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Police: 10 killed when gunmen target Karachi political rallyupdated: Tue May 22 2012 14:14:00

Several gunmen opened fire at a political rally Tuesday in Karachi, Pakistan, leaving 10 people dead and 29 wounded, police said.

Darkness, rain hampers recovery effortsupdated: Sat Apr 21 2012 13:06:00

CNN's Reza Sayah reports darkness and rain are hampering recovery efforts of the Bhoja Air Boeing 737 that crashed.

No survivors from Pakistan plane crash, official saysupdated: Fri Apr 20 2012 21:36:00

A commercial airplane carrying 127 people crashed Friday in Islamabad just before it was to land at a nearby airport, according to Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, which cited poor weather as a possible factor.

Police: Pakistani Taliban leader seized in Karachiupdated: Thu Jan 05 2012 12:27:00

Police in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, said Thursday they have arrested a senior figure in the Pakistani Taliban and several other alleged terrorists.

Students in chains at religious schoolupdated: Wed Dec 14 2011 15:08:00

A police raid finds students chained to one another at a religious school in a Karachi suburb. CNN's Reza Sayah reports.

Police raid in Pakistan finds chained students at religious schoolupdated: Tue Dec 13 2011 09:52:00

Pakistani police rescued 54 men and 14 young boys Monday from an Islamic religious school and drug rehabilitation facility where they were found chained to one another and held in an underground room, police officials told CNN.

Boxing saving young lives in Karachi, Pakistanupdated: Thu Oct 27 2011 20:52:00

CNN's Reza Sayah reports on the boxing phenomenon in Karachi, Pakistan, that is keeping kids safe and off the streets.

At least 33 killed in 24 hours of violence in Pakistani cityupdated: Thu Aug 18 2011 05:42:00

A former federal lawmaker is among at least 33 people killed in a fresh spate of violence over the past 24 hours in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police officials said Thursday.

30 killed in ongoing ethnic clashes in southern Pakistanupdated: Tue Aug 02 2011 04:52:00

At least 30 people were killed in Karachi on Monday night and Tuesday, the latest deaths in cycle of ethnic and political violence in Pakistan's commercial capital.

Unprecedented fear in Karachiupdated: Thu Jul 28 2011 23:59:00

Gang violence is taking over Karachi, Pakistan, with more than 100 deaths in two weeks. CNN's Reza Sayah reports.

Why Karachi's violence shouldn't define cityupdated: Thu Jul 28 2011 23:59:00

Karachi has long been the face Pakistan wished to show to the world. The port city, one of the largest cities in the world -- placed sixth or seventh, depending on whom you ask, with a population of more than 18 million -- once represented the ideal of what Pakistan ought to have been.

In Pakistan's bloodiest city, violence has little to do with militantsupdated: Sat Jul 23 2011 20:38:00

At least 15 were killed in shootouts during Friday and Saturday in Karachi, police said, the latest victims in a surge of deadly violence that has gripped Pakistan's largest city and commercial capital.

At least 88 killed from ethnic violence in Karachi, Pakistanupdated: Sat Jul 09 2011 08:07:00

The death toll from ethnic clashes in the Pakistani city of Karachi this week has reached 88, local police said Saturday.

Fresh ethnic clashes raise death toll in Pakistan's Karachi to 85updated: Fri Jul 08 2011 08:09:00

Fresh clashes in the Pakistani city of Karachi killed seven people on Friday, raising the death toll in the ongoing ethnic violence to 85 this week, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.

Police: 52 dead in Pakistani city after days of clashesupdated: Thu Jul 07 2011 21:28:00

Ongoing sectarian violence has left 52 people dead in a southern Pakistani city in the last few days, police said Thursday.

Seven indicted in videotaped shooting of Pakistani teenupdated: Wed Jun 29 2011 09:28:00

A Pakistani court has indicted six soldiers and one civilian on murder and terrorism charges in the death of an unarmed man whose fatal shooting was caught on video.

Apparent homemade grenade explodes, injures 18 in Pakistani cafeupdated: Fri Jun 03 2011 19:26:00

Eighteen people were injured after an apparent homemade hand grenade was thrown at visitors to a Karachi, Pakistan, cafe earlier Saturday, authorities told CNN.

10 Pakistani troops killed in gun battle at naval baseupdated: Mon May 23 2011 11:37:00

At least 10 members of Pakistan's military were killed in a gun battle with Taliban militants at a naval base in the coastal city of Karachi, authorities said Monday.

Militants attack naval baseupdated: Mon May 23 2011 11:37:00

Pakistani commandos battle militants held up in a Karachi military base. CNN's Stan Grant reports.

Official: 4 killed after militants attack Pakistani naval air stationupdated: Sun May 22 2011 22:58:00

At least 10 militants attacked a naval air station in the coastal city of Karachi late Sunday, leading to several explosions and an hours-long gun battle with Pakistani forces that killed four naval officials, Pakistani officials and witnesses said.

Three dead in grenade attack at Karachi clubupdated: Fri May 06 2011 16:27:00

Three people were killed and at least 20 others were injured when a hand grenade exploded at a gambling club in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Friday.

Roadside bomb kills five in Pakistani cityupdated: Thu Apr 28 2011 06:05:00

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a roadside bomb attack that targeted a bus in Pakistan on Thursday, leaving at least five dead and 10 injured.

Bombs targeting buses carrying navy official kill 3 in Pakistanupdated: Tue Apr 26 2011 03:49:00

Two bombs, both targeting buses carrying Pakistani Navy officials, went off within a half hour of each other in the southern city of Karachi on Tuesday, police said.

Gambling club bomb kills 15, wounds 40 in Pakistanupdated: Thu Apr 21 2011 21:23:00

At least 15 people were killed and 40 others wounded when a bomb exploded in a gambling club in Karachi, Pakistan, officials said Thursday.

Blasts hit Pakistani police stationsupdated: Mon Feb 07 2011 06:20:00

Two small bombs targeting police stations in Pakistan injured an officer and a passerby on Monday, authorities said.

12 dead after cargo plane crashes in Pakistanupdated: Sun Nov 28 2010 04:26:00

The death toll from a plane crash Sunday in Karachi, Pakistan, rose to 12 after an official confirmed the deaths of four people who were on the ground.

Cargo plane crashes in Pakistanupdated: Sun Nov 28 2010 04:26:00

A cargo plane crashes shortly after taking off from Karachi, Pakistan.

At least 8 dead after cargo plane crashes in Pakistanupdated: Sat Nov 27 2010 20:24:00

A plane crashed early Sunday in the southern port city of Karachi, killing at least eight people on board and sending flames shooting through the night sky, a Pakistani official said.

Death toll from Karachi blast rises to 17updated: Fri Nov 12 2010 06:25:00

The death toll from a suicide car bomb attack on a police facility in Pakistan's largest city has risen to 17, police said.

Explosion rocks Karachiupdated: Fri Nov 12 2010 06:25:00

CNN's Reza Sayah reports on an explosion in Karachi that the Taliban is claiming credit for.

Blast rips police facility in Karachi; 15 dead, police sayupdated: Fri Nov 12 2010 01:56:00

At least 15 people died and more than 100 were injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a police facility in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police said Thursday.

22 killed when small plane crashes in Pakistanupdated: Fri Nov 05 2010 08:09:00

A small passenger plane carrying 22 people crashed a minute after takeoff from the sea port city of Karachi, officials said.

In Karachi, the death toll mountsupdated: Wed Oct 20 2010 07:29:00

More than 70 people have died in the five-day-old wave of violence in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police said Wednesday.

In Pakistan, 21 dead in Karachi violenceupdated: Tue Oct 19 2010 12:51:00

At least 21 people died in a wave of violence in the volatile city of Karachi on Tuesday, police in Pakistan said.

At least 36 dead in target killings in Pakistanupdated: Mon Oct 18 2010 19:26:00

At least 36 people were killed and 51 were injured over the weekend in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi in what officials are calling politically-motivated target killings, police said Monday.

Death toll in Karachi blast rises to 9updated: Fri Oct 08 2010 10:12:00

The death toll from two blasts at a shrine in Karachi has risen to 9, officials said Friday.

Taliban claims responsibility in blasts at shrine in Pakistanupdated: Thu Oct 07 2010 13:16:00

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibiilty for two explosions Thursday at a shrine in Karachi in which at least eight people were killed and dozens injured.

Violence erupts in Pakistan after politician's deathupdated: Fri Sep 17 2010 10:41:00

Violence erupted in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, a day after a prominent politician was killed in England, police said.

Death toll in Karachi violence rises to 81updated: Fri Aug 06 2010 05:11:00

The death toll rose to 81 on Friday in the widespread violence that broke out after the killing of a provincial lawmaker in southern Pakistan.

Death toll in Karachi violence rises to 78updated: Thu Aug 05 2010 08:25:00

The death toll rose to 78 on Thursday in the widespread violence that broke out after the killing of a provincial lawmaker in southern Pakistan.

Lawmaker death sparks Pakistan violenceupdated: Wed Aug 04 2010 10:52:00

Dozens of people are dead following widespread violence sparked by the killing of a politician in Karachi.

Death toll in Karachi violence rises to 57updated: Wed Aug 04 2010 04:39:00

The death toll has risen to 57 in the widespread violence that broke out after the killing of a provincial lawmaker in southern Pakistan.

Killing of politician triggers deadly violence in Karachiupdated: Tue Aug 03 2010 02:39:00

At least 36 people were killed and more than 60 injured during widespread violence in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi Tuesday, following the killing of a provincial lawmaker, police said.

7 electrocuted in Pakistan as Cyclone Phet strikes Karachiupdated: Sun Jun 06 2010 15:28:00

Seven people were electrocuted during heavy storms that hit the port city of Karachi after Cyclone Phet battered parts of southern Pakistan on Sunday, a provincial health chief told CNN.

200 arrested after killings in Karachiupdated: Thu May 20 2010 09:55:00

Authorities in Pakistan say they have arrested 200 people in Karachi after a series of what appear to be political killings there this week.

Karachi airport stops man with circuits in shoesupdated: Tue May 11 2010 02:13:00

A man who was arrested at an airport in Pakistan with shoes that contained batteries, a circuit board and an on/off switch said Monday that he did not know the materials were in his shoes.

Death toll rises in twin bombing in Pakistanupdated: Sat Feb 06 2010 05:52:00

The death toll has risen to 33 in Friday's twin blasts in Karachi, authorities said Saturday.

18 killed in dual bomb attack in Karachiupdated: Fri Feb 05 2010 09:00:00

A blast targeting a bus filled with Shiite religious observers in Karachi killed at least 12 people and another explosion in front of a hospital where attack victims were being treated killed six more Friday, a government official said.

Pakistani official says house bombing targeted himupdated: Fri Jan 08 2010 14:52:00

Pakistan's interior minister, citing police evidence gathered after a deadly house bombing Friday, said people at the dwelling had been planning to attack him during a court appearance in Karachi.

Death toll rises in Karachi suicide attackupdated: Tue Dec 29 2009 02:45:00

The death toll from the suicide bombing in Pakistan's financial capital, Karachi, rose to 40, authorities said Tuesday.

Train crash kills at least 12, injures 19updated: Tue Nov 03 2009 07:28:00

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.

5 people arrested in Karachi for alleged terror activities, police sayupdated: Thu Oct 29 2009 08:49:00

Police say they have arrested five people who were attempting to set up a terror network in Karachi.

Pakistan: Arrests thwart Karachi attacksupdated: Mon Aug 24 2009 10:33:00

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.

Record rain in Karachi kills dozensupdated: Mon Jul 20 2009 05:38:00

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.

Lawyers arrested protesting Pakistan firingsupdated: Thu Mar 12 2009 12:09:00

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.

Bombing worries Westernersupdated: Fri Sep 26 2008 06:36:00

After the Marriott bombing in Pakistan, CNN's Dan Rivers reports Westerners are feeling especially shaken.

Pakistan police arrest 4 bomb suspectsupdated: Tue Jul 08 2008 10:07:00

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.

37 hurt in Karachi explosionsupdated: Tue Jul 08 2008 10:07:00

Explosions in Karachi wound at least 37 people today.

Time.com: Explosions in Pakistan Wound 37updated: Mon Jul 07 2008 16:00:00

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

Electricity in Karachi outupdated: Thu Mar 06 2008 02:55:00

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.

Train derailment cause unknownupdated: Wed Dec 19 2007 22:13:00

The cause of a train derailment in Mehrabpur, Pakistan is still unknown. CNN's Max Foster reports.

Dozens killed in Pakistani train derailmentupdated: Wed Dec 19 2007 22:13:00

A Pakistani express train derailed early Wednesday morning, killing at least 41 people and injuring at least 135 others, police said.

Bhutto leaves Karachi, visits ancestral homeupdated: Sat Oct 27 2007 20:57:00

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.

Time.com: The Frustration of A Mighty Heartupdated: Wed Jun 27 2007 20:50:00

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

230 die as rains destroy buildingsupdated: Sun Jun 24 2007 07:20:00

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.

CNN Future Summit forumupdated: Wed May 16 2007 08:52:00

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

Deadly violence erupts in Pakistanupdated: Sat May 12 2007 05:34:00

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.

2 men convicted in Tunisia bombingupdated: Wed May 10 2006 09:48:00

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.

Karachi blast kills dozensupdated: Tue Apr 11 2006 11:07:00

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.

Deadly blast ahead of Bush visitupdated: Thu Mar 02 2006 13:07:00

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.

Pakistan blasts kill U.S. diplomatupdated: Wed Mar 01 2006 23:44:00

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.

Karachi shut down in new protestsupdated: Fri Feb 17 2006 04:55:00

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.

Arrest made in Karachi bombingupdated: Wed Nov 16 2005 03:28:00

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.

Police hunt Karachi bombersupdated: Tue Nov 15 2005 07:17:00

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.

Karachi scene to frequent violenceupdated: Tue Nov 15 2005 00:21:00

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.

Explosion shakes Karachiupdated: Mon Nov 14 2005 23:41:00

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.

S. Asia earthquake: Your e-mailsupdated: Mon Oct 10 2005 03:48:00

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.

Karachi blasts target food outletsupdated: Thu Sep 08 2005 18:04:00

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.

England agree one-day Karachi dateupdated: Thu Jul 28 2005 11:18:00

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.

U.S. Consulate closed in Karachiupdated: Tue Apr 12 2005 05:22:00

The U.S. Consulate in Karachi has been closed because of increased "security concerns," a statement on the consulate's Web site said.

CNNMoney: Pakistan market drop incites protestupdated: Thu Mar 24 2005 06:36:00

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.

Six dead, 95 injured in navy fireupdated: Thu Mar 10 2005 17:59:00

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.

Pakistan planes in near collisionupdated: Wed Dec 22 2004 15:59:00

Dozens of passengers were injured when two Pakistani domestic flights narrowly missed colliding in midair, according to a government official and other passengers.

Bomb in Pakistan kills oneupdated: Sat Jul 24 2004 03:52:00

An explosion in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi has killed one person and injured seven others, police say.

Karachi convoy attack kills 11updated: Thu Jun 10 2004 03:12:00

Gunmen have opened fire on a military convoy in Karachi, killing 11 people and injuring several others.

Security tight after cleric's murderupdated: Mon May 31 2004 09:46:00

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.

Pakistan mosque blast kills at least 18updated: Mon May 31 2004 03:18:00

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.

Pakistan: Key Islamic scholar shotupdated: Sun May 30 2004 00:44:00

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.

Karachi bombs near U.S. officesupdated: Wed May 26 2004 08:47:00

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.

Karachi mosque bomb kills 14updated: Sat May 08 2004 02:38:00

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.

Karachi mosque bomb kills 15updated: Fri May 07 2004 04:36:00

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.

U.S. warns of possible terror threat in Pakistanupdated: Wed Apr 07 2004 10:52:00

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.

5 police killed in Pakistan attackupdated: Sun Apr 04 2004 00:08:00

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.

Car bomb defused near U.S. Consulate in Karachiupdated: Mon Mar 15 2004 01:03:00

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.

Fortune: Kidnapped Nation Welcome to Pakistan, America's frontline ally in the war on terror, where culture and economy conspire against updated: Mon Apr 29 2002 00:01:00

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...

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