Stories by Imtiaz Ali

Imtiaz Ali is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience in the field. His reporting portfolio encompasses crime, politics, and the provincial legislature, alongside coverage of the courts, government affairs, and the health sector.

Bodies of 3 fishermen recovered after fishing boat capsizes off Karachi’s Sea View

Incident occurred after the boat, carrying five fishermen, developed a fault at sea; two rescued safely.

Updated 29 Sep, 2026 12:06pm

Over 70 arrested in NCCIA raids on two Karachi call centres

Agency lodges two FIRs; alleges owners and call agents targeted US citizens with fraudulent credit card offers.

Published 28 Sep, 2026 06:18am

Authorities impose Section 144 in Karachi, ban gatherings of more than 5 people till Sept 30

The restriction has also been imposed in Sukkur and Hyderabad till Sept 29.

Published 25 Sep, 2026 12:46am

Fire breaks out at KE grid station, disrupts power supply to thousands

Eight fire tenders put out the blaze after hour-long operation; KE says fire affected 38 feeders of Baloch Colony grid station.

Updated 23 Sep, 2026 09:21am

Karachi University teacher says he forgives man who assaulted him

Prof Saqi says the suspect, along with his father and father-in-law, visited his residence, where the matter was resolved “amicably”.

Updated 22 Sep, 2026 09:16am

High-powered body to probe death of family in ‘locked flat’ in Karachi's Ahsanabad

City police chief says investigations underway but no evidence of homicide found so far.

Updated 22 Sep, 2026 09:02am

Doctor, wife and three daughters found dead in Karachi apartment

Foul smell emanating from family’s flat prompted neighbours to inform police.

Updated 21 Sep, 2026 09:37am

Prime suspect in Rs8.5bn Yellow Line graft scam arrested in another corruption case

Zameer Abbasi remanded in FIA custody for five days

Published 19 Sep, 2026 04:09am

Karachi police claim to unearth international meth supply network, arrest two

The suspects were in contact with a notorious Afghan drug dealer, police claim.

Published 18 Sep, 2026 08:35pm

‘Man who killed woman, her three children in Karachi shot dead in encounter’

Police say the pistol and the iron rod allegedly used in the murders have been recovered.

Updated 18 Sep, 2026 08:33am

NCCIA busts ‘international scam call centre’, arrests 27 suspects

KARACHI: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Karachi on Wednesday claimed to have carried out a...

Published 17 Sep, 2026 07:05am

No breakthrough yet in probe into murder of woman, her three children in Karachi

Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed says the post-mortem examinations of the deceased persons found “multiple injuries to the head”.

Updated 16 Sep, 2026 08:20am

Protest continues in Karachi as family refuses to bury teen until his killers are arrested

On Sept 8, six robbers, including two wearing police uniforms, barged into the house of Roidad Hussain and shot his 17-year-old son in Manghopir.

Updated 13 Sep, 2026 12:34pm

Karachi police obtain Mir Raza's crypto trading records for last 4 years: official

Police official says the deceased businessman was involved in "futures trading" on the crypto platform Binance.

Published 09 Sep, 2026 04:49pm

Three held for assault on KU professor, his nephew

Teachers condemn incident, demand justice; students stage protest at Silver Jubilee gate;police say efforts underway to arrest

Published 09 Sep, 2026 06:49am

Three held after Karachi University professor assaulted at Safoora Chowrangi

Police register FIR; raids are being conducted to arrest all suspects.

Published 08 Sep, 2026 09:43pm

Fire erupts at Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab's office located in historic KMC building

Officials say the fire erupted in the outer unit of an air conditioner, no casualties reported in incident.

Updated 08 Sep, 2026 03:08pm

Blaze at EPZ factory rages on despite hours of firefighting

KARACHI: A huge fire that erupted on Monday in a factory at the Karachi Export Processing Zone (EPZ), near Landhi...

Published 08 Sep, 2026 06:57am

Fire rips through factory in Karachi's Landhi Export Processing Zone, 3 suffer minor injuries

Fire spreads to adjacent factory; blaze causes large portion of building to collapse.

Updated 07 Sep, 2026 10:34pm

Roadblocks wreak havoc on Karachi traffic after PTI denied rally at Mazar-i-Quaid

Some activists detained near Numaish intersection; policeman injured by stone-pelting; officials say road closures have nothing to do with PTI rally.

Updated 07 Sep, 2026 08:11am