Interviewing a “target killer” in Karachi was probably the scariest thing I’ve done in my 17 years at VICE. His gun sat between my feet in the backseat of our car as we drove in circles around his ...

Residents of any American metropolis who think that they live in civic hell because of homeless men on the subway, gangland rat-a-tat in the inner city and shoplifters at Walmart should steal a glance ...

“The bugs seem to be everywhere in every neighborhood, bazaar and shop, sparing no one. They’re a bullying force on sidewalks, flying in and out of stores and cars and homes, and settling onto every ...

For nearly two decades Hamid has worn a badge in Karachi, the mega port city on the Arabian Sea that for years was rife with vicious political and extremist violence His father was assassinated by a ...

Journalist Shackle debuts with an evocative portrait of Karachi’s political, ethnic, and criminal conflicts. In the 70 years since the partition of India, the population of Pakistan’s largest city has ...

One of Pakistan’s famous decorative buses gets hit by one of Karachi’s infamous outbursts of violence. Photo by Zia Mazhar/Associated Press. Interviewing a “target killer” in Karachi was probably the ...

We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site. Add to these ingredients a staggering lack of urban planning and sanitation, chronic water shortages, a barely functioning ...

KARACHI — His father was assassinated by a notorious Karachi hit-man, while his police partner was murdered by the Taliban. Personal tragedy haunts the hard-boiled novels that are turning top cop Omar ...