October 22, 2026
LPG Selling at Rs580 a Kilo — More Than Twice the Official Rate
OGRA's notified price is Rs279.34. Traders say producers themselves supply at Rs520, which makes the official rate a number with no bearing on what households pay.
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Hyderabad confirmed as seventh PSL team in landmark auction
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi (left) and FKS owner Fawad Sarwar at the auction for the two new PSL teams at the Jinnah Convention Center in Islamabad on January 8, 2026. — PSL ISLAMABAD: FKS Group on Thursday bagged one of the two new Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises after successfully bidding Rs1.75 billion in the league’s expansion auction. All 10 eligible bidders competed fiercely, submitting huge bids for the new team. The Fawad Sarwar-owned company emerged as the winner by bidding Rs 1.75 billion, successfully leading the auction and taking the helm of the new franchise. This marks the second
December 16, 2025
Bondi mass shooting gunman Sajid Akram was from Hyderabad, India
Akram immigrated to Australia in 1998 and visited India six times after immigrating Police search for evidence around the area where the shooting took place at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 16, 2025. Australia’s leaders agreed to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, the worst mass shooting in decades in what authorities described as anti-Semitic “terrorism”. Photo: AFP Indian police said on Tuesday that one of the two gunmen behind the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia, Sajid Akram, was an Indian citizen who had fled the country 27
December 16, 2025
Bondi striker Sajid Akram ‘was from Hyderabad, India’
Armed police officers at the scene of the shooting. — AFP Sajid Akram moved to Australia in 1998, Indian authorities say. Akram visited India for the last time in 2022, Indian officials say. His son, Naveed, the second striker, was born in Australia in 2001. One of the two gunmen involved in the Bodhi Beach shooting that left at least 15 dead during a Jewish gathering in Australia on December 14 was from Hyderabad, according to Indian government officials. The Hindu was mentioned. Indian authorities shared details of the gunman, Sajid Akram, 50, who is now dead, after a background
Sindh dengue death toll nears 40 as minor girl dies in Hyderabad
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside the Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil. — Reuters/Files Karachi worst hit, 117 positive cases reported in day: officials. 21 patients were admitted to state hospitals, 25 to private institutions. Dengue fever is transmitted through the bites of infected Aedes mosquitoes. KARACHI: A seven-year-old girl died of dengue fever in Hyderabad, taking the death toll to 39 in Sindh this year, provincial health department sources said on Friday. At least 173 additional cases have also been reported in the past 24 hours, the health ministry confirmed. In an alarming situation, dengue cases are on the
November 17, 2025
42 Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad feared dead in Mecca-Madina bus accident
At least 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad are feared dead after a passenger bus traveling from Mecca to Medina collided with a diesel tanker early Monday morning. The accident happened at approximately 01:00 am. Pakistan Standard Time (PST) in an area identified as Mufrihat, according to MediaOne. There were 43 passengers on the bus and MediaOne states that only one person is believed to have survived. The lone survivor has been admitted to a hospital for treatment. BREAKING: At least 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims are feared dead after their bus collided with a tanker in Saudi Arabia. This is
From Hyderabad to Cannes
Karachi: The sound of Japanese Taiko drums echoes at a rate during opening credit. The rhythm madness builds not in contrast to that of a pre-war accumulation as we see a Kurosawa-Esque montage of a broken city-down walls, doors, empty alleys-until we reach what looks like a homeless man who wakes up in the dark ruins. This is how director Aleem Bukhari opens his last short film Cursor. The film premiered as part of the director of the Cannes Film Festival on May 22 and is the first Pakistani short film to win the price. Going guerrilla CursorSays Bukhari, is
Abhishek hits the tone for Hyderabad on IPL
Open Abhishek Sharma broke 141 out of 55 balls, as Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled out the second highest hunt of 246 to pound Punjab Kings from eight wickers on Saturday. Abhishek and a colleague left -wing opened by Travis Head, who hit 66, put the highest stance of 171 this season to install the hunt before the Hyderabad guests achieved the target with nine balls to be made available. The chase was behind the 262 Punjab record against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens last year. Abhishek’s score – the first of the IPL century – is the third individual score
January 29, 2025
Protests continue for 4th day in Sanghar after police refuse to include PPP MNA Allauddin Junejo in FIR for deadly armed assault
SANGHAR: The protest demonstration by angry protesters continued for the four day on Wednesday after Sanghar police had refused to nominate Pakistan Peoples Party’s MNA Allauddin Junejo in the FIR of killing three men and injuring over a dozen in an armed assault on Sunday. The protest demonstrations were staged outside Sanghar Press Club and on Mirpurkhas road by the angry protesters demanding justice for their victims. The incident took place on Sunday in village Jani Junejo within the limits of Chautiari Police Station. Mushtaq Ahmed Junejo, Ali Bux Junejo and Abdul Rasool Junejo were gunned down. At least 15
Latest polio case in Hyderabad takes Pakistan’s tally to 24 this year
A lady health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio eradication campaign in Hyderabad on April 29, 2024. — Online A two-and-a-half-year-old child was diagnosed with poliomyelitis virus. The latest polio case comes a day after KP reported its 2nd case. Increase in cases leading to increased scrutiny of eradication efforts. KARACHI: The total number of polio cases recorded in Pakistan this year rose to 24 on Saturday after a two-and-a-half-year-old child from Hyderabad, Sindh was diagnosed with the virus. According to sources at the National Emergency Operations Center, the child, who hails from Hyderabad’s Nerunkot district,
