RAWALPINDI: At least four police cops were injured due to gas leakage blast in Police Lines Headquarters Altaf Hussain Shaheed Mess here on Saturday. The injured in the blaze were shifted to DHQ Hospital for medical treatment. According to police spokesman, the condition of three police cops was out of danger while 1 police […]
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CM seeks report of Anarkali explosion
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Thursday sought a report of Anarkali explosion from the inspector general of Police. The chief minister directed that best medical treatment be ensured to the injured. He also directed to submit the report after investigation of the incident.
Three dead in blast on Soviet-era Indian warship
New Delhi: Three Indian naval personnel were killed in an explosion on one of the country’s oldest destroyers at a naval dockyard in Mumbai, authorities said. The blast occurred Tuesday in an internal compartment on the Soviet-built INS Ranvir, commissioned in 1986, according to the Indian Navy. “No material damage has been reported… (A) board […]
Kabul blast kills 13 including children : Taliban
WASHINGTON: The US Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on Thursday said there had been an explosion outside the Kabul airport, adding it was unclear if there were casualties. Kirby said his office would provide additional details when they are available US and allied officials have said they had intelligence that suicide bombers were threatening to […]
Beirut blast bereaved hold symbolic funeral to demand justice
Lebanese protestors carried imitation coffins in a symbolic funeral procession from Beirut port Sunday to demand justice, days after the first anniversary of a vast dockside explosion that killed more than 200 people. Families of the victims were joined by dozens of supporters, some wearing black and carrying burning torches, at an entrance to the […]
Four killed, 20 wounded in Afghan capital attack: officials
At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded on Tuesday in a coordinated attack in the Afghan capital that targeted the country’s defence minister and some lawmakers, security officials said. “There were four martyrs and 20 wounded” in the attack, a security official told AFP, after a wave of explosions and gunfire rocked […]
One year on, political interference besets Beirut blast probe
In the year since a monster explosion disfigured Beirut, a local probe has yet to yield significant arrests or even identify a culprit, with politicians widely accused of stalling progress. The August 4, 2020 explosion at the Beirut port killed more than 200 people and destroyed swathes of the capital. It devastated its dockside harbour, where […]
Relatives of Lebanon blast victims scuffle with police
Lebanese police fired tear gas on Tuesday during scuffles with demonstrators outside the home of caretaker interior minister Mohammad Fahmi, accused of stalling a probe into last summer’s huge port explosion. The protests, called for by relatives of the victims of the August 4 blast, swelled by the evening, with dozens of demonstrators streaming in […]
Three killed in bomb targeting police in Pakistan’s Lahore: officials
A bomb killed three people in Pakistan’s eastern megacity Lahore on Wednesday, in an attack officials believe targeted police and security forces. The blast happened outside a house near a checkpoint in an affluent neighbourhood, the province’s police chief Inam Ghani said. “Our assessment is that the most obvious target was the police and security forces,” he said, […]
Lahore’s Johar Town blast kills three, injures 23
LAHORE: An explosion occurring in a house in Johar Town has caused at least 23 people to sustain injuries and claimed the lives of three people. Witnesses are stating that the explosion had caused the windows of the houses and buildings to shatter. The injured people have been taken to Jinnah Hospital via autos and […]