Islamabad, July 14 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured after a residential house collapsed during heavy rain in the Kohat district of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, rescue officials said. An official from the Rescue 1122 said late Monday night that torrential rainfall caused the house to cave in the Malgin area of the Lachi area of the district, trapping 23 people under the rubble, reports Xinhua news agency.Rescue teams from Kohat and the neighbourin…
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Quetta, July 3 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after a bus fell into a ravine in the Danasar area on the Sherani–Zhob highway near the border between Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces on Friday, local media reported. The bus was heading from Quetta to Peshawar when the accident took place. As many as 40 bodies were recovered from the site of the accident while eight injured people were taken to the Trauma Centre in Zhob, leading Pakistani da…
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…
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, July 2 (IANS) Seven people were killed, and one person went missing, after a tourist boat capsized on Saifullah Lake in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police have said. The boat, carrying eight members of the same family on a sightseeing trip, overturned in the scenic Kalam area of Swat district on Wednesday, a district police officer told the media.The bodies of the seven victims were recovered, while rescue teams, police officers and local volunteers continued sea…
Islamabad, July 1 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan has expressed serious concern over the tragic roof collapse at a private tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area, which claimed the lives of 14 children and left several others injured.The incident occurred on Tuesday when the roof of a private tuition academy collapsed, killing at least 14 children and injuring several others, local media reported, citing officials.Confirming the death toll, Punjab province Health Minister Khawaj…
Islamabad, June 28 (IANS) Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, the splinter group of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting a transport facility of Pakistan’s paramilitary Rangers in the southern port city of Karachi, as security forces continued a clearance operation, police sources said.At least three Rangers personnel lost their lives in the attack, while four terrorists were also killed in the ensuing exchange of fire, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.Law …
Islamabad, June 27 (IANS) At least three Sindh Rangers personnel were killed on Saturday after a facility of the paramilitary force in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar was attacked, local media reported.Intense firing was also reported near Meteorological Chowrangi on University Road following a loud blast, Geo TV reported.Personnel from various law enforcement agencies were dispatched to the location.According to the Sindh Inspector General Javed Alam Odho, there had not been any confirmation abou…
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) At least two people were killed, and 11 others were injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed parts of the province, local media reported on Wednesday. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) stated that fatalities were reported from Mardan in rain-related incidents, while injuries were reported in Battagram, Swat and Mardan, Pakistan’s daily The Express Tribune reported.According to the PDMA re…
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) At least seven people, including two police personnel, were killed in a blast in the Serai Naurang tehsil of Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, local media reported citing information received from the local police. Quoting Lakki Marwat district police spokesperson, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported that 23 other people have been injured in the incident.He said that it was not clear whether a rickshaw carrying explosives was …