Tag: Collapse
7 killed in Peshawar roof collapse
Seven persons, including a woman and a child, were killed in Namak Mandi area of Peshawar when the roof of a house collapsed on...
At least 19 killed in Beirut building collapse
At least 19 people were killed when an old six-storey building in the Lebanese capital collapsed, officials said Monday, adding that some 16 other...
Solutions, not confrontation
Among the news of impeachment of the president, downfall of the PPP-led coalition government and prospects of martial law, the news of price hike...
USSR collapse: 20 years on
The cataclysmic collapse 20 years ago of the Soviet Union, an empire which bound republics from Europe to Asia for seven decades, unleashed conflict,...
Two workers killed in factory collapse
At least two workers were killed and another got seriously injured when a shawl factory collapsed near Chowk Yadgar on Thursday. Sources said the...
Ten dead, 33 missing after Indonesia bridge collapse
The death toll from a weekend bridge collapse on Borneo island climbed to 10 on Monday with more than 30 people still reported missing,...
Rulers have brought economy on brink of collapse: Sherpao
Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao Chairman Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said the wrong policies of rulers have brought national institutions and the economy on the verge...
Bridge collapse kills 32 in India
A bridge packed with festival crowds collapsed in northeast India killing at least 32 people, an official said Sunday, as rescue divers searched for...
Dozens missing after Nepal bridge collapse
Rescuers were searching Saturday for more than 40 people, including a bus carrying Indian tourists, after an overloaded suspension bridge collapsed in southern Nepal,...
LDA didn’t prepare its case well
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has plunged in a nutcracker situation in BOR Society plaza demolition case as glaring contradictions in LDA’s own inquiry...
Is the world better off 3 years after the Lehman Brothers...
Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the global financial services system has changed forever. Regulators have grown more watchful and their powers...
Altaf asks PM to resign as PPP-MQM talks collapse
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Monday demanded Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani resign from his office for failing to stop the...
Economy will collapse if crises not controlled: Imran
The collapse of Pakistan’s economy is imminent if the economic crisis continues and the breakdown of law and order in Karachi is not controlled,...
Child killed, 4 hurt in Lahore roof collapse
A four-year old boy was killed and three other people were seriously wounded as the roof of their house collapsed here on Wednesday, police...
Pakistan Railways on the brink of collapse
Rail has always been one of the safest and cheapest forms of transport for the masses, but the sector has been badly ignored in...
David Cameron confronts ‘moral collapse’ after riots
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday a sweeping review of government policy to reverse a "slow-motion moral collapse" that he blames for last...
1 killed in godown roof collapse in Karachi
A man was killed and another injured as roof of rice godown fell on them Thursday morning, police said.
According to the details, roof of...
