Tag: Karachi

Mulri Hills : Site of Archaeological importance with Mesolithic Settlements
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Mulri Hills : Site of Archaeological importance with Mesolithic Settlements

Mulri Hill is placed withinside the northeast of Karachi city. It is located in Gulshan Town, Karachi. It is a fault-scarp eroded ridge, placed alongside Karachi University. In 1980 a city housing scheme Gulistan-e-Jauhar became introduced in this location. The topographic and archaeological functions as well as sites of Mesolithic settlements were buried beneath the city's built-up landscape. The hills in Karachi are the offshoots of the Kirthar Range. The maximum factor of those hills in Karachi is 528m in the acute north. All those hills are without plants and feature huge intervening plains, dry river beds, and water channels.  The Late Paleolithic and Mesolithic sites were located with the aid of the Karachi University crew at the Mulri Hills. These represent one of the most ...
Karachi flooded by rain; Flood warning for Indus River too
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Karachi flooded by rain; Flood warning for Indus River too

Karachi is flooded due to heavy rain since few days. There are also flood warning in different part of country. Rain killed 93 people, including 47 children, damaging 2807 completely, and destroying 388 kilometers of rural to urban roads. Through a video link from CM House, Syed Murad Ali Shah informed Prime Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif that rain in Sindh (Karachi) is 369 percent greater than normal during the monsoon. Statement issued by the Sindh CM on Thursday said that the chief ministers and chief secretaries from their respective provinces attended the meeting of the prime minister in Islamabad via video link. There is an urgent need for the federal government to provide compensation for losses of lives, infrastructure, crops and houses. Sindh Bank also redirected to defer re...
First Pakistani made electric car is launched
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First Pakistani made electric car is launched

Dice foundation and the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology collaborated to make Pakistan's first electric car. It is named Nur-E 75 and is expected to be fully equipped for all types of use. Production will be started in late 2024 and the price will be around 4 million approx. Yesterday was Pakistan's 75th birthday and on this diamond jubilee, people get a grand gift in the automobile industry. DICE Foundation, a US-based non-profit organization run by expatriate Pakistanis in the US, EU, etc. along with support from local academia and industry made a prototype of the first electric cars in Pakistan. Meanwhile, The name of the car is Nur-E-75 (named after Noor). The company which manufactured the car is named as JaXari (named after a scientist from the 12th century...
Restaurant collapsed at Do Darya Karachi
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Restaurant collapsed at Do Darya Karachi

On Sunday July 31, 2022, the roof of a restaurant at Karachi's Do Darya, a coastal district famous for its sunset viewpoints and terrace restaurants that overlook the Arabian Sea, collapsed as a result of heavy rains in the provincial capital. Several of the restaurants built above the sea in this popular seaside spot known for its restaurants have weakened as a result of excessive rain in this popular seaside spot. On Sunday, there was an incident that took place when a wooden structure that was part of a restaurant collapsed into the sea due to a sudden gust of wind. The incident has also been documented in a video that has gone viral on social media, as well as a series of pictures. There is a video that shows restaurant workers struggling to remove the wooden structure from the ...
Darkest Decade of Sindh under PPP Government
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Darkest Decade of Sindh under PPP Government

From the very start to the last decade as well, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is governing this province. Low literacy rate, low per capita income, violent extremism, high infant mortality, as well as natural disasters are very common problems in Sindh. Everybody wants to rule Sindh but who wants to rule for Sindh? This question always appears in the mindset of the people of Pakistan. PPP has governed Sindh for more then decade. No one asks questions from them about its betterment. This governance has stopped the people of Sindh from necessities so they cannot ask for more but basic fulfillments. Karachi is the most affected city in this province. Interior Sindh is dealing with several concerns, including education, health, the environment, the rule of law, poverty, and, most cruc...