<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Karachi: News &amp; Videos about Karachi - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Karachi</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Karachi from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:28:52 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Karachi: News &amp; Videos about Karachi - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Karachi</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Karachi from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Pakistan's HIV cricket team are positive role models</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/17/cricket.pakistan.hiv/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/17/cricket.pakistan.hiv/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cricket is the national sport in Pakistan, but what makes the First Positive Cricket Team stand out from all the other Karachi-based clubs is that its members are all HIV positive.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Train crash kills at least 12, injures 19</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A cargo train collided with a passenger train in Pakistan's commercial capital of Karachi on Tuesday, killing 12 people and wounding 19 others, police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>5 people arrested in Karachi for alleged terror activities, police say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.karachi.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.karachi.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police say they have arrested five people who were attempting to set up a terror network in Karachi.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flour giveaway in Pakistan turns into deadly stampede</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/pakistan.stampede/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/pakistan.stampede/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll from a stampede during a flour giveaway in Karachi rose to 18 Tuesday, police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: Arrests thwart Karachi attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani authorities have launched a massive crackdown on terror groups that they say were planning numerous suicide attacks, including in the country's largest city of Karachi.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Record rain in Karachi kills dozens</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/07/20/pakistan.rainfall/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/07/20/pakistan.rainfall/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cleanup efforts unfolded Monday in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, after torrential monsoon rain over the weekend killed dozens, cut power to 15 million and broke a 32-year record.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Underground musicians aim to change Pakistan's image</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.music/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.music/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At a recent battle of the bands, heavy metal guitarist Navid Chohan started shaking his head so violently onstage it looked like he was going to hurt himself. Soon his entire face was lost in waves of his shoulder-length hair.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawyers arrested protesting Pakistan firings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/pakistan.march/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/pakistan.march/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police in Pakistan arrested lawyers holding a public protest to demand that the government immediately restore judges the previous president had ousted, Karachi's police chief told CNN Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: Blast kills three, police in shootout</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An explosion on a rail line killed three people Friday in northwestern Pakistan, rescue workers said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Terror' school turns out to be moderate madrassa</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/karachi.boys/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/karachi.boys/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It's a documentary with an alarming message: Two American boys are held captive in a madrassa, a Pakistani religious school, once visited by Osama bin Laden and with ties to the Taliban.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan's Stock-Market Meltdown 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824461,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824461,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Violence unhinges the country's once booming financial markets as investors worry about stability and some grow nostalgic for the Musharraf dictatorship</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan police arrest 4 bomb suspects</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/karachi.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/karachi.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Karachi police have detained four suspects in connection with a series of blasts that injured dozens of people in the city's Pashto neighborhoods, a senior police officer told CNN on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blasts wound 35, kill 1 in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/karachi.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/karachi.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A series of blasts went off Monday in Karachi, Pakistan, killing one person and wounding at least 35, including children, the Pakistan government said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosions in Pakistan Wound 37</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820749,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820749,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A string of small explosions wounded at least 37 people Monday in
  the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, rattling the country a day
  after a deadly suicide attack in the capital, officials said</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Electricity in Karachi out</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/karachi.outage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/karachi.outage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A massive power outage left Karachi, Pakistan -- the nation's largest city with a population of 15 million people -- without electricity on Thursday, an official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani army 'copter crash kills 8</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.chopper/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.chopper/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Pakistani army helicopter crashed Wednesday in the country's tribal region, killing a senior general and seven members of his staff -- including two other generals -- an army spokesman told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhutto said she'd blame Musharraf if killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/bhutto.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/bhutto.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two months before her death, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto sent an e-mail to her U.S. adviser and longtime friend, saying that if she were killed, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would bear some of the blame.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan unrest kills more than 20</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/pakistan.scene/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/pakistan.scene/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 20 people were killed when supporters of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto took to the streets of Pakistan in a furious display of grief and outrage.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2 die in mob violence in Pakistan after assassination</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least two people were killed in Pakistan in the wake of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination as angry mobs took to the streets, blocking roads, torching cars and pelting police with rocks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens killed in Pakistani train derailment</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/18/pakistan.train.derailment/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/18/pakistan.train.derailment/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Pakistani express train derailed early Wednesday morning, killing at least 41 people and injuring at least 135 others, police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhutto leaves Karachi, visits ancestral home</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto left the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday for the first time since surviving an attempted assassination last week that turned her homecoming motorcade into a scene of carnage, sources within her political party told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide blast kills 24 in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suicide attacker targeted a police truck Thursday, killing 24 people -- most of them police -- in the Taliban-dominated area of North West Frontier province, police sources said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Will Bhutto make a difference?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/bhutto.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/bhutto.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan after eight years in self-imposed exile is being touted by her party as a promise of democracy and a better future for Pakistan. But not everyone is excited about her return.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Bloody Welcome for Bhutto</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672863,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672863,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Explosions rock the massive welcome parade for the returning exile, killing scores. Was al-Qaeda behind it?</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How To Welcome Back Bhutto</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Her followers are happy, but terrorists are gunning for her even as she seeks to work with Musharraf and the military
</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearl's Widow Sues Terrorists, Bank</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644970,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644970,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The widow of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl hopes to elicit more information about her husband's death by suing those she blames</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Frustration of A Mighty Heart</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1633849,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1633849,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The true story of Daniel and Mariane Pearl is admirable and well-made, but cruelly reminds us that we cannot alter the course of history</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>230 die as rains destroy buildings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/24/pakistan.floods/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/24/pakistan.floods/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani officials Sunday continued to search for survivors a day after heavy rains collapsed buildings and brought down power lines in Karachi, killing more than 230 people, provincial health and police officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Storms kill dozens in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.floods/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.floods/index.html</guid><description>At least 42 people died and more than 150 were injured when heavy rains caused buildings in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to collapse, according to provincial health and police officials.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: 'A Mighty Heart' showcases an understated Jolie</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/21/mighty.heart/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/21/mighty.heart/index.html</guid><description>Daniel Pearl flew in to Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 12, 2001. As the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, he would spend the next four months reporting on  Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Future Summit forum</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/16/virtualwar.forum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/16/virtualwar.forum/index.html</guid><description>The mental scars of war are often far more debilitating than the physical injuries that servicemen and women pick up during combat. But a new virtual war simulation aims to help veterans recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read full story</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 12:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strike, violence paralyze Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/pakistan.karachi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/pakistan.karachi/index.html</guid><description>Political clashes that began Saturday have left 49 people dead in the southern port city of Karachi, as a general strike took hold across Pakistan in protest over the suspension of the country's chief justice.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 09:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shoot-on-sight orders issued to end riots</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.karachi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.karachi/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan's government on Sunday gave its paramilitary forces authority to shoot on sight in an effort to quell  political clashes in the southern port city of Karachi that have killed 42 people in the past two days.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 12:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly violence erupts in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.strife/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.strife/index.html</guid><description>At least 33 people have been killed during massive clashes between pro-government supporters and opposition party members Saturday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police and intelligence sources said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 09:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gunmen fire on Pakistani opposition workers </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/pakistan.judge.row/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/pakistan.judge.row/index.html</guid><description>Unknown gunmen opened fire early Saturday on political workers of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League in Karachi, killing three, police said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 01:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shoveling IT</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399195/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399195/index.htm</guid><description>Even the most marvelous computer eventually winds up in the trash. The United Nations estimates that 20 million to 50 million tons of e-waste are created worldwide every year. But all those circuit... </description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Hajj: Your e-mails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/27/hajj.feedback/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/27/hajj.feedback/index.html</guid><description>I feel very fortunate to have undertaken this journey with my family. It would be next to impossible to verbalize the experience in few words. All I would like to say is, that Hajj brought a new perspective to life and made me realize how utterly futile it is to wage wars (both at the micro and macro level) either in the name of religion, personal or group conflicts or in the name of "democracy." Regardless of our nationality, race, religion and status we are all mortals. The greatest jihad (struggle) that every human undertakes is the jihad to be human.   Rukhsaana Yoosufani, Texas, U.S.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Players hit out at Karachi pitch</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/11/28/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/11/28/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>West Indian opener Chris Gayle described the National Stadium strip as the worst pitch he had ever seen for a test match as his side struggled to 191 for six, 113 behind Pakistan in the third test in Karachi.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shiite leader in Pakistan killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.bomb/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.bomb/index.html</guid><description>A prominent Shiite leader has been killed in a suicide bombing near his home, police said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 men convicted in Tunisia bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/10/spain.tunisia.bombing/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/10/spain.tunisia.bombing/index.html</guid><description>A Spanish court has convicted two men, a Pakistani and Spaniard, of collaborating with a terrorist group and contributing to a Tunisian synagogue bombing in 2002.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 13:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi blast kills dozens</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/pakistan.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/pakistan.blast/index.html</guid><description>An explosion at a celebration of Prophet Mohammed's birthday has killed at least 42 people and sparked a confrontation between Muslims and Karachi police, according to Pakistan's interior minister and local media reports.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly blast ahead of Bush visit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/karachi.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/karachi.blast/index.html</guid><description>A suspected suicide car bomb outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi has killed an American diplomat and at least three other people, but President George W. Bush said terrorists would not stop his visit to Pakistan.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan blasts kill U.S. diplomat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/karachi.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/karachi.blast/index.html</guid><description>A U.S. diplomat and his driver were among at least four people killed in an apparent suicide attack outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Inspired India complete series win</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/02/19/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/02/19/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>Yuvraj Singh hit an unbeaten century and Mahendra Singh Dhoni a blazing 77 in Karachi on Sunday as India charged to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi shut down in new protests</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/pakistan.cartoons/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/pakistan.cartoons/index.html</guid><description>A general strike has shut the normally bustling port city of Karachi in southern Pakistan as demonstrators took to the streets to protest the publication of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, police said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kite ban sparks violent protests</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/09/pakistan.kites/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/09/pakistan.kites/index.html</guid><description>Many residents, outraged that the Pakistani Supreme Court upheld a ban on kite-flying, have staged a massive protest outside the courthouse in Lahore, which turned violent after police attempted to disperse the crowd.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Arrest made in Karachi bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/karachi.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/karachi.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A day after a powerful car bomb exploded in the southern port city of Karachi, Pakistani law enforcement agencies arrested a suspect, President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police hunt Karachi bombers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/karachi.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/karachi.explosion/index.html</guid><description>Police are hunting bombers who attacked a KFC fast-food restaurant in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 15.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi scene to frequent violence</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.blast.history/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.blast.history/index.html</guid><description>The sprawling port city of Karachi, which has a population of about 14 million, has been the scene of numerous acts of violence in recent years. Following are some of the major incidents.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosion shakes Karachi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/karachi.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/karachi.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A powerful car bomb exploded in front of a government building in central Karachi Tuesday morning, police said, killing at least three people and wounding 12 others -- two seriously.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>S. Asia earthquake: Your e-mails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/quake.feedback/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/quake.feedback/index.html</guid><description>CNN is appealing for stories from people who witnessed or have been affected by the earthquake in South Asia. The following are edited selections of your replies.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi blasts target food outlets</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/08/pakistan.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/08/pakistan.blast/index.html</guid><description>Two nearly simultaneous explosions went off early Friday at a McDonald's and a KFC fast-food restaurant in Pakistan's commercial capital of Karachi, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>England agree one-day Karachi date</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/28/cricket.england/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/28/cricket.england/index.html</guid><description>England cricket chiefs have agreed to play a one-day international in Karachi after earlier rejecting the southern Pakistan port city as a test venue.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 London bombers visited Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/18/london.attacks/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/18/london.attacks/index.html</guid><description>Two of the four suspected London bombers traveled to Pakistan in the year before the July 7 terrorist attacks, Pakistani intelligence and immigration officials tell CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Train wreck blamed on human error</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/pakistan.trainsmash/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/pakistan.trainsmash/index.html</guid><description>Human error is being blamed for a three-train collision in Pakistan Wednesday morning which rail officials say killed 133 people and injured many more.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 03:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Consulate closed in Karachi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.consulate/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.consulate/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Consulate in Karachi has been closed because of increased "security concerns," a statement on the consulate's Web site said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan market drop incites protest</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/24/news/international/pakistan_stocks/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/24/news/international/pakistan_stocks/index.htm</guid><description>Falling stock prices sparked rock throwing by hundreds of small investors outside the Karachi stock exchange Thursday, prompting officials to call in Pakistan's paramilitary Rangers to keep protestors from storming the building, police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Six dead, 95 injured in navy fire</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/pakistan.fire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/pakistan.fire/index.html</guid><description>Six people were killed and 95 were injured as a ship of the Pakistani navy caught fire at the Karachi dockyard, the navy said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi tsunami relief camp attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/pakistan.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/pakistan.attack/index.html</guid><description>Nearly three dozen people roared up on motorcycles to the main building of Karachi's largest news group Saturday, overpowering the security staff and ransacking the reception area, offices and a relief camp set up to collect goods for tsunami victims.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Working overtime for tsunami relief</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/04/news/international/relief_production/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/04/news/international/relief_production/index.htm</guid><description>While helicopter-dropped food packages dominate the headlines, another army of workers are scrambling behind the scenes to make the water filtration systems, logistics arrangements and other specialized equipment needed for the disaster response effort.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan planes in near collision</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/pakistan.planes/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/pakistan.planes/index.html</guid><description>Dozens of passengers were injured when two Pakistani domestic flights narrowly missed colliding in midair, according to a government official and other passengers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan sweep nets more suspects</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/pakistan.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/pakistan.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Security forces in Pakistan have arrested seven more al Qaeda suspects, including two alleged high-level operatives of African origin.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bomb in Pakistan kills one</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/pakistan.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/pakistan.blast/index.html</guid><description>An explosion in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi has killed one person and injured seven others, police say.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2004 07:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan kills tribal leader</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/pakistan.tribal/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/pakistan.tribal/index.html</guid><description>A tribal leader accused of harboring al Qaeda militants in Pakistan's western border region was killed Thursday night in a targeted missile strike, along with four other suspected militants, according to Pakistan intelligence sources.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi convoy attack kills 11</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/karachi.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/karachi.attack/index.html</guid><description>Gunmen have opened fire on a military convoy in Karachi, killing 11 people and injuring several others.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Security tight after cleric's murder</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.cleric.0945/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.cleric.0945/index.html</guid><description>Police in Pakistan have stepped up security patrols following massive rioting sparked by the gunning down of a leading pro-Taliban cleric in Karachi on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2004 13:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan mosque blast kills at least 18</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.cleric/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.cleric/index.html</guid><description>A bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque Monday evening killed at least 18 worshippers in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, and police killed three people during a violent demonstration that followed, hospital sources and police said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2004 07:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: Key Islamic scholar shot</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/pakistan.cleric/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/pakistan.cleric/index.html</guid><description>An angry mob has set fire to several buildings in downtown Karachi while others threw stones at Pakistani forces, hours after unknown assailants shot and killed a well-known Islamic scholar known for his preaching against American foreign policy, according to police.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2004 04:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi bombs near U.S. offices</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/pakistan.bombs/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/pakistan.bombs/index.html</guid><description>Two car bombs have killed a police officer and wounded at least 22 people near a U.S. diplomat's residence in Karachi, Pakistani police have said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2004 12:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi mosque bomb kills 14</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.bomb/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.bomb/index.html</guid><description>At least 14 people have been killed and 200 injured by a suicide bomber at a Shiite mosque in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2004 06:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karachi mosque bomb kills 15</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.bomb/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.bomb/index.html</guid><description>At least 15 people have been killed and 90 injured by a suspected suicide bomber at a Shiite mosque in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2004 08:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. warns of possible terror threat in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/pakistan.warning/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/pakistan.warning/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi warned Wednesday of possible terror acts against U.S. interests and urged Americans in the southern  provinces of Sind and Baluchistan to bolster their security.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 police killed in Pakistan attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.policeattack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/pakistan.policeattack/index.html</guid><description>Gunmen opened fire after storming a make-shift police station in Karachi early Sunday, killing five policemen and wounding the chief constable, the city's deputy inspector of police said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2004 05:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bomb defused near U.S. Consulate in Karachi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/consulate.bomb/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/consulate.bomb/index.html</guid><description>Police in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi say they have defused a large bomb found in a stolen minivan parked outside the U.S. Consulate.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>India start landmark cricket tour</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/10/pakistan.cricket/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/10/pakistan.cricket/index.html</guid><description>India's cricket team have arrived in Pakistan for their first full tour in over 14 years.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cashing in on cricket's peacemaker</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/08/cricket.cash/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/08/cricket.cash/index.html</guid><description>For the winning team, the prize is glittering new trophyware and boasting rights in one of cricket's great rivalries.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2004 04:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>India-Pakistan ticket sales anger</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/07/pakistan.cricket/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/07/pakistan.cricket/index.html</guid><description>The first day of ticket sales for this week's historic cricket clash between Pakistan and India was suspended after thousands of angry fans caused mayhem at ticketing booths.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 02:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Militant suspects held in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/pakistan.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/pakistan.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Police arrested two suspected Islamic militants Tuesday in an overnight raid in Karachi, police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani Premium The Karachi stock exchange is one of the hottest markets in the world right now--and also one of its most vola</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/03/338365/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/03/338365/index.htm</guid><description>It's a country known as a haven for militant Islamic terrorism. And the government continues to engage in a dangerous game of nuclear brinksmanship with its neighbor. Yet Pakistan's largest securit...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kidnapped Nation Welcome to Pakistan, America's frontline ally in the war on terror, where culture and economy conspire against </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/29/322000/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/29/322000/index.htm</guid><description>Flies are landing on Abdul Khaliq Siddiqi's body. But the secretary-general of Sipah-e-Sahaba--one of the deadliest terror groups in Pakistan--is very much alive and doesn't notice. "We were worrie...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airline turbulence spreads across the land</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/29/68114/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/29/68114/index.htm</guid><description>The Pan Am hijacking in Karachi and the midair collision of Aeromexico Flight 498 and a small plane near Los Angeles grimly closed a painful period for the airline industry. The crash killed at lea...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>