Karachi’s coronavirus positivity ratio raises to 10.25% By: Web Desk on January 7, 2022KARACHI: On Friday, with a drastic increase in coronavirus cases in Karachi, the coronavirus positivity ratio of the city reached 10.25% as 650 people were found infected with the virus last night, the federal ministry of health said. As per the statistics issued by the ministry 6,340 tests were conducted in Karachi during the last […]
Karachi to receive heavy rain with thunder tonight: PMD By: Web Desk on January 6, 2022KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department forecast heavy rain with thunder in Karachi tonight (Thursday). As the second spell of winter rain started in Karachi on Tuesday as parts of the city received light to heavy rain that turned the weather cold. However, In the latest weather updates issued by the Met department stated that during the […]
Karachi likely to have second winter rain spell, thunderstorm from Jan 4 By: Web Desk on January 3, 2022Several districts in Karachi are expected to have a second spell of winter rain between January 4 to January 6, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said. Cold weather will enter the city over the next 24 hours as the city combats with the new weather system. Meanwhile, the Met department has forecast there will be […]
Eleven more Omicron cases reported in Karachi By: Web Desk on December 31, 2021On Friday, Karachi reported another eleven cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Daily Times reported. According to the sources that eleven members of a single family were found to be infected with the new strain. The affected people, residents of the city’s District East, include eight women and three men whose ages range […]
Murtaza Wahab inaugurates ‘Misaali Park’ in Karachi’s Shah Faisal By: Web Desk on December 29, 2021KARACHI: City Administrator Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday opened a newly built park in Karachi’s Shah Faisal Colony. “[I] inaugurated Misaali Park for the residents of Shah Faisal Colony. The park had remained a dumping ground in the past but KMC has now restored it into a beautiful green space for citizens to come and enjoy,” […]
Death toll in Karachi Shershah blast climbs to 18 By: Web Desk on December 22, 2021KARACHI: On Wednesday, another person died who got injured in a blast in Karachi’s Shershah area, bringing the overall death toll to 18. Deceased name Jamil Ahmad, a resident of Rajanpur, Punjab, has been taken to his native town for burial. On December 18, 2021, a building housing a private bank collapsed after an explosion […]
NEPRA increases K-Electric tariff by Rs3.75 per unit By: Web Desk on December 7, 2021ISLAMABAD: Citizens of Karachi will have to pay Rs3.75 more per unit in December electricity bills for power they used in September 2021. Moreover, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved an application by the K-Electric seeking an increase in electricity tariff on account of fuel adjustment charges for the month of Sept […]
Cold wave may grip Karachi in next few days By: Web Desk on December 2, 2021The Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) has forecast that severe cold conditions are likely to grip Karachi in the next few days. PMD Director Sardar Sarfaraz said that light rain is expected in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 5 and 6 while snowfall is predicted in hilly areas of the country […]