Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Four people were killed and over a dozen others were injured after the roofs of two houses collapsed in Zhob and Khuzdar areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan after heavy monsoon rains lashed parts of the province, officials said, according to local media reports. According to the officials, pre-monsoon rains disrupted daily life in several parts of Balochistan. Inter-district roads were damaged due to flash floods while homes, crops and infrastructure were destroyed due to he…
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Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) At least two people were killed and nine others injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan’s Punjab in the past 24 hours, according to the Rescue 1122 statement on Thursday, local media reported. Punjab Rescue 1122 spokesperson Farooq Ahmad said that the collapse of walls, roofs and a billboard triggered by strong winds and heavy rain caused casualties, the Dawn reported.Two people were killed, and three others were injured after a wall collapsed in Attock. In Para Sh…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Cases are being registered against local landowners in Pakistan’s Punjab province over alleged obstruction of official work in connection with gold extraction in Attock, local media reported on Tuesday. This has triggered a heated exchange in the Provincial Assembly and has drawn sharp criticism from the Opposition over revenue transparency, local media reported.The controversy erupted after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party leader and Attock MPA Qazi Ahmed Akbar ha…
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) The growing cases of newborn babies being abandoned across Pakistani cities and districts point towards individual moral and social collapse in the country. Earlier this month, a newborn baby was found abandoned in a garbage bin in Allama Iqbal Town of Pakistan’s Lahore, a report has stated. Police has been informed about the case, though the condition of the baby has not been disclosed. The image of a newborn discarded in the garbage bin should have sparked outcry, howe…
Mumbai, Dec 25 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Thursday said that while many alliances and coalitions have occurred in the politics of the state and country, the tie-up between the Shiv Sena(UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founded by Raj Thackeray is set to be historic, revolutionary, and a source of strength for the Marathi Manoos.The party said that the reunion of the Thackeray brothers is a “good omen” for Maharashtra in defeating those per…