Karachi is considered to home to the largest Baloch urban and rural population in the world. The Baloch community living in the city, especially in its ancient town of Lyari, has been involved in left-leaning nationalist politics and the promotion of literary activities and the Balochi language since 1960s. They had elected iconic Baloch figure […]
KARACHI: Two police mobile vans now guard the main entrance to the shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi as the security has been tightened since the terrorist attack at the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan on Feb 16. Police officers at the shrine in Clifton explained that they received orders from […]
KARACHI: The façade of a 100-year-old temple located in the city is going to be completely hidden from the public eye because of illegal construction to which the authorities are paying no attention, it emerged on Tuesday. A recent protest by the Karachi Indigenous Rights Alliance brought the issue of the temple and a surrounding […]
The archaeological sites present in Karachi are contemporaries of Moen Jo Daro, said historians and research scholars at the ‘Archaeological Importance of Karachi’ session of the Sindh Literature Festival on Sunday. “Near Karachi coast, many artifacts have been found that depict the same inscriptions and figures inscribed on Moen Jo Daro and Harappa relics,” said […]
We have to bring back the mindset from the times when Karachi was referred to as the city of Shah Abdul Latif, claimed Karachi University criminology department chairperson Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat. He was speaking at the launch of Sindhi writer and researcher Gul Hassan Kalmati’s book, ‘Karachi: Sindh ji Marvi’ at Szabist on Friday. […]
KARACHI: Speakers drew attention to different aspects of the glorious past and chaotic present of the city of Karachi at a seminar held to celebrate the launch of a book Karachi: Sindh Ji Marui (The Marui of Sindh) by Gul Hassan Kalmati at Szabist on Friday evening. Former Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations Hussain […]
‘Ownership’, as defined by Oxford English Dictionary is ‘the act, state or right of possessing something’. In Urdu, it translates into Milkiyyat, while in Sindhi the alternative is Maaliki.When someone, something or some place is considered abandoned or ownerless, the Sindhi people often say: Adaa! Hinjee maaliki keeran waaro keer kon’hay. What Karachi is going through right now […]