LAHORE: At least 15 people were killed and 1,194 injured in 1,118 accidents in Punjab during the last 24 hours. According to Rescue 1122, 525 drivers, 30 underage drivers, 133 pedestrians, and 551 passengers were among the victims. The statistics showed that 282 accidents were reported in Lahore which affected 293 people, placing the provincial capital […]
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Woman crushed to death, two injured in road mishap
KHANEWAL: A woman was crushed to death while another two sustained injuries in a collision between two motorcycles at Chowk Jamal road near Kachi Pakki on Monday. According to Rescue 1122 sources, Mureed Ahmed was returning home along with two his family members Zubaida Bibi and Sajida Bibi on motorcycle from market when a speeding […]
Six teens killed in fire at Egypt detention centre
Six teenage girls were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at a juvenile detention centre in the Egyptian capital, officials said Friday. The blaze broke out late Thursday at the building in Al-Marg district on Cairo’s northeastern outskirts, a security official told AFP. The head of the facility, which houses around 200 girls […]
Fifty schools in Gaza damaged by Israeli airstrikes
WEB DESK According to Humanitarian Aid Organization ‘Save The Children’, around 50 schools in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli airstrikes in the past few weeks. As a result, over 41,000 children have been impacted. Of the 219 people who have been killed in Gaza, at least 63 are children, according to the health ministry. […]
Dozens killed in Papua New Guinea tribal unrest
Twenty-four people have died — including two pregnant women with their unborn children — in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea’s lawless highlands, prompting the prime minister on Wednesday to vow to avenge the brutal killings. Local officials said at least 24 people had been killed in Hela province, a rugged region in the west […]
Rare wolf killed in Bangladesh after first appearance in decades
The first Indian grey wolf to be seen in Bangladesh in eight decades has been beaten to death by farmers after preying on their livestock, wildlife experts said Sunday. The grey wolf was last seen in Bangladesh in 1949, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Locals in a town near the Sundarbans […]
Five killed, 20 injured in horrific three-vehicle collision in Khuzdar
A major road crash in the early hours of Wednesday killed at least five people at National Highway in Khuzdar; injuring twenty others. According to sources, three passenger buses jammed into each other at Khuzdar’s area of Wadh, resulting in five deaths on the spot. The deputy commissioner noted that bodies and injured were moved […]
Three FC men among five killed in Balochistan
At least five people including three Frontier Constabulary (FC) officials were killed in two separate terrorism-related incidents on Thursday. As per details, at least two labourers were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on a coal mine in Harnai’s Khosat area. After the incident, FC officials rushed to the spot and a vehicle carrying […]
Rain kills 39 across the country
National Disaster Management Authority confirmed on Wednesday that the rains in Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took lives of at least 39 people and injured 153 people. The authority further stated that around 80 houses have been damaged across the country due to the torrential rain. The heavy rain interrupted the power supply in Faisalabad. […]
Daesh recruit says many foreign fighters jailed or killed
A Tajik man who joined Daesh said many foreigners who enlisted in its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria were jailed or killed for trying to leave. The 28-year-old, who once drove a taxi in Moscow, said he handed himself over to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed group, from Daesh’s last holdout of […]