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Pakistan Herald Limited, [2] doing business as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [1] It publishes the Dawn newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pakistan Newspapers Society. [9] [10]
Karachi was known as Khurachee Scinde (i.e. Karachi, Sindh) during the early British colonial rule. An old image of Karachi from 1889 Karachi map, 1911 St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi An image from 1930 of Elphinstone Street, Karachi Karachi Municipal Corporation Building, inaugurated in 1932
At that time, Karachi was the capital of Pakistan, but the only cricket ground was the one at the Karachi Gymkhana which had limited seating capacity. [10] A plan was formulated to develop a new stadium for which a plot of land measuring 174.5 acres was acquired by the Pakistan Public Works Department through the Commissioner of Karachi. [10]
January 13: a reporter of Geo News, Wali Khan Babar is shot by unknown political gunmen in Karachi as target killing once again gripped the city. January 19: The 7.2 M w Dalbandin earthquake shook a remote region of Balochistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), causing moderate damage, leaving three dead and several injured.
On 9 November 2011 the apostolic nuncio to Pakistan Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra blessed St. Peter’s Church, Karachi, now the largest Catholic church in Pakistan. It can seat 5,000 people. [11] In December 2018, the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the cathedral was led by the Archbishop of Karachi Joseph Cardinal Coutts.
The K-IV water project (Urdu: کے فور پانی کے منصوبہ), abbreviated as K-IV, is a pending water supply project being jointly developed by the provincial and federal governments in Karachi, Pakistan, to augment the city's daily water supply.
Merewether Clock Tower or Merewether Tower (Urdu: میری ویدر ٹاور) [2] is a neo-Gothic clocktower built during the Victorian era in Karachi, Pakistan. [3] The tower is a landmark in central Karachi, and is at the termini of two of the most important roads in central Karachi: Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road and I. I. Chundrigar Road.
The restoration was completed in 2013. On 24 November 2013, the Feast of Christ the King, Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, blessed the monument after completion of the restoration work. The NED University of Engineering and Technology was one of the main contributors to the repair work which cost Rs 8.5 million.