MUZAFFARABAD: Seven people, all of them close relatives, were killed after a loader-rickshaw carrying them plunged into a deep ravine in Haveli district of AJK, prompting the government to announce two days of mourning in the area, officials said on Friday. The deceased, aged between 20 and 30 years, belonged to Jokan Ganji Galli and […]

CHARSADDA: At least three children were killed while a couple was seriously injured after the roof of a house collapsed in Prang Majoki area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda district on Saturday, rescue officials said. According to Rescue 1122, the roof had suddenly caved in, trapping five members of a family under the debris. Rescue teams […]

RAWALPINDI: No passenger was hurt after a Metro bus caught fire on Saturday morning near the 6th Road stop. According to Rescue 1122, the Metro bus was destroyed after it caught fire while passing the bus stop on 6th Road. It said that rescue officials rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control. […]

A major fire at a factory in Karachi’s Landhi Export Processing Zone was controlled after a six-hour operation on Sunday. Officials said no casualties were reported, while the cause of the blaze was still being ascertained. KARACHI: A major fire that broke out at a factory in the Landhi Export Processing Zone on Sunday afternoon was […]

Two police personnel were martyred after a speeding dumper truck hit a parked police van on the M9 Motorway in Karachi, officials said. The dumper driver was taken into custody and legal action was initiated. KARACHI: Two police personnel were martyred on Monday after a speeding dumper truck crashed into a police van parked on […]

Two labourers were killed after a makeshift lift collapsed at an under-construction building near Liberty Roundabout in Lahore’s Gulberg area. Police said the victims suffered fatal head and chest injuries. LAHORE: Two labourers were killed after a makeshift lift collapsed at an under-construction building in Lahore’s Gulberg area on Sunday, according to Rescue 1122 and police. […]

Two young siblings were killed and another child was critically injured after a fire broke out in a scrap warehouse in Gujjarpura’s China Scheme area. Officials said combustible material caused the blaze to spread quickly. LAHORE: Two young siblings died and another child was critically injured after a fire broke out in a scrap warehouse […]

Two labourers died after losing consciousness while cleaning a sewer in Dera Ismail Khan’s Garaha Bakhsha area, Rescue 1122 officials said. One victim was identified as Mohammad Saleem, while the second had not been identified immediately. DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two labourers died after they lost consciousness while cleaning a sewer in the Garaha Bakhsha area on […]

LAHORE: Heavy rains and storms in Punjab over the past 24 hours have left three people dead and 17 others injured, rescue officials said on Wednesday. In Bhakkar, two separate roof-collapse incidents left one person dead and four others injured, a Rescue 1122 spokesperson said. In a separate incident, two people were injured when a […]

Six people lost their lives in traffic accidents in Karachi on Tuesday. Two young men were killed when a speeding coaster hit their motorcycle on the National Highway within the limits of Shah Latif Town police station. The bodies were taken to Jinnah postgraduate Medical Centre, where they were identified as 25-year-old Lal Chand and […]