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A six-year-old boy who went missing two days ago was found dead in Karachi's Old City area, police confirmed on Wednesday. The victim had disappeared from outside his home on Monday. After frantic but unsuccessful efforts by family members and residents to locate him, a kidnapping case was registered at the Napier Police Station. Police said the child’s body was recovered stuffed in a sack near Old Haji Camp in the Lea Market area on Tuesday night. According to officials, the victim’s family grew suspicious of a neighbour and detained him before handing him over to the police. South Deputy Inspector General of Police Asad Raza confirmed the arrest, adding that the suspect had confessed to the crime. “Further investigation is underway,” he said. Family members alleged that the child was murdered inside the suspect’s residence. They claimed the body was mutilated, stuffed into a sack and thrown from a three-storey building...

Residents of Karachi's Qayyumabad and adjoining areas faced hours-long inconvenience on Friday as they took to the streets over a prolonged water shortage and suspension of supply, blocking traffic and causing massive congestion in surrounding localities. The demonstrators blocked Qayyumabad Chowrangi by parking vehicles and water tankers on the road. They were carrying sticks and reportedly assaulted some people during the protest. The protest began immediately after Friday prayers, bringing traffic heading towards Defence, Korangi Industrial Area, and Sharea Faisal to a standstill. Vehicles remained stuck in long queues for several hours. Karachi’s Thirst: Qayyumabad Residents Block Main Roads in Major Water Crisis Protest#KarachiWaterCrisis #Qayyumabad #NaeemKhanzada #KarachiProtests #WaterScarcity #TankerMafia #PublicUtilityCrisis #KarachiDiaries #EssentialServices #HumanRightsViolation pic.twitter.com/KVtq3rQCal — Express News (@ExpressNewsPK) June 5, 2026...

The Karachi police on Tuesday arrested a woman accused of operating one of the city’s most organised narcotics supply networks. The suspect, identified as Anmol alias “Pinky”, was arrested during a joint operation conducted by the City police and a civil agency from an apartment in the Garden area. Investigators claim she was running a sophisticated cocaine processing and delivery operation with links extending beyond Karachi to Lahore, Islamabad and other cities. Read: Anmol, alias Pinky, caught in drug web According to the police, Pinky not only supplied narcotics to affluent neighbourhoods, including DHA and Clifton, but also personally prepared high-grade cocaine and managed deliveries through female riders and online platforms. During interrogation, she allegedly claimed that “no one in Pakistan makes better cocaine” than hers. Police said she sold two categories of cocaine — “White Coke” for Rs25,000 per gram and “Gol...

The families of the Pakistani crew members aboard the Honor 25 oil tanker, seized by Somali pirates, are calling on the government to take immediate action and demand the formation of a committee. In what appears to be a “ray of hope” for the families of hostages held by Somali pirates, direct contact has been established with the group that seized the Honor 25 oil tanker. The pirates have sent recent photographs of the 17 crew members being held hostage to the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust, including 10 Pakistani citizens. The Honor 25 was taken over on April 21 by Somali pirates near Somali waters. For the past two weeks, families of the kidnapped Pakistani crew members have been anxiously awaiting updates on their loved ones. Ansar Burney, head of the welfare trust, said that while contact with the pirates had been established, no practical steps had yet been taken by the government. Read: FO in touch with Somalia over hijack standoff Qurat-ul-Ain Advocate, directo...