One person was killed and 12 injured in a bomb blast late Thursday in Karachi, police said, in the second attack by separatist militants to hit Pakistan's most populous city in recent weeks.

At least 15 people were killed when a passenger van travelling in southern Pakistan crashed and caught fire, officials said Sunday.

Consul General of Qatar in Karachi Mishal bin Mohamed al-Ansari held a reception on the occasion of Qatar National Day

The government of Qatar opened on Saturday the second Qatar Visa Centre in Karachi, Pakistan in the presence of dignitaries and VIP guests.

Pakistani authorities arrested two suspects on Saturday in the attack on the Chinese consulate in the southern city of Karachi.

The operation has become an annual event in Syed Ejaz Ahmad's neighbourhood of Nazimabad, where a crowd cheered as it watched the spectacle unfold.

Temperatures have risen since Monday night and the cooling winds from the Arabian Sea have stopped.

An eclectic mix from both Karachi and Lahore in a three-day event can only be a feast. Lahore has so far played the smartest fashion week game with a consistency that remains unparalleled.

While there was no claim of responsibility and the motive was not immediately clear, China in December warned its nationals in Pakistan of plans for imminent attacks on Chinese targets there.

Pakistani paramilitary troops have killed eight militants from a group which tried to assassinate an opposition politician in Karachi, officials said Sunday.

Unknown gunmen Saturday killed a 10-year-old boy and a guard and wounded four others when they fired at an opposition politician in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, police said.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ordered Pakistani troops and paramilitary rangers to offer assistance and machinery to civilian rescue agencies to help pump water out of Karachi.