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Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Cause. Gas leak. Deaths. 17. Non-fatal injuries. 16. On 18 December 2021, an explosion at a bank branch in the Sher Shah area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, killed 17 people and injured at least 16 others.
From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused ₨ 3.2 trillion ($14.8 billion) of damage and ₨ 3.3 trillion ($15.2 billion) of economic losses. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked ...
A PricewaterhouseCoopers study released in 2009, which surveyed the 2008 GDP of the top cities in the world, calculated Karachi’s GDP (PPP) to be $75 billion (projected to be $193 billion in 2025 at a growth rate of 5.5%). It confirmed Karachi’s status as Pakistan’s largest economy, well ahead of the next two biggest cities Lahore and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The virus was confirmed to have reached Pakistan on 26 February 2020, when two cases were recorded (a student in Karachi who had just returned from Iran and another person in the Islamabad Capital Territory). [3]
Confirmed cases. 86,133 in Punjab (as of September 2023) In September 2023, there was an occurrence of conjunctivitis, commonly referred to as pink eye, in multiple cities across Pakistan. The outbreak initially began in Karachi and subsequently extended to Lahore, eventually reaching Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [1][2]
Environmental issues in Pakistan include air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, climate change, pesticide misuse, soil erosion, natural disasters, desertification and flooding. According to the 2020 edition of the environmental performance index (EPI) ranking released by Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, Pakistan ranks 142 ...
On 26 January 2022, members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a sit-in protest in front of the Chief Minister 's House in Karachi, Pakistan, against the Local Government Amendment Bill in Sindh. [1] The police baton-charged and shelled protest demonstrators on violation of the Red Zone, killing a protester and injuring several others.
Lower than expected population figures from the census suggest that Karachi's poor infrastructure, law and order situation, and weakened economy relative to other parts of Pakistan made the city less attractive to in-migration than previously thought. [178] The figure is disputed by all the major political parties in Sindh.