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Pakistan attack: 'Gunmen killed' in raid on stock exchange in Karachi
2020-06-29 09:17:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Armed men storm the financial hub in Karachi, killing at least two before police shoot them dead.
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Karachi opens heat relief centres in bid to cut death toll
2016-06-16 04:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Last summer, temperatures as high as 45 degrees Celsius led to more than a thousand heat-related deaths in Karachi. This year, as it prepares for the peak of summer heat, the city has opened 179 heatstroke centres to try to hold down the death toll. Officials have also trained scores of new ambulance drivers and are working with utility companies to try to keep electricity and water flowing as the city's 24 million people battle summer heat during the month-long Islamic fast of Ramadan, when drinking...
$3m project provides textile skills training to Karachi youth
2016-02-02 15:45:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
More than 13,000 youth and women from marginalised households in Pakistan's largest city Karachi are set to benefit from a three-year training programme that aims to provide them with technical skills in the garment and home textiles industries.
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Pakistan begins $10bn of nuclear power projects in Karachi
2015-08-21 01:00:00| Power Technology
Pakistan has started constructing the 1,100MW Karachi Nuclear Power Plant II (Kanupp II), which is expected to help the country meet its growing energy demands.
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Karachi will be smart city with free WiFi, CCTV cameras and solar street lights. Shrajeel Memom
2015-07-12 18:25:48| Wireless - Topix.net
KARACHI: July 12, 2015. Sindh government to make the Karachi smart city by innovative solar street lights, CCTV cameras as well as free WiFi facilities in 2015 According to the statement, Sindh Information Minister Shrajeel Inaam Memon and Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum of Dubai signed MoU by three Chinese companies China Abuda of Joshua interested to install smart technology in Karachi to complete the first phase in years 2015.