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At least 17 labourers have lost their lives in a fire that broke out at a chemical factory in Karachi on Friday. The blaze broke out at a factory in Mehran Town, Korangi. According to Chief Fire Officer Mubeen Ahmed, the bodies of 16 labourers have been retrieved from inside the building and the area has been "cleared", but fire fighters are sweeping the area once more for the satisfaction of the affected families who are in search of their loved ones. "After the search operation is complete, we will begin to examine the events that occurred," he said, adding that no cause had yet been determined for the fire. Rescue officials said they had asked for heavy machinery to break the factory walls. It was earlier reported that they faced difficulties in the rescue operation due to smoke. Till 1:35pm, the police said more than 20 people were feared to be inside the factory. According to eye witnesses, the fire brigade arrived late to douse the blaze. But Sindh gove...

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar addressed an important press briefing on the Afghanistan issue on Friday and said that "something can happen" at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border but "we are ready" for all sorts of situations. He said that Pakistan "trusts that the Taliban will take effective measures to ensure TTP does not operate against any country." Speaking about the situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border from a military perspective, the DG ISPR said that things at the moment are "fairly normal." "We have taken every possible step to maintain security at the border and every movement is under control there," he said. The DG ISPR said that other than the people of Afghanistan, Pakistanis have been the biggest target of violence in Afghanistan. Speaking about the situation at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the DG ISPR said that after August 15, the border had to be ...

Pakistan People’s Party leadership has decided to appoint former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as PPP Central Punjab chapter president, , sources. The decision has been taken after the consultation by chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari with the party leadership, said sources. Notification in this context would be issued in a day or two. It is to be noted that Qamar Zaman Kaira and Chaudhry Manzoor tendered their resignations from the party positions in the month of May, earlier this year.Kaira was made president of… from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/3Bw0Lar

Pakistan has registered 95 more deaths in the last 24 hours by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 25,415 on Friday. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that the country’s number of overall confirmed cases has risen to 1,144,341 after the emergence of 4,016 new infections.Overall 1,026,082 have recovered their health back from the pandemic, adding that the positivity rate of infections was recorded at 6.42 per cent as compared to yesterday’s 7.4%.The NCOC said 5,515 people are in critical condition. Overall… from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/2Wm3eoZ

Three Levies personnel were martyred and as many injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Balochistan's Ziarat district on Thursday. The explosion occurred when the Levies vehicle ran over a landmine near Mangi Dam, provincial government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said. He further said the injured were sent to a hospital in Quetta for treatment. According to Shahwani, the martyred personnel included a risaldar major, havaldar and a sepoy. The three injured were all sepoys. Security sources said four labourers working at Mangi Dam were kidnapped by unidentified armed suspects. The Levies party was travelling to the area to get the workers released when it hit the landmine. The Balochistan Levies is a force in charge of maintaining law and order in the tribal areas of the province. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/3B6PPjc

The Supreme Court on Thursday wrapped up the matter of a suo motu notice taken by a bench of the apex court against the harassment of journalists, ruling in a written judgment that the authority to do so rests solely with the chief justice of Pakistan. A two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, while hearing another matter, took up the issue on August 20 when former president of the Press Association of the Supreme Court (PAS), Abdul Qayyum Siddiqui, brought to the court's notice an application over the alleged harassment of journalists. The court directed filing a petition which was later filed by petitioners Imran Shafqat and Aamir Mir along with the Press Association of Supreme Court (PAS). The court held that harassing journalists and depriving them of performing their professional obligations is a matter of public importance, as the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of ...

An explosion outside Kabul airport killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded many Taliban guards, a Taliban official told Reuters. Earlier, the United States military confirmed that a large explosion occurred outside the airport, as the US-led airlift of thousands continued inside the compound. “We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport. Casualties are unclear at this time. We will provide additional details when we can,” said Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby. The explosion appeared to be caused by a suicide bomb, US officials said, citing an initial report and cautioning that it could change. Unconfirmed reports put the explosion at the airport's main Abbey Gate, where thousands of people have massed over the past 12 days hoping to be evacuated after the Taliban seized power. Other reports located it close to the Baron Hotel near the gate, which Western nations had used to stage some evacuations. US and allied officials have said they had intelligence...