Pakistan: Seven including children killed in gas explosion in van in Punjab province
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan: Seven including children killed in gas explosion in van in Punjab province

India TV News  

Pakistan: Around seven people, including two children, lost their lives after a fire erupted in a passenger van in eastern Pakistan on Saturday. Among the seven deceased persons, there was a woman with his daughter and two granddaughters. The incident occurred after a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder fitted in the van leaked and exploded in the Sargodha district of Punjab province, official Nabeel Bhatti said. Punjab Interim Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has ordered an investigation taking cognisance of the matter.

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38 civilians killed in attack on passenger vans in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1 month, 2 weeks ago

38 civilians killed in attack on passenger vans in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Hindustan Times  

At least 38 people were killed and 29 were injured after gunmen opened fire on passenger vehicles in a tribal area in northwestern Pakistan, Reuters reported. Chief Secretary for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, confirmed the attack, saying that the gunmen targeted passenger vans travelling from Parachinar in Kurram in a convoy. "There were two convoys of passenger vehicles, one …

Jalandhar: Man, son killed as gas cylinder explodes
1 year, 1 month ago

Jalandhar: Man, son killed as gas cylinder explodes

Hindustan Times  

A 45-year-old man and his teenaged son were killed while his wife suffered critical burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in their house in Jalandhar’s Satnam Nagar on Friday afternoon. Jalandhar gas cylinder blast: After the cylinder exploded, the rubber material kept in the house also caught fire. “After the cylinder exploded, the rubber material kept in the house …

20 killed in road accident in Pakistan’s Punjab province
1 year, 4 months ago

20 killed in road accident in Pakistan’s Punjab province

The Hindu  

A bus in Pakistan caught fire after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity highway in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 20 people and injuring 11 others, police and rescue officials said Sunday. The accident occurred early Sunday near Pindi Bhattian, where the Islamabad-bound bus hit a van parked on the shoulder of the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway, …

Pakistan: At least 18 die, 15 hurt as passenger bus catches fire in Faisalabad
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan: At least 18 die, 15 hurt as passenger bus catches fire in Faisalabad

India TV News  

At least 18 people including women and children were killed after a passenger bus smashed into a pick-up carrying diesel drums and caught fire on Faisalabad Motorway near Pindi Bhattian on Sunday. Earlier last month, the report claimed as many as five people were killed including a woman and two minors, injuring 20 others when a bus overturned in the …

29, Including Children, Hospitalised after Gas Leak Pakistan’s Karachi
1 year, 4 months ago

29, Including Children, Hospitalised after Gas Leak Pakistan’s Karachi

News 18  

At least 29 people, mostly women and children, fell unconscious and were hospitalised after leakage of ammonia gas in a factory in Karachi on Tuesday. Police officials from Karachi’s Docks area dispelled rumours that a cylinder explosion occurred at the factory and said it was a gas leak. In the beginning of this year, 16 people, including children, have died …

Pakistan: 7 killed as 3-storey building collapses due to gas cylinder explosion in Jhelum; 10 injured
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan: 7 killed as 3-storey building collapses due to gas cylinder explosion in Jhelum; 10 injured

India TV News  

A three-storey building located in Jhelum in Pakistan's Punjab province collapsed due to a gas cylinder explosion on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring ten others, authorities said. Citing Jhelum District Police Officer Nasir Mehmood Bajwa, Dawn reported that the explosion occurred at a cylinder shop located in the basement of the building. The incident comes after seven people were …

Two children among 11 burned to death in Thai van crash
1 year, 11 months ago

Two children among 11 burned to death in Thai van crash

Firstpost  

Bangkok: Eleven people, including two children, burned to death in a passenger van crash in central Thailand over the Lunar New Year holiday, police said Monday. The van carrying 12 people was travelling from northeastern Amnat Charoen province to Bangkok when it veered off the highway in central Nakhon Ratchasima province Saturday night, said Police Colonel Yingyos Poldej. “After the …

Pakistan: 20 burnt alive following deadly collision between bus, oil tanker in Punjab province
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan: 20 burnt alive following deadly collision between bus, oil tanker in Punjab province

India TV News  

Highlights The accident occurred at a motorway in Multan, some 350 kms from Lahore The bus was going to Karachi from Lahore Most bodies of the perished passengers were burnt completely, beyond recognition, an official said Pakistan: As many as 20 people were burnt alive in a collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker in the Punjab province …

Many killed as van falls into ravine in Pakistan’s Balochistan
2 years, 6 months ago

Many killed as van falls into ravine in Pakistan’s Balochistan

The Hindu  

“At least 22 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured on June 8 as a van they were travelling in fell hundreds of feet into a ravine in Pakistan’s mountainous Balochistan province,” an official said. The vehicle plunged into the ravine when the driver apparently failed to negotiate a sharp bend in the mountainous area of …

Pakistan: 12 Killed, Several Injured After Explosion Rocks Karachi's Shershah Area
3 years ago

Pakistan: 12 Killed, Several Injured After Explosion Rocks Karachi's Shershah Area

ABP News  

New Delhi: At least 12 people were killed and several others injured in an explosion near Paracha Chowk in Shershah area of Karachi, Pakistan, on Saturday. The explosion, caused by a gas pipeline, reportedly took place inside a building with a private bank, The Express Tribune reported. The Dawn reported Karachi Police spokesperson SHO Zafar Ali Shah as saying it …

Pakistan: 2 children dead, 3 injured while playing with hand grenade
3 years, 11 months ago

Pakistan: 2 children dead, 3 injured while playing with hand grenade

Op India  

Two children died and three others were grievously injured after a hand grenade they found on Wednesday and brought home exploded, the Pakistani police said. The incident pertains to the northwestern city of Peshawar where children found a live grenade in an open area and took it along with them to their home. Past incidents in Pakistan when children lost …

Four children burnt alive after school van catches fire in Punjab's Sangrur, driver flees; Amarinder Singh orders probe
4 years, 10 months ago

Four children burnt alive after school van catches fire in Punjab's Sangrur, driver flees; Amarinder Singh orders probe

Firstpost  

Chandigarh: In a ghastly incident, four children were burnt alive when a private school’s mini van carrying students caught fire in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Saturday, police said. Police personnel investigate as they stand next to the charred remains of a vehicle in which four children were burnt alive, in Punjab’s Sangrur district. Punjab education minister Vijay Inder Singla, who …

Four students killed as school van catches fire in Punjab's Sangrur
4 years, 10 months ago

Four students killed as school van catches fire in Punjab's Sangrur

India TV News  

At least four students were feared killed on Saturday after their school van caught fire in Longowal town of Punjab’s Sangrur district. The kids travelling in the van were students of Simran Public School in Longowal. "Very sad to learn of the news from Sangrur, where we lost 4 children because their school van caught fire. Guilty will be strictly …

15 killed as fire engulfs passenger bus in Pakistan
5 years ago

15 killed as fire engulfs passenger bus in Pakistan

India TV News  

At least 15 people were killed and one other was injured when fire engulfed a passenger bus following its head-on collision with a van in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday. The incident took place when the van's driver lost control of the vehicle and hit into the bus coming from the opposite direction in Kan Mehtarzai area of Zhob district, …

At least 14 killed in van-truck collision in Pakistan's Balochistan province
5 years, 7 months ago

At least 14 killed in van-truck collision in Pakistan's Balochistan province

India TV News  

Fourteen people, including five children, were killed and eight others injured on Monday when a van carrying passengers collided with a truck in Pakistan's Balochistan province, police said. "Both the vehicles were over-speeding and the drivers lost control over them and they collided," senior police official Murad Jamali said. The van was en route to Zhob from Quetta "As many …

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