Tag: Fires

The death of 289 workers in a devastating factory fire has highlighted Pakistan's dismal approach to industrial safety and raised fears for the clothing...

All Pakistan Labour Federation (APLF) and Labour Confederation of Pakistan (LCP) observed mourning day Thursday over the loss of more than 300 workers of...

Police in Karachi have registered a murder case against the owners of a garment factory where a fire killed at least 289 people in...

The government is as much responsible as the factory owners The two incidents of over 336 factory workers (and counting) burnt to death in Karachi...

The summer is here. And with the advent of summer, we see incidents of forest fires in Margalla Hills in Islamabad. These forest fires...

US President Barack Obama on Friday declared a "major disaster" in the western state of Colorado, where wildfires have destroyed more than 300 homes...

For several days, fire has been erupting in forests of Margalla Hills, Chhattar, Bani Gala and Bhara Kahu areas, which is posing serious threat...

A mentally challenged security guard of a private bank locked himself up in the bank’s room and fired bullets on the roof and the...

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on Saturday announced successful test firing of the second gas turbine of 560-megawatt (MW) Bin Qasim Power Station-II...

Manchester United underlined their determination to hold off the challenge from title rivals Manchester City as Nani's last-gasp winner clinched a 3-2 victory in...

India test fired on Thursday a new short range ballistic missile from a defence base in Orissa, official sources said. The “Prahaar” missile, which...

Colombia marched into the quarter-finals of the Copa America on Sunday after a 2-0 win over Bolivia wrapped up top spot in Group A. With...

Iran said on Saturday it test-fired two long-range missiles into the Indian Ocean earlier this year, the first time it has fired missiles into...

A Kyah Simon double fired Australia into the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup here on Wednesday with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Norway...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been very critical of the country’s armed forces lately, with some of their leaders openly ridiculing the armed...

Swansea clinched promotion to the Premier League as Scott Sinclair’s hat-trick inspired a 4-2 win over Reading in the Championship play-off final at Wembley...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military on Tuesday said it had successfully test-fired a newly developed short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
The military said in a statement that the "Hatf 9" missile with a range of 60 kilometres (40 miles) "could carry nuclear warheads of appropriate yields with high accuracy".
"The missile has been developed to add deterrence value to Pakistan's strategic weapons development programme at shorter ranges," it said,