Tag: Labourers

Eight labourers abducted in Balochistan’s Kech: Levies

--One injured after gunmen attack workers for refusing to pay off  At least eight labourers have gone missing after they resisted extortion by unknown gunmen...

Rallies demand due rights for labourers

LAHORE: Like other parts of the country, International Labour Day was observed in the provincial capital on Wednesday to express solidarity and honour the...

Case registered against building owner over death of five labourers in...

KARACHI: A case has been registered on Sunday into a lift accident at an under-construction building in Karachi that claimed lives of at least...

Eight labourers killed in Kohistan landslide

KOHISTAN: At least eight labourers died when a van was trapped under a landslide on Tuesday, police said. Dasu Station House Officer (SHO) Naseeruddin Babar...

Eight bodies recovered from landslide-trapped van on Karakoram Highway

KOHISTAN: The bodies of eight labourers were recovered from inside a van after it got buried Monday night under the rubble due to a...

Two labourers critically injured in Gujranwala roof collapse

GUJRANWALA: Two labourers were critically injured when a roof of an under-construction hotel situated near Gondalanwala Chowk of Gujranwala collapsed on Monday-Tuesday midnight. Police and...

Six Punjabi labourers shot dead in Balochistan

QUETTA: Six labourers from Punjab employed by a private telecommunication company in Kharan district in Balochistan were gunned down on Thursday night by unidentified assailants. The...

Four labourers shot dead in SWA

WANA: Unidentified armed men gunned down four labourers in South Waziristan Agency in the early hours of Saturday morning and escaped the scene.  The political administration said...

Three labourers die after gate fall over them in Lahore

LAHORE: At least three labourers died on Thursday as the gate of a private housing society fell over them after hit by a tractor...

Three labourers died as tractor trolley hit overhead barrier in Lahore

LAHORE: At least three labourers killed when a tractor trolley hit an overhead barrier loaded with bricks at Bhatta Chowk in Lahore in the early hours of...

4 killed, 2 injured in Jhelum coal mine accident

JHELUM: At least four labourers, including two brothers, were killed while two others were injured when explosions caused collided in a coal mine in Tilla Jogian in...

Three labourers die in Hyderabad as roof collapses

HYDERABAD:  As many three labourers died and two others injured as a building collapsed in Hyderabad’s residential area on Monday. According to reports, three laborers...

Disappearance of labourers: APDP welcomes constitution of SIT

ISLAMABAD: The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) has welcomed an order issued by the High Court (HC) directing the Special Investigating Team...

Two labourers dead in Sargodha landslide

SARGODHA: At least two labourers died and three others were injured in a landslide at a stone crushing site on Sunday. According to details, five...

Committee formed to investigate killing of 20 labourers in Kech district

  A three-member inquiry committee was constituted by the Balochistan government on Monday to investigate the murder of 20 labourers in the province's Kech district...

Gunmen kill three labourers in Balochistan’s Harnai district

  At least three labourers were killed while another was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in Balochistan's Harnai district on Tuesday evening,...

Four labourers injured in Sheikhupura oil tanker explosion

SHEIKHUPURA: Four labourers were seriously injured in Sheikhupura when an oil tanker exploded during a welding here on Friday. Rescue sources said that the gas filled...