Tag: Karachi

Weekend events in your city

Lahore

Book Fair

Date and Time: Feb 6 at 10:30 AM – Feb 10 at 10 PM

Venue: Expo Centre, Johar Town, Lahore.

Shehr-e-Tabassum: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Date: Feb 8, Saturday

Time: 3 PM – 5 PM

Venue: British Council Library, 65 Mozang.

Qissay Kahaniyan: Open Mic Night

Date: Feb 8, Saturday.

Time: 5 PM – 7 PM

Venue: Karak Khel, 20_A Bankers Society Phase 1.

Islamabad

Chocolate Festival

Date and Time: Feb 7 at 1 PM – Feb 9 at 10 PM.

Venue: Safa Gold Mall, Jinnah Super, College Road, F-7 Markaz.

Soul festival 2020

Date and Time: Feb 7 at 3PM – Feb 9 at 1PM.

Venue: Fatima Jinnah /Capital / F-9 Park, F-9, Islamabad.

Karachi

Rafi Peer International Puppet Festival

Date and Time: Feb 7 at 3 PM – Feb 9 at 11 PM

Venue: Bagh Ibn e Qasim, Karachi.

Dhamaal Night

Date: Feb 8, Saturday

Time: 5 PM – 10 PM

Venue: Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Near Karachi Press Club.

February 7, 2020
Police arrest woman for supplying drugs in a rickshaw

Police officials claimed to have arrested a woman along with her partner from the Sohrab Goth area of Karachi over charges of providing ice drug to posh areas and universities using an auto-rickshaw.

As per reports, the woman used to sell ice and other types of drugs through rickshaw that was usually driven by her husband or son so that she could not be caught by the police

The arrested woman, Gul Bibi, and her accomplice identified as Inayat used to smuggle ice drug from Balochistan.

During the raid, the police team seized ice drugs and other narcotics from their possession. According to police, the gang had been arrested twice in the past while further investigation is underway.

February 6, 2020
Weekend events in your city

Lahore

Lahore Music Meet

Date and Time: Feb 1 at 12 PM – Feb 2 at 10 PM

Venue: Alhamra Arts Council, Mall68-Shahra-e-Quaid-eAzam.

Haryali Market

Date: Feb 1 – 2 (Saturday, Sunday)

Time: 1 – 8 PM

Islamabad

Millennial Food Fest

Date: Feb 1, Saturday

Time: 9 AM – 4 PM

Venue: Roots Millennium Schools One World Campus.

Craft Bazaar

Date: Feb 1, Saturday

Time: 3 PM – 8 PM

Venue: HangoutNISTE, Faiz Ahmed Faiz Road, H-8/1, Islamabad.

Karachi

Qaul E Rooh

Date: Jan31, Friday.

Time: 7:30 PM – 11 PM

Venue: Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 13-A, Karachi.

Forest Fish

Date: Feb 1, Saturday.

Time: 4 PM – 6 PM

Venue: Candy Club, 251-A, Block 6, P.E.C.H.S., Karachi.

January 31, 2020
Weekend events in your city

Lahore

Gur Mela

Date: 26 Jan, Sunday

Time: 10 AM – 5 PM

Venue: Meadows Aqua & Safari Resort, 2 KM Khudpur Road , 27 KM Mulatan Road Maraka Stop , Near Behria Town.

Qawali Night

Date: 25 Jan, Saturday

Time: 9 PM – 1:11 AM

Venue: Pind Restaurant Iqbal Town26 Gulshan Block Dubai Chowk , Allama Iqbal Town.

Islamabad

Millennial Food Fest

Date: 25th Jan, Saturday.

Time: 9 AM – 4 PM

Venue: RMS Greenwich Campus, G-13 Islamabad, Road No. 589, Opposite Sector G-13.

Live Screening of Meray Pass Tum ho

Date: 25 Jan, Saturday.

Time: 7 PM – 10:30 PM

Venue: Am Pm Cafe, Shop.no.20, Zaki Center, I-8 Markaz.

Karachi

Soul Fest

Date and Time: Jan 24 at 1 PM – Jan 26 at 11 PM.

Venue: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park Clifton, Boat Basin.

Nunhey Wakeel: A Storytelling Session on Child Rights

Date: 25Jan, Saturday.

Time: 2 PM – 3 PM

Venue: British Council Karachi.

January 24, 2020
Edhi shelter raided after girl allegedly dies of torture

A judicial magistrate along with the team of the Sindh Social Welfare Department raided an Edhi shelter home in Karachi’s Clifton Thursday after a girl allegedly died of torture there.

A woman in her complaint registered in the Clifton police station had stated that a girl was tortured to death by a teacher at the shelter home.

As per reports, SSWD (Sindh Social Welfare Department) officials took seven girls into protective custody during the raid. The statements of around 150 girls were documented in the presence of the judicial magistrate and seven of them complained that they were tortured. The girls were handed over to the Sindh Social Welfare Department.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Edhi Foundation Faisal Edhi rebutted the allegations and termed the case as baseless saying that the girl died a natural death because she was sick.

“It was a natural death that was why it wasn’t reported to the police”, he stated.

He said the complainant had been living in the shelter home since her childhood, adding that her brother wanted to take her home with him which is why “all these stories were being made up”.

Faisal further said that 150 girls were present inside the shelter home at the time of the raid and only seven of them agreed to leave, adding that the girls who were taken into protective custody had “liberal views”.

January 24, 2020
Mercury in Karachi to drop further next week

The temperature in Karachi is going to fall down to 9 degrees Celsius next week as cold winds have started to blow in the port city, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has said.

The weather in the metropolis is expected to get colder from January 27 to January 29, the department said.

“It will get colder as wind speed will increase from 42 km [kilometres] per hour to 48 km per hour,” a spokesperson of the Met Office was quoted as saying.

“The temperature in Karachi has for now been recorded at 18 degrees [Celsius] and is expected to drop to as low as 12 [Celsius] degrees today,” the spokesperson added.

Moisture in the air was recorded at 43% and visibility level was 3 km.

January 23, 2020
Cricket fans can now buy PSL 5 tickets online

Tickets for the fifth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) are now available for sale. The tickets are also available online at www.yayvo.com.

With one month to go before the fifth edition of the cricket festival comes to Pakistani grounds, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced ticket prices and purchase details.

All 34 matches of the HBL Pakistan Super League will be played in Pakistan with Karachi to host nine matches, Lahore 14 matches, Multan three matches and Rawalpindi eight matches from February 20 to March 22.

The first batch of tickets were available for purchase starting at 8 pm Pakistan Standard Time Monday night via Yayvo. General sale of tickets will start on Tuesday, Jan 28 through TCS Express Centres across 38 cities of the country. Each customer can buy up to seven tickets per match on one CNIC.

A dedicated 24/7 TCS helpline will also provide support to the customers throughout the ticketing process. In addition, a webchat customer support desk (www.tcsexpress.com) and a WhatsApp number (+92-316-112-3456) will remain active during this time to address requests.

For the grand opening ceremony and
opening match in Karachi that is on Feb 20, tickets have been priced between
Rs1,000 to 6,000. The ticket price range for the final match on March 22, in
Lahore, will be from Rs 500 to Rs 5,000.

The 2020 edition of the 20-over tournament kicks off on February 20 with defending champions Quetta Gladiators playing two-time champions Islamabad United at Karachi’s National Stadium.

Schedule with ticket prices:

January 21, 2020
Karachi: World’s largest urban forest to be planted along Lyari river

Sindh Minister for Local Government and Forests Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has announced that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will soon inaugurate the world’s largest urban forest that will be planted along the Lyari River in Karachi over an area of 26 kilometres.

According to The News, Shah, while speaking to journalists on Monday, vowed to ensure that only environment-friendly trees that bear fruits will be planted, and said the project had been initiated according to the vision of the PPP chairman.

The first phase of the project will be initiated at the bank of the Lyari River, while in the second phase, an urban forest will be planted along the Malir River, he added.

The minister directed the authorities concerned to make arrangements for setting up recreational facilities for citizens as part of the project and also ordered constructing small playgrounds for children as well as a jogging track.

He said that planting an urban forest along the rivers will turn the entire area into an attractive spot for local and foreign tourists. Shah added that such urban forests will also be planted in other parts of the city.

The minister said that apart from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), other political parties are also supporting the provincial government in the project and announced constructing football, boxing grounds as well as volleyball and basketball courts for children of the city so they can involve themselves in healthy activities.

The minister said that due to climate change and the ever-increasing temperature of Karachi, it was necessary to plant more trees. He also urged Karachiites to help in curbing pollution.

January 21, 2020
Weekend events in your city

Karachi

Asim Azhar Concert

Date: 18th Jan, Saturday.

Time: 6PM – 11PM.

Venue: Nazimabad Gymkhana Cricket Stadium.

Qissa Kahani

Date: 19th Jan, Sunday.

Time: 12 PM – 1 PM

Venue: British Council, Karachi.

Lahore

Sham-e-Ghazal

Date: 18th Jan, Saturday.

Time: 4 PM – 7:30 PM

Venue: Cosmopolitan Club, Lawrence Garden.

Heritage Street Bhatti Gate Tour

Date: 19th Jan, Sunday.

Time: 11 AM – 2 PM

Venue: Fort Road Food Street, Walled City.

Islamabad

Comic Meet and Greet

Date: 19th Jan, Sunday.

Time: 4 PM – 6 PM

Venue: All Things Superhero,LG-10-A, Union Gold Mall, F7 Markaz.

Musical Night

Date: 18th Jan, Saturday.

Time: 7 – 9 PM

Venue: ChaiLogue, Shop number 3, Imperial Square, Khalid Bin Waleed Road.

January 17, 2020
Rs18 billion scam discovered in PAF housing society for martyrs

An accountability court in Karachi was on Wednesday informed of massive fraud in Fazaia Housing Scheme Karachi (FHSK) by two builders with the connivance of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officials, cheating people of billions of rupees.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested Tanveer Ahmed and Bilal Tanveer, said to be associated with Maxim Properties, for allegedly depriving the public of Rs18 billion through investments in the FHSK.

During the hearing, NAB told the court that the land was allocated to the heirs of martyrs, but only 30 units were allocated to their families out of the 8,400 planned housing units.

According to the NAB, the detained builders, in connivance with the PAF officials, collected Rs18.2bn under the heads of form fees, registration, open certificate, standard and luxury apartments, surcharge, transfer fees, overseas apartments, overseas transfer fee, bungalows, the surcharge, transfer and proceedings fee for the bungalows and direct deposits.

The suspects were produced in the court for a physical remand, which was extended by 14 days.

January 16, 2020