KARACHI: The death toll from the fire at Karachi’s Gul Plaza shopping mall rose to 14 on Monday as eight more bodies were recovered. Flames continue to emerge from smouldering debris, prompting renewed firefighting efforts from the Rimpa Plaza side, according to Rescue 1122 Chief Operating Officer Dr Abid Jalal. Read More: Karachi Gul Plaza […]
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Floods Cause Rs822 Billion Loss, Affect 6.5 Million People Across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Recent floods have caused an estimated Rs822 billion loss to Pakistan’s economy, affecting 6.5 million people across 70 districts, according to an official report released on Friday. The floods damaged 229,763 houses, including 59,258 fully destroyed and 170,505 partially damaged. Punjab was the hardest hit, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Sindh, and Balochistan. […]
Fire Rescuer declared ‘Hero Faisalabad 2022’
FAISALABAD: District administration has declared an employee of Punjab Emergency Services (Rescue 1122) fire rescuer Abdul Rehman as “Hero Faisalabad 2022” because he had brought down an irritated man safely from rooftop of Clock Tower. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Imran Hamid Sheikh went to the residence of rescuer Abdul Rehman situated at Mohallah Siddique Abad Narwala […]
Rescue 1122 firefighter embraces martyrdom in fighting forest blaze at Shangla
PESHAWAR: A firefighter of Rescue 1122 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa embraced martyrdom in line of duty while fighting with a forest blaze at Shangla district. According to a statement issued here on Thursday, the deceased Nizam Ullah was on the front line in performing his duty of extinguishing fire that erupted at Manga Chaksher forest of Shangla […]
Rescue, relief work of earthquake victims in full swing: DC
QUETTA: Deputy Commissioner Khuzdar Mohammad Ilyas Kabzai on Saturday said the rescue, relief and rehabilitation work of the earthquake victims was in full swing. “The government will not leave the catastrophe-stricken people alone until the last affected person is rehabilitated,” he said during his visit to the quake-hit areas of Khuzdar district. The DC said […]
121,552 people provided emergency services in March
LAHORE: The Punjab Emergency Service Department (PESD) rescued 121,552 victims while responding to 125,943 emergencies with an average response time of seven minutes across Punjab during the last month. A monthly review meeting, held at Emergency Services Headquarters here on Saturday, was informed that the rescue teams responded to 35,519 road traffic accidents, 72,576 medical […]
Residents survey damage after powerful Japan quake
Soma, Japan : People in northeast Japan were cleaning up and surveying the damage on Thursday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake derailed a bullet train, opened cracks in highways and initially cut power to over two million homes. At least one death was directly caused by the overnight quake, government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said, but […]
15 dead, 1,194 injured in 1,118 accidents
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 […]
Building declared ‘dangerous’ collapses in Karachi, at least one casualty
At least one person died and multiple were wounded as a building in the metropolis’ Lyari neighbourhood collapsed late Sunday, rescue sources said. Sindh Rangers and police personnel reached the site immediately to provide rescue services and a crane dispatched to the site, with rescue officials saying at least one body and 10 wounded people […]
SOS Mediterranee relaunch migrant rescue missions off Libya
PARIS: Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee said Sunday it has relaunched migrant rescue operations off Libya, seven months after it was forced to abandon efforts using its ship Aquarius. SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) “are back at sea with a new vessel, the Ocean Viking, to conduct search and rescue activities in the central […]