Rescuers are still removing rubble to search for any survivors trapped under the debris, police say. A gas explosion has torn through an apartment building in Pakistan’s largest port city of Karachi, killing at least 16 people, including women and…
More than 200 missing in flood-hit district in Pakistan, official says
More than 200 people remain missing in one district of north-west Pakistan as a result of devastating monsoon flooding and landslides, an official has said. Flash floods have killed more than 300 people in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in recent…
At least 28 killed after bus falls into ravine in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Islamabad, Pakistan – At least 28 people have been killed in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan after a bus they were travelling in fell into a ravine, officials say. The bus from Turbat city in southern Balochistan was headed towards the…
At least 35 killed as Pakistan rains collapse buildings, trigger landslides
At least 35 people have been killed and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that have swept Pakistan since Thursday, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block roads, particularly in the northwest, authorities said. At least 30…
Hazardous air quality forces school closures in India, Pakistan
India’s capital has shut down schools for an extended period while neighbouring Pakistan has declared a four-day school holiday as the two nations see pollution levels rising to an alarming level. Air quality levels in the city were higher than…
Bus plunges into ditch, killing 20 in flood-hit southern Pakistan
At least 20 people have been killed in Pakistan’s flood-hit south after a minibus crashed into a deep and water-logged ditch. The vehicle crashed late on Thursday, 18 November, in Sehwan region of the southern Sindh province, local police official…
Pakistan bus fire kills at least 18 flood survivors
A bus carrying nearly 50 people displaced by the catastrophic floods in Pakistan has caught fire, killing at least 18 of them, including eight children and nine women. The passengers were all members of an extended family who were forced…
Deadly 5.9 earthquake hits Pakistan
At least 20 people, including six children, were killed in a 5.9 quake that hit the Pakistani district of Harnai just after 3am on Thursday, 9 October. The quake was felt across at least six cities and towns, but the…
Bus crashes in Pakistan, killing 33 people and injuring 40
A speeding bus carrying mostly labourers travelling home for a major Muslim holiday rammed into a container truck on a busy highway in central Pakistan on Monday, July 19, killing at least 33 people and injuring 40, police and rescue…
Fire in Pakistan train kills 71 and injures many more
An exploding gas cylinder used for cooking has killed at least 71 people with dozens more injured on a passenger train in central Pakistan on Thursday (Oct 31), authorities said. The fire quickly spread along three carriages causing many to jump…
Defunct FPSO Catches Fire Again at Gadani, Pakistan
The scrapped Ship The Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Aces has suffered another fire on the beach at Gadani, Pakistan. Last November, almost exactly a year ago, an explosion and fire on the defunct vessel killed 31 workers and seriously injured 58 more. Activists…
At least 153 dead from a fuel tanker fire in Pakistan
A fuel truck was traveling from the southern port city of Karachi to Lahore, the Punjab provincial capital, when the driver lost control and crashed on a highway. Many locals, who heard about the accident from an announcement at the…
Horror blaze after crash between Pakistani Bus and Oil Tanker
Dozens were killed in horror blaze after crash between Pakistani bus and oil tanker which left victims’ bodies ‘completely burnt’ At least 57 people have been killed in southern Pakistan after a passenger bus and oil tanker collided igniting a fierce…