Tag: Coal Mine

Hopes fade for 10 Balochistan coal miners trapped underground

--Labour federation says at least 100 labourers die on average in mine accidents every year QUETTA: At least 10 miners are trapped more than a kilometre...

Poisonous gas kills four coal miners

Four miners working in a coal mine of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Khyber district on Wednesday passed away after getting exposed to a large quantity of carbon monoxide in...

Worker killed in Quetta coalmine caving

QUETTA: A miner was killed when a coal mine caved in at Shahrug, an area of Harnai on Thursday. According to levies, due to caving...

Two Afghan citizens killed in Balochistan coal mine accident

QUETTA: Two miners identified as Niaz Muhammad Tarakai and Sulemankhail Tarakai, who were citizens of Afghanistan, were killed when a trolley hit them inside a...

Three miners die, two others suffocate in Loralai coalmine

LORALAI: At least three miners died while two others were affected due to suffocation in a coal mine here. District administration said that the deaths...

Sanjdi mine collapse death toll rises to 14

QUETTA: The death toll of the Sanjidi mine collapse has risen to 14, as two more bodies were pulled out from the debris during...

4 workers die, 10 others stranded as Quetta coal mine caves...

At least 4 miners died and 10 others were trapped after a gas explosion inside a coal mine in Quetta's Sanjadi area on Sunday,...

Quetta mine collapse death toll rises to 23

--Families ask government to fix responsibility, demand Rs2 million compensation QUETTA: Five more bodies were recovered from the site of the mine collapse in the...

Six coal mine workers in FATA die due to poisonous gas...

DARRA ADAM KHEL: At least six coal mine workers have died due to poisonous gas intake while working in a coal mine in Kala...

Six coalmine workers in Kalat die of suffocation

KALAT: At least six miners died Thursday of suffocation caused by toxic gas in a Kalat coalmine. According to reports, the labourers were working in...

Four workers die inside Quetta coal mine

QUETTA: Four coal miners died from suffocation inside a coal mine in Quetta's Sanjdi area on Friday. According to reports, the miners were working thousands...

Coal mine collapse kills 7 miners in Lower Orakzai

Seven miners were killed while several others were buried alive under the debris as a coal mine collapsed in Orakzai Agency’s area of Kurez...