Gunmen in Pakistan shoot dead a former journalist in Karachi, the third such attack on media personnel in less than 24 hours.

Marred by years of political and sectarian violence, Karachi does not have the best reputation; judging by news headlines over the past few years, many would think of it as being a highly intolerant urban centre.

Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram's car has been fired at in Karachi, the country's commercial capital. He escaped unhurt.

A major power failure plunges large parts of southern Pakistan into darkness on Tuesday night.

More than 120 people have died during a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

Taj Mohammad Baloch, a motor mechanic from Karachi town of Lyari, has worked in Oman, Iran and the United Arab Emiraes and speaks highly of his experiences there.

At least 43 people are killed and 20 are injured in a gun attack on a bus carrying Ismaili Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police say.

Leading Pakistani human rights activist is killed in a drive-by shooting in Karachi after hosting a talk on allegations of torture in the province of Balochistan.

Authorities and Taliban spokeman say that the Pakistani Taliban killed five police officers in a rocket attack in country's southwest on Friday. In another incident of a Taliban attack, on a police bus in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi left 10 people wounded.

Security forces have raided the Karachi headquarters of Pakistan's fourth biggest political party, sparking street protests.