A water tanker was set on fire near Sakhi Hassan in Karachi following a hit-and-run incident in Nazimabad, according to local police reports. The incident began when the water tanker struck a pedestrian in the Nazimabad area and attempted to flee the scene. Eyewitnesses reported that several citizens pursued the speeding vehicle on motorcycles. As the tanker sped away, it lost control and overturned a short distance from the site of the original accident. Onlookers quickly rushed to the scene, broke the vehicle's windows, and managed to extract the driver. Some individuals allegedly assaulted the driver, but he ultimately managed to escape. Following the driver’s escape, an angry crowd set the overturned tanker on fire. Authorities responded swiftly and managed to extinguish the blaze. Police are investigating the matter further and searching for the driver involved in the incident.

Under the direction of Deputy Commissioner and Administrator Central District Mr. Taha Saleem, new measures are being taken to improve the sanitation system at commercial and residential centers. Deputy Commissioner and Administrator Taha Saleem along with Municipal Commissioner Zahid Hussain distributed large plastic bags for disposal of garbage among shopkeepers and other businessmen in the business centers of North Nazimabad Landi Kotal Chowrangi to Zia-ud-Din Chowrangi. Director Sanitation Zaheer on the occasion. Ahmed Deputy Director Sanitation North Nazimabad Obaid-ur-Rehman was also present. On this occasion, shopkeepers were required to pack their shop and business waste and garbage in these bags and place it in front of their shops or at special centers from where the staff of Central Municipality can easily pick up the garbage bags from there. It should be noted that shopkeepers usually used to throw their garbage outside the shops Due to which garbage was spread in the b...

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal inaugurated Shuhada-e-Haq Model Family Park in UC-8 of North Nazimabad Town on Wednesday. Town Nazim Mumtaz Hameed, member Sindh Assembly Abdul Moeed Siddiqui, DCO Karachi Javed Hanif Khan and Executive Director Parks & Horticulture Liaquat Ali Khan were also present on this occasion. City Government has constructed this 4 acre park with a cost of Rs20million. On this occasion while talking to media representatives Nazim Karachi said that this is the 350th park that has been constructed by present City Government in Karachi. He said that the availability of 350 small and big parks and a good number of sports grounds has led to considerable reduction in the air pollution and the citizens have got better and quality recreation facilities near to their homes. He said that we have completed thousands of projects during last four years while hundreds of other were still in pipe line and would soon come on the ground. City Nazim said that development was an...

Aisha Paracha, 18, a member of an upper middle class family, always wanted to be a doctor. A resident of North Nazimabad, she got distinctive marks in F Sc (Pre-Medical) exams making her eligible to sit in the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) entrance test. Aisha, who cannot walk because she has been left handicapped by polio, has a dream to become a kind-hearted and popular doctor. Her disability did not hold her from following her dream, in fact, the only obstacles that were stopping her dream from coming true were the policies of the DUHS. Her dreams and her family’s expectations came crashing down when they were told that there was no room in DUHS rules and regulations for a disabled candidate to sit in the entrance examination and get admission in MBBS. Aisha’s story began when last June ended, when she went for the DUHS entrance test and wasn’t allowed to sit in it. A medical board was formed by the DUHS administration to review her case and still she wasn’t given admissi...

Orangi and North Nazimabad Towns have been separated on the directives of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Sallahuddin Babar Khattak on Saturday. It is important to mention that before the tenure of former IGP Sindh Major (retd) Ziaul Hassan, the Karachi police was divided according to the 18 towns, however when Hassan was appointed, he abolished the police force of four towns, merging them with the other 15. Hassan merged Orangi Town with North Nazimabad Town, Korangi Town with Landhi Town, Baldia and SITE Towns with North Nazimabad Town and also appointed SP to SSP ranks officers in all the towns in the city. Almost a month ago, Khattak separated Korangi Town from Landhi Town and then separate SPs were appointed there. He also separated Orangi Town from North Nazimabad Town on Saturday. Khattak has also appointed West Zone SSP Investigation Fayyaz Qureshi as an SP in Orangi Town and posted SP Khawaja Naveed to Gulberg Town.

North Nazimabad Town (Urdu: شمالی ناظم آباد ) is a small densely populated town in the northern part of Karachi, named as such in reference to it being north of the suburb of Nazimabad. The town is bordered by New Karachi Town to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujar Nala stream, Liaquatabad Town to the south, and SITE Town to the west. The population of North Nazimabad Town was estimated to be about 500,000 at the 1998.