Tag: Rescue

Rescue 1122 organises disaster response course

The Punjab Emergency Service’s (PES) Rescue 1122 organised on Sunday the first Community Action for Disaster Response (CADRE) under which people will be educated...

Euro slips after buying on Greek rescue fizzles

The euro slipped in Asian trade on Wednesday after a buying spree sparked by Greece’s bailout deal fizzled owing to lingering concerns over Europe’s...

House catches fire in Model Town

Furniture and other valuable items worth thousands of rupees were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in a house, located at Q-Block...

Afghan ‘bomb’ baby finds new home after troop rescue

A newborn baby girl dumped on the side of a road in Afghanistan and rescued by Polish troops -- who initially thought the little...

Pakistan Army continues Relief and Rescue operations in Sindh, Balochistan

Pakistan Army troops on Monday continued Relief and Rescue operations in flood affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan. According to an Inter Services Public Relations...

Army troops rescued over 3681 flood affectees to safer places: ISPR

The relief and rescue operations continued by Pakistan Army troops in flood affected areas of Southern Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. According to the ISPR...

Govt comes to working women’s rescue

The government has announced to construct two new hostels for working women in the federal budget 2012-13 to address the grievances of working women...

Iran ends quake rescue; mourning begins for 227 dead

Iran on Sunday wrapped up rescue operation in hundreds of villages flattened by twin earthquakes the day before in its northwest, as officials gave...

Rescuers dig for survivors after quakes kill 250 in Iran

Grieving women wailed over the bodies of dead relatives as men armed with shovels dug frantically for missing loved ones Sunday, after twin earthquakes...

India to Iran’s rescue?

US President Barack Obama, in a bid to muster in another foreign policy triumph in the lead up to the Presidential Elections, has pulled...

Who conducted policemen’s rescue operation?

Another controversy has erupted amongst law enforcement agencies after civil and police administrations of both Peshawar and Nowshehra denied involvement in Thursday’s operation that...

State-rescued LBG bank clinches deal to sell branches

Britain's retail bank sector faced further shake-up Thursday as state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group agreed to sell 632 branches at a loss to The Co-operative...

Teenager drowns

An eleven-year-old child drowned in Sandpit beach of the city on Saturday, officials said. According to police, rescue team saved two others from drowning....

Greece looks to easier rescue terms, eurozone gloom returns

The new Greek government presents a strategy to salvage its debt rescue programme on Friday, to win favour with EU-IMF auditors and gain room...

Rescue-1122 plans to check fire incidents

The Punjab Emergency Service of Rescue-1122 is preparing a draft legislation on the fire prevention and community safety aimed at minimising risks to life...

Lifeguard fired for attempting to rescue drowning man

Every lifeguard wants to be a hero, but you can’t just go around saving people willy-nilly. Tomas Lopez learned that the hard way when...

Nein! Non! No…Maybe… Okay, yes!

Newspapers in Spain, Italy and France on Saturday toasted the triumph of their leaders - Mario Monti, Mariano Rajoy and Francois Hollande - in...