Karachi Jail

Eighty fishermen released from a jail in Karachi reached Vadodara in Gujarat by train on Sunday, from where they were taken to Veraval in the state's Gir Somnath district by bus to be reunited with their families for Diwali, an official said.

A special court in Mumbai on Monday sentenced gutkha manufacturer JM Joshi and two others to 10 years in jail in a case pertaining to helping fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides to set up a plant of the product in Karachi in Pakistan.

The body of a 53-year-old fisherman from Gujarat's Gir Somnath district finally reached his native town on Monday, nearly 45 days after his death in a Pakistani jail, an official said.

20 Indian fishermen were released by Pakistan and repatriated via the Wagah Border on Monday, a statement issued by Pakistan's foreign ministry said today.

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will be shifted to a hospital in Karachi today, a day after he was discharged from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) sub-jail after being granted bail by the Islamabad High Court (IHC), The News International reported.

Nine years ago, on November 26, 10 heavily-armed terrorists sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and ran rampage through the city, killing 166 and wounding over 300. They split into pairs, and spent the next 72 hours targeting the city's landmarks, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Hotel, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, a ...

Pakistan today released 68 Indian fishermen held for allegedly violating its territorial waters from Karachi's Landhi jail as a goodwill gesture.

Seventy-seven Indian fishermen and a person from Bihar, who were imprisoned in a Karachi jail, returned to India after being released by Pakistan.

Waseem Akhtar, a jailed leader of Mutthaida-e-Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Pakistan, today took oath as Karachi's mayor after the Sindh High Court allowed him to attend the ceremony.

The imprisoned politician who is almost certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan's largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via "video link" from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Pakistan will release 86 Indian fishermen jailed in Karachi prison on March 21, a Gujarat government official said today.

A 47-year-old fisherman from Porbandar, who was allegedly caught by Pakistan Marine Security Agency (MSA) last year off Gujarat coast, died in a Karachi-based jail in Pakistan due to Tuberculosis or TB, a National Fishworkers Forum leader said today.

Pakistan on Monday expressed hope that India will free Pakistanis from Indian jails after Islamabad sent home Geeta, a young deaf and mute woman who was stranded there for over a decade.

In the backdrop of Pakistan releasing 163 Indian fishermen lodged in a Karachi jail, police in Vadodara today said the fishermen from the neighbouring country jailed in Gujarat's Dwarka prison will be released only after "confirmation" of their nationality by the Centre.

Pakistani authorities today issued a death warrant for a killer condemned as a teenager, as a triple murderer was hanged in the 25th execution since the country resumed capital punishment in December.

Eighty fishermen released from a jail in Karachi reached Vadodara in Gujarat by train on Sunday, from where they were taken to Veraval in the state's Gir Somnath district by bus to be reunited with their families for Diwali, an official said.

A special court in Mumbai on Monday sentenced gutkha manufacturer JM Joshi and two others to 10 years in jail in a case pertaining to helping fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides to set up a plant of the product in Karachi in Pakistan.

The body of a 53-year-old fisherman from Gujarat's Gir Somnath district finally reached his native town on Monday, nearly 45 days after his death in a Pakistani jail, an official said.

20 Indian fishermen were released by Pakistan and repatriated via the Wagah Border on Monday, a statement issued by Pakistan's foreign ministry said today.

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will be shifted to a hospital in Karachi today, a day after he was discharged from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) sub-jail after being granted bail by the Islamabad High Court (IHC), The News International reported.

Nine years ago, on November 26, 10 heavily-armed terrorists sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and ran rampage through the city, killing 166 and wounding over 300. They split into pairs, and spent the next 72 hours targeting the city's landmarks, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Hotel, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, a ...

Pakistan today released 68 Indian fishermen held for allegedly violating its territorial waters from Karachi's Landhi jail as a goodwill gesture.

Seventy-seven Indian fishermen and a person from Bihar, who were imprisoned in a Karachi jail, returned to India after being released by Pakistan.

Waseem Akhtar, a jailed leader of Mutthaida-e-Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Pakistan, today took oath as Karachi's mayor after the Sindh High Court allowed him to attend the ceremony.

The imprisoned politician who is almost certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan's largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via "video link" from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Pakistan will release 86 Indian fishermen jailed in Karachi prison on March 21, a Gujarat government official said today.

A 47-year-old fisherman from Porbandar, who was allegedly caught by Pakistan Marine Security Agency (MSA) last year off Gujarat coast, died in a Karachi-based jail in Pakistan due to Tuberculosis or TB, a National Fishworkers Forum leader said today.

Pakistan on Monday expressed hope that India will free Pakistanis from Indian jails after Islamabad sent home Geeta, a young deaf and mute woman who was stranded there for over a decade.

In the backdrop of Pakistan releasing 163 Indian fishermen lodged in a Karachi jail, police in Vadodara today said the fishermen from the neighbouring country jailed in Gujarat's Dwarka prison will be released only after "confirmation" of their nationality by the Centre.

Pakistani authorities today issued a death warrant for a killer condemned as a teenager, as a triple murderer was hanged in the 25th execution since the country resumed capital punishment in December.