Roof collapse in northern Pakistan kills 5, injures 3
September 5th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by BNO News
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- The roof of a residential building collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing a couple and three of their children, local media ... Read more...
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Bus washed away in Pakistan floods; nine dead
August 29th, 2012 - 3:55 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) At least nine people, including three children, were killed and several went missing when a bus carrying around 40 people was washed away by floods in ... Read more...
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Heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan kill 26
August 25th, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Heavy monsoon rains that triggered flooding in northern Pakistan has killed at least 26 people and destroyed more than 100 houses, according to a preliminary assessment released ... Read more...
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Karakoram glaciers unaffected by global warming
July 10th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) Glaciers nestling under the shadow of Diran and Rakaposhi, two towering peaks in the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan, remain impervious to global warming and have ... Read more...
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Suicide bomber kills 20, injures 42 near Pakistani market
May 4th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by BNO News
KHAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up Friday morning at a police check post in northern Pakistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring some 40 others, ... Read more...
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US issues alert for its people in Pakistan
April 26th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) The US embassy in Islamabad Thursday issued a security alert for its staff and American citizens to take precautions for next two weeks, but did not ... Read more...
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Pakistan favours demilitarization of Siachen: Kayani
April 19th, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 18 (IANS) Pakistani Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said Wednesday that his country favoured talks with India to demilitarize the Siachen Glacier -- dubbed as the ... Read more...
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Pakistan: Seven passengers die after bus driver falls asleep
April 12th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by BNO News
HARIPUR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven people were killed on Wednesday when a passenger bus crashed into a van in northern Pakistan, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. Several others ... Read more...
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Hope fades for 138 missing in Pakistan avalanche
April 11th, 2012 - 1:45 am ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Hundreds of rescue workers continued to search Tuesday for more than 130 people who were buried by a large avalanche in a mountainous area of northern Pakistan ... Read more...
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10 bus passengers shot dead in Pakistan
April 3rd, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) At least 10 bus passengers were shot dead Tuesday in northern Pakistan after they were ordered to disembark from the vehicle.The attackers stopped the bus in ... Read more...
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15 killed in Pakistan bus accident
February 20th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) At least 15 people died in northern Pakistan Monday night when their bus fell into a ravine.The accident took place in Haripur, a mountainous area some ... Read more...
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Bus accident in northern Pakistan kills 6, injures 23
January 17th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by BNO News
SWAT, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least six people were killed on Monday when a speeding minibus overturned in northern Pakistan, police said on Tuesday. More than 20 others were injured.The accident ... Read more...
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Temblor shakes Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan; no loss of life (Roundup)
November 7th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar/Islamabad, Nov 7 (IANS) A moderate quake jolted various parts of Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana Mondau, as also northern Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. There were no immediate reports of any ... Read more...
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Quake hits Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
November 7th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 7 (IANS) A moderate quake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted various parts of northern Pakistan Monday but there were no immediate reports of any casualties. The ... Read more...
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Five Saker falcons freed
September 20th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Five Saker falcons, which were seized from smugglers, were released in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The province's Governor Masood Kausar released the five Saker falcons at a ... Read more...
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At least 16 killed in northern Pakistan bomb blast
May 26th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by BNO News
HANGU, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least 16 people were killed after a powerful bomb blast rocked a District Police Officer (DPO) station in northern Pakistan, officials said Thursday.According to reports, the ... Read more...
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10 killed in U.S. drone attacks in northern Pakistan
May 17th, 2011 - 2:01 am ICT by BNO News
MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. drone strikes on Monday killed 10 suspected militants in a compound in Pakistan's North Waziristan, Ary news televison reported.The twin strikes took place in Mir Ali ... Read more...
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Magnitude 4.9 quake hits Kashmir valley
May 14th, 2011 - 9:50 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale rock the valley Saturday morning, even as no report of loss of life or property was ... Read more...
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American celebrates Osama’s death by shaving after 3,454 days
May 4th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): An American has chosen a unique way to celebrate the killing of Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden. Gary Weddle shaved for the first time after 9/11 - ... Read more...
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Female suicide bomber among six held in Pakistan
February 9th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistani security forces Wednesday claimed to have busted a terrorist training camp in the country's restive tribal area, arresting a female suicide bomber and five others.The troops raided ... Read more...
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Three dead in shrine blast in northern Pakistan
February 5th, 2011 - 1:56 am ICT by BNO News
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- An explosion on Thursday night killed three people and injured 30 more in a shrine in northern Pakistan, Ary News Television reported on Friday.The blast took place ... Read more...
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Over 160,000 ‘flood affected’ people in Pakistan still displaced: UN spokesman
January 26th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 26 (ANI): UN spokesman Martin Nesirky has claimed that over 160,000 'flood affected' people are still displaced in Pakistan nearly six months after the tragedy."Although this is a substantial ... Read more...
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Strong Earthquake Rattles Pakistan
January 19th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US Geological Survey has announced that a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.2 rocked the areas of Southwest Pakistan on Tuesday night. Though the citizens of ... Read more...
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7.3 magnitutde quake jolts Pakistan, Delhi rocked (Second Lead)
January 19th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Panic-stricken people rushed out of their homes - some of them reciting verses from the Quran - as a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook Pakistan early Wednesday. Two women ... Read more...
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Delhi feels quake tremors
January 19th, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Several people were jolted out of their sleep and some ran out of their homes as tremors were felt in Delhi and other parts of northern India ... Read more...
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‘18 Pakistani PoWs still awaiting release after 39 years’
December 16th, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) Eighteen Pakistani prisoners of war (PoWs) who were taken into custody by the Indian Army after the 1971 war are still languishing in Indian jails, a ... Read more...
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Speed up relief in quake-hit Kashmir: Pakistan daily
October 10th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Pakistan needs to step up relief and rehabilitation in its Kashmir region where a devastating earthquake killed thousands in 2005, a leading newspaper said Sunday.The Urdu daily Nawa-i-Waqt ... Read more...
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No damage expected after moderate earthquake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
September 18th, 2010 - 3:26 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A strong but deep earthquake struck the Hindu Kush Region in northern Afghanistan on late Friday evening, seismologists said, but no damage was expected. Shaking was also felt ... Read more...
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No damage expected after moderate earthquake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
September 18th, 2010 - 3:07 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- A strong but deep earthquake struck the Hindu Kush Region in northern Afghanistan on late Friday evening, seismologists said, but no damage was expected. Shaking was also felt ... Read more...
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China rejects reports of troop deployment in Pakistan
September 2nd, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Sept 2 (ANI): China has rejected reports that claim the presence of over 11,000 troops in northern Pakistan, saying that 'ulterior motives' were involved in hurting Beijing's relations with India and ... Read more...
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Flood waters recede, people return home in north Pakistan
August 30th, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Flood waters began receding in northern Pakistan as a major breach in the embankment of the turbulent Indus river has been plugged, restoring life in the worst affected ... Read more...
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No threat of attacks on foreign relief workers: Rehman Malik
August 27th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Interior Minister Rehman Malik has allayed apprehensions that militants could target workers of international humanitarian agencies involved in relief efforts in flood-affected Pakistan.Malik told ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan shouldn’t have bartered self-respect under US pressure’
August 22nd, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Pakistan should not have succumbed to American pressure to "barter its self-respect" by taking Indian assistance for flood relief when the Kashmiris' "hugely successful" struggle is being repressed, ... Read more...
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Pakistan floods: NGOs barred from fund collection
August 19th, 2010 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Aug 19 (IANS) The provincial government in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has banned collection of funds for flood victims by people other than the government, after reports claimed that militant outfits ... Read more...
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UN chief appeals for aid to flood-hit Pakistan (Night Lead)
August 15th, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Aug 15 (IANS) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday his visit to Pakistan will help bring the world's focus on the humanitarian crisis in the country ... Read more...
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