Tag: Rescue

Taunted by spectators: Hafeez comes to Amir’s rescue

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who made his comeback to international cricket after a five-year ban, was taunted by a section of crowd during Pakistan’s...

NDMA reports on quake relief

44,179 tents, 52,885 blankets, medicines etc distributed in quake hit areas: NDMA National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with other agencies has distributed 44,179...

PIA offers assistance for earthquake victims

  Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has offered assistance for the people of the earthquake affected areas. PIA’s offer came after a meeting held in Islamabad on...

Pakistan Navy mobilises resources for earthquake relief effort

  Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, while expressing grief over the catastrophe that struck the country on Monday, has directed Pakistan Navy...

JI chief announces Rs 10m assistance for earthquake affectees

  The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Siraj ul Haq on Tuesday announced Rs 10 million in assistance to those affected by the earthquake in Muzaffarabad. The JI...

Pak not fighting in Yemen but rescue efforts afoot

Pakistan has rejected reports of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets and naval ships being a part of the military action in Yemen against Houthis.

Indian police rescue hundreds of child slaves

Indian police have rescued hundreds of child slaves, some as young as six, during days of raids on workshops in the central city of...

US ice-breaker to help ships stuck in Antarctica

A US ice-breaker will be helping two ships that are stuck in thick ice in Antarctica following a rescue mission. The Polar Star has been...

Chinese icebreaker stuck after helping in Antarctic rescue

A Chinese icebreaker that helped rescue 52 passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice found itself stuck in heavy ice on Friday,...

Passengers of Akademik Shokalskiy ship rescued

Rescuers in Antarctica safely transferred on Thursday all 52 passengers stranded on the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy. The helicopter from the Chinese icebreaker Snow...

Helicopter rescue for ship stuck in Antarctica

Passengers and crew on a ship stuck in thick ice in Antarctica are to be taken off by helicopter once the weather permits, Russian...

1122 to the rescue! Rescue DG shapes out emergency plan for...

The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer on Tuesday reviewed all the arrangements regarding emergency services during Muharram that sets...

Ladders just not long enough

The fears of the Supreme Court regarding the safety mechanisms in the high-rise buildings in the city came to a realisation when the fire...

Rescue 1122 gets 14 new ambulances

The Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 Rawalpindi received 14 ambulances fully equipped with life saving equipment including ventilators, automated external defibrillator (AED), cardiac monitor,...

Rescue 1122 to provide emergency cover to long marchers

The Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122, will provide emergency cover to the long march on January 14, with 8 fully equipped ambulances, 12 fire...

France confirms failed Somali hostage rescue

A French hostage kidnapped in Somalia is believed to have been killed during a failed rescue operation, the French defence ministry says. A French...

Vietnamese rescue US man who drifted for 8 days

Vietnamese fishermen have rescued an American man who had been drifting at sea for eight days on a disabled yacht. Coastguard official Vo Hoang...