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…
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Quetta, April 16 (IANS) Five coal miners were killed and another injured in two separate mining accidents in Bolan and Duki coalfield areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan, local media reported on Thursday. Officials said three miners died after they were trapped underground while methane gas accumulated in a coal mine in the Bolan coal mining field near Mach area. Other miners were able to escape from the affected mine and informed authorities about the incident, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reporte…