Fire at chemical factory kills 16 in Pakistan's Karachi
World | August 28, 2021 7:50 ISTShe said 12 of the bodies had been identified and were taken away by relatives, while 4 could not be identified immediately.
She said 12 of the bodies had been identified and were taken away by relatives, while 4 could not be identified immediately.
The incident happened on Saturday in Karachi’s Baldia town when the victims were returning home in the truck after attending a marriage ceremony.
The complaint was lodged with the police by regional operations manager of the cash transportation company.
Sugar was loaded onto the container truck from a ship, MV Unity, that arrived at the KPT from Dubai with 33,000 tonnes of the sweetener purchased by the TCP.
The incident comes weeks after a bus carrying Pakistani and Chinese workers fell into a ravine in northwest Pakistan, killing nine Chinese and four Pakistanis in an alleged terror attack.
A Lucknow-bound IndiGo flight from Sharjah was diverted to Karachi airport, in Pakistan on Tuesday after a medical emergency onboard.
Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant reacted to BJP leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's statement about Karachi.
The Karachi city administration has imposed a 'smart lockdown' in four districts and a 'micro lockdown in two other districts amid an alarming resurgence in the number of new Covid-19 cases.
After a video of Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaokar went viral in which he was allegedly asking Karachi Sweets shop owner in Bandra West to change the name 'Karachi', party leader Sanjay Raut issued a clarification saying it makes no sense to ask for changing their names now. Demand for changing their name is not Shiv Sena's official stance.
A huge mob of Muslim bigots attacked the Sheetal temple in Bhimpura area of Karachi on Sunday night, vandalized the premises, broke idols of Hindu gods Lord Shiva and Ganesh, and within minutes turned the place of worship into a wreck.
Former Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Sharif on Monday informed that the police has arrested her husband Captain Safdar Awan.
Pakistan's ISI spy agency blackmailed a middle-aged Indian Muslim widower visiting his relatives in Karachi, using a sex worker to honey trap him so that he would work for them.
In a bid to escape blacklisting by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Pakistan has effectively ended up acknowledging the presence in the country of fugitive terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, one of the most wanted men in India.
India's most wanted and mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts Dawood Ibrahim is in Karachi, Pakistan has admitted. Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday released a list of 88 leaders, members of terrorist groups on which Islamabad has imposed more restrictions. The list mentions the name of Dawood Ibrahim.
At least five people were killed after terrorists attacked Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi on Monday. According to the Pakistan media, three others were injured after terrorists stormed the Pakistan Stock Exchange building and opened indiscriminate fire. Three of the four terrorists have been gunned down, while one still remains present inside the building, the Pakistan police have said.
Police, Paramilitary rangers and other law enforcement agencies arrested several men and women.
Pakistan building collapse: Till Monday, rescue teams had pulled out eight bodies and on Tuesday 11 more bodies were found on the first floor of the collapsed building. Twelve people were injured in the incident.
A 200-year-old temple here in Pakistan's largest metropolis is not only an important place of worship for the minority Hindu community in the country but also a source of livelihood for the young and enterprising Muslim boys in the area.
According to an earlier report, prepared by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), the plane's engines had scraped the runway thrice on the pilot's first attempt to land the plane. It caused friction and sparks. Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Abdul Sattar Kokhar said the Airbus A320 was carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members. The only other survivor of the crash was Zafar Masood, a bank executive.
The PIA plane which crashed on Friday has only two survivors -- one of whom is Bank of Punjab top executive Zafar Masud. His roots are in western Uttar Pradesh's Amroha and he belongs to the family of Kamal Amrohi of "Pakeezah" fame.
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