Tag: Victims
Two charged in Malaysia with stealing from accounts of missing flight...
A Malaysian bank officer and her husband were charged on Wednesday with forgery, theft and other offences after allegedly stealing more than $30,000 from...
Rescuers battle to aid Afghan flood victims as toll hits 74
The death toll is expected to rise, with scores of people said to be missing in the mountainous district of Baghlan province after torrential...
Three more polio cases surface in NWA
Three more cases of polio virus were reported on Thursday in North Waziristan.
The Agency’s surgeon doctor Mir Jahan Khan’s announcement about these three cases...
Shahbaz to save the day for flood victims
In view of the recent rains and floods, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif has directed the divisional commissioners and district administrations to monitor...
India child sex victims ‘humiliated’ by police: HRW
Child victims of sexual abuse in India are often mistreated and humiliated by police, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new...
Bodies of Mastung victims airlifted to Rawalpindi
The bodies of 19 victims of Mastung tragedy were airlifted to Rawalpindi on Monday.
On Sunday, at least 19 people were killed when a suicide...
Zardari orders compensation for terror victims
Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat ul Ibad Khan and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House on...
Rs5 million compensation for factory blaze victims
The families of the Baldia Town factory inferno victims would be given a financial assistance of Rs 500,000, the Sindh government has announced on...
Marijuana dealer donates proceeds to Sandy victims
Marijuana doesn’t help disaster victims. Money and supplies do. It’s a simple connection made by a pot dealer in Brooklyn, N.Y., who donated half...
NAB distributes cheques among victims of Double Shah scam
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab on Thursday distributed Rs 265.496 million to affectees of Syed Sibtul Hassan Gillani (Double Shah) scam and Mujahid Aziz...
Disappointed NYC marathoners to run in aid of storm victims
Hundreds of runners in New York City are refusing to let a canceled marathon spoil their Sunday plans and are channeling months of preparation...
Sandy victims shiver ahead of US election
Victims of superstorm Sandy on the East Coast struggled against the cold on Sunday amid fuel shortages and power outages, two days ahead of...
Superstars perform benefit concert for Sandy victims
From “Livin’ on a Prayer” to “The Living Proof,” every song Friday at NBC’s benefit concert for superstorm Sandy victims became a message song....
Rs.71bn disbursed transparently amongst flood victims: NADRA
National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has resolved 377,526 appeals through Grievance Redressal System for the Citizen Damage Compensation Program (CDCP) Phase-II.
The CDCP Phase-II...
3.1m flood victims vaccinated and rehabilitated, says CM
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that at least 3.1 million flood displaced people hailing from seven districts of the province had...
Compensating war victims
‘US court orders Iran, others to pay $6 billion to 9/11 victims’, a news item. They should also pay attention to the Iraqi victims...
99 victims of Gulf War compensated, 300 to follow
Member National Assembly (MNA) Shaikh Salahuddin distributed compensation cheques to the affectees of the 1991 Gulf (Kuwait-Iraq) war.
The distribution ceremony was held at...