muslims, including a woman, were killed and 11 others injured when gunmen opened fire on a congregation in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Saturday, police said. The incident, the latest in a series of sectarian attacks, occurred in Karachi’s central district, where over 50 people, […]

9th May 2016

Pakistan: Taliban kill prominent rights activist in Karachi

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): The Taliban have claimed responsibility for killing prominent blogger and rights activist Khurram Zaki, who was gunned down in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi late Saturday night. He was killed just after he had twitted on Sadiq Khan, MP, winning the London Mayor elections: Khurram Zaki ‏@intaffairs May 7 […]

29th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Heatwave death toll tops 1,400

[Photo: Pakistani People cool off themselves in a canal at Lahore, where temperature reached 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit), June 28. Photographer: Rana Irfan Ali/AA] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): There has been no let-up in deaths caused by a blistering heatwave which has gripped Pakistan’s southern Sindh province for over a week, with Sunday’s death […]

26th Jun 2015

Pakistan: More than 1000 killed by heatwave

[Photo: An Army doctor treats a patient affected by heatwave at heat stroke centre in Karachi on June 24. Photographer: Sabir Mazhar/AA] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A four-day long heatwave in Pakistan has killed more than 1000 people. Health officials told reporters on Tuesday that at least 748 of the deaths had been in the populous southern port […]

24th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Heatwave has killed 782 in 3 days

[Photo: Pakistani relatives shift a heatstroke victim to a hospital in Karachi, on June 24. Photo Sabir Mazhar, AA] By Hasan Mansoor KARACHI, (Dawn): While prolonged power cuts and the harsh heatwave persisted across Sindh, another 337 people — 311 in Karachi alone — died in public and private sector hospitals of the province on Tuesday, […]

23rd Jun 2015

Pakistan: Relief from heatwave as parts of Karachi receive rain

KARACHI, (The News, Xinhua): Residents of the city have been struggling with the worst heatwave in decades and now they can breathe a sigh of relief. Parts of the city received light rain on Monday turning the weather pleasant. Rain was received in Orangi Town, North Nazimabad and F.B. Area. Death toll from […]

22nd Jun 2015

Pakistan: Heatwave devastates Sindh, 136 dead

[Photo: Ambulances bringing bodies of people who died because of heatstroke and dehydration pictured outside the Edhi morgue in Karachi on Sunday.—Online] By Hasan Mansoor KARACHI, (Dawn): Despite the Met office’s academic conclusion about Karachi’s weather sliding down a notch, a devastating heatwave gripping Sindh for several days has taken a toll of […]

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.