Tag: Rescue

376 Hindu Yatrees, stranded in flooded area, rescued

The Hindu Yatrees stranded in flooded area of Hub were rescued and sent back to Karachi on Monday. Sources said that rescue workers of Coast...

China pulls 19 from flooded mine in rare rescue

Rescue workers on Tuesday saved 19 miners from a flooded Chinese mine where they had been trapped for a week, state media said, in...

Police deny recovery of US national

The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore, Ahmed Raza Tahir has dismissed reports that US national Warren Weinstein has been rescued by police personnel...

Rescue 1122 makes special water rescue arrangements

The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) on Monday deployed specialised flood rescue teams with water rescue equipment in flood alert districts due to the...

Punjab Emergency Service receives 1088235 obnoxious calls

The Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122 received 10, 88,235 obnoxious/irrelevant calls at emergency number 1122 since its inception in District Rawalpindi. The data revealed...

Rescue 1122 saves 34,171 lives in Punjab during July

The Punjab Emergency Service Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer on Thursday gave a performance review of Rescue 1122 in 36 districts of Punjab during...

Fuel-less police’s paid rescue service

Policemen without fuel continue transporting citizens stranded in the troubled Orangi Town to safer areas after the Pakistan Rangers-Sindh regained control of its previously-occupied...

Rescue 1122 to develop a ‘community safety strategy’

Addressing a function at the PCSIR Auditorium on Thursday, the Rescue 1122 Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer said the Punjab emergency service has rescued...

Swiss hostages moved to tribal area: official

A Swiss couple kidnapped in Pakistan have been smuggled into the tribal belt on the Afghan border. Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 28,...

Rescue 1122 dealt with 32,359 emergencies in June

Rescue 1122 responded to 32,359 emergencies and rescued over 32,929 victims in Punjab during June, 2011. The monthly review meeting on emergency operations was...

Rescue 1122 DG suspends CSO

The Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 director general (DG) on Monday suspended the community safety officer concerned and boat driver and constituted a committee...

Naval chief orders PNS Babar to rescue MV Suez crew

Naval Chief Admiral Nauman Bashir Sunday directed PNS Babar to transfer the crew of MV Suez on frigate to rescue them. According media reports, Adm....

PPP comes to Shahbaz’s rescue on Punjab budget

The PPP offered support to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday for the approval of the provincial budget in order to avoid the...

Navy, MSA rescue 15 fishermen off Pasni

The Pakistan Navy and the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has rescued 15 fishermen along with a fishing boat off Pasni. According to a statement...

Rescue 1122 DG concerned over increasing road accidents

Rescue 1122 Director General (DG) Rizwan Naseer on Saturday expressed concern over the increasing number of road traffic crashes (RTC) and involvement of youngsters...

Rescue 1122 rescued over 32,000 in May

Punjab Emergency Service Director General (DG) (Rescue 1122) Dr Rizwan Naseer on Wednesday carried out a performance review of the Rescue 1122 in 35...

Good samaritans at disaster sites end up creating problems for rescue...

KARACHI - The common people who rush to disaster sites for helping victims, instead create problems for the rescue workers in shifting the injured to hospitals, said renowned philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi.
He said this while talking with Pakistan Today after delivering his speech at a lecture session titled 'Emergency Medical Care During Disasters' organised by the Aga Khan University Hospital on Thursday.
"In case of any disaster, most people rush to the site and want to