It was on the 5th of September 1986 that four hijackers attempted to take control of a PanAm 747 aircraft while it was on the ground at Karachi Airport, but the flight crew departed through the cockpit escape hatch. Before the hijacking was over 16 passengers had died.
Tourism
Karachi the largest and the most populous city of Pakistan, presents an interesting and colourful combination of the old and new. The narrow twisting lanes and alleys of the old city throb with life alongside wide metalled road and elegant modern building. Within the city, talented artisans with age-old skills produce handicrafts of exquisite beauty.
Karachi offers a variety of pleasant attractions, wide sunny beaches deep-sea fishing. yachting, golf and horseracing, all year round. Its restaurants cater to a wide choice of Pakistani and Western cuisines. Its markets and bazaars offer an endless variety of exciting shopping, including indigenous handicrafts. Particularly rugs and carpets of rare designs and beauty.
Lahore Badshah Inzamam challenges Pakistan cricket team Karachi News.Net Pakistan's cricketers have been complaining of lack of cricket throughout 2008 and are of the view that their preparations for the important home series against India early next year would remain incomplete without proper match practice.
Pakistan board fails to pay cricketers Karachi News.Net The financial crisis in the Pakistan Cricket Board seems to have deepened to the extent that it is yet to pay the match fees and bonuses to the players who featured in last month's four-nation Twenty20 tournament in Canada.
Army kills seven militants in Pakistan Karachi News.Net Islamabad, (Xinhua) Pakistan's security forces killed seven militants Tuesday in an operation in the country's northwest, media reported.
Nine militants killed, 27 arrested in Pakistan Karachi News.Net Islamabad, : Nine militants were killed and several others injured in fresh strikes carried out by Pakistani security forces against the militants in various parts of Shabqadr in Swat Valley on Tuesday.
India will tour Pakistan, BCCI to PCB Karachi News.Net The Pakistan Cricket Board breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday after the Indian cricket board assured them that India will visit the country early next year as scheduled.
Pakistani youth feared to become a brigade of radicals Karachi News.Net Washington, Nov.18 : Pakistan's potential for youth radicalisation is high, given a poor education system stratified along socio-economic lines and disparate economic opportunities across society, a study according to a study by a Pakistani scholar published by the Brookings Institution in the Daily Times.
Foreign journalists risk their lives by working in Peshawar Karachi News.Net Peshawar, Nov.18 : Foreign journalists covering news in Pakistan's Peshwar city may find it increasingly difficult to work in the coming days, as there is a growing threat to their lives from extremists, states a Daily Times report.
Pakistan finds nothing threatening in Sino-India air drill Karachi News.Net Islamabad, Nov.18 : Pakistan has denied that it perceives the planned first joint exercise of the Indian Air Force with its Chinese counterpart as threatening or a matter of concern in any way.
Pak will have to work hard for India series, says captain Shoaib Malik Karachi News.Net Abu Dhabi, : In the wake of the ongoing wining spree of Team India, first against Australia and now against England, Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik has said that despite his team's 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies, his team needed to work hard ahead of next year's high-profile series against archrivals India.
"Shahid Afridi more of a liability than a utility" Karachi News.Net Islamabad, : Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has become more of a liability than a utility in recent times for the national side, so he should be axed, the country's former Test fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has said.
Pak HR activist files petition for recovery of Dr Aafia from US jail Karachi News.Net Karachi, : A leading Pakistani human rights activist has reportedly filed a constitutional petition seeking intervention by the Sindh High Court to ensure the release and safe return of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is presently put in a US jail facing legal trial on terror charges.
Punjabi Durbar unaware of festival at Nankana Saheb Karachi News.Net Amritsar, Nov.18 : Radio Pakistan's latest installment of Punjabi Durbar programme was oblivious of the festival being celebrated at Nankana Saheb where pilgrims in their thousands visited the birthplace of Guru Nanak.
Pak youth in danger of radicalization due to institutional failure, finds study Karachi News.Net Washington, : A study conducted by the Brookings Institution in Pakistan has revealed that the potential for youth radicalisation was high in the country, because of the poor education system disparate economic opportunities across the society.
Pak Taliban threats make Peshawar too an off-limit area for foreign scribes Karachi News.Net Peshawar, : After Pakistan's Tribal Areas and Balochistan province, Peshawar, the NWFP capital, too has become an off-limit area for foreign journalists working in the country. This was demonstrated by Friday's incident wherein a couple of armed Taliban men made an unsuccessful bid to kidnap Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai, reported the Daily Times.
PCB chief says Pak could switch home series to India Karachi News.Net Karachi, : PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt has reportedly said that if Team India is not able to tour Pakistan for "Security reasons" early next year, his country's side might shift the series, including Tests, ODIs and one Twenty20, to India.
Respect and honor for Pakistan’s women The Daily News Egypt Layyah, Pakistan: Living in a village in southern Punjab, 13-year-old “Naila” graduated from her sixth grade class and received a marriage proposal from a neighboring boy from a well-to-do...
Pakistan - Journalists get serious threats, two TV stations IFEX The following is an IFJ media release: Pakistan Media Environment Worsens Amid Threats and TV Disruptions The deteriorating safety situation for journalists and defenders of press...
Tanvir six-for puts Federal Areas on top Cricinfo Fresh from his successful trip to Abu Dhabi, where he took seven wickets in three ODIs against West Indies, Sohail Tanvir returned to the Pentangular Cup to tear through Baluchistan's batting line-up...
Clashes along Afghan-Pakistani border kill 25 International Herald Tribune Clashes on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have killed at least 25 people, officials said Tuesday, including seven left dead after Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwest...
NATO says it fired at insurgents in Pakistan Deseret News Kabul, Afghanistan NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan fired 20 artillery rounds at insurgents inside Pakistan in an attack the alliance said was coordinated with the government in Islamabad....
Nato fires artillery at militants in Pakistan Daily Star Nato troops in eastern Afghanistan fired 20 artillery rounds at insurgents inside Pakistan after coordinating with Islamabad, officials said yesterday.Meanwhile, five Afghan troops were killed in a...
graveyard and the polling station Hindustan Times Journalist in the neighbourhood? The word "azaadi" came up in about the fourth minute. In the eighteenth minute, the conversation changed course. Abdul Ghani Mir, a 72-year-old gravedigger, stood on...
Taliban Attack on Pakistan Elders Leaves 7 Dead Fox News Khar, Pakistan Taliban militants attacked Pakistani tribal leaders near the Afghan border, triggering a gunbattle and an explosion that killed seven people, an official said Tuesday. The clash...
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