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Father Tells Heartbreaking Story Of Losing Two Children In Swat Tragedy

MARDAN: A man from Mardan recounted the tragic incident at the Swat River last week, which claimed at least 16 lives — including his two children, 12-year-old Daniyal and 6-year-old Ishaal. Naseer Ahmed told of his ordeal as he and other people around him were helpless to pull the 17 people of two families from Sialkot and Mardan from the…

25 Children, Driver Injured After School Van Plunges Into AJK Ravine

MUZAFFARABAD: At least 25 schoolchildren and a driver sustained injuries after a van fell into a gorge near Chikar hill station in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Neelum Valley. The AJK police said that the injured children and van driver were shifted to the hospital. According to the Superintendent…

Three Sisters Crushed To Death In Gilgit

GILGIT: A tragic accident occurred on 27-February-2025 morning in Baseen Khari, a…

Minor Rescued From Perilous Road Stunt

Passenger pulls five-year-old back inside car ISLAMABAD: A minor boy narrowly escaped…

Child Falls into Manhole

LAHORE: A two-and-a-half-year-old child died after falling into an open manhole in Raiwind. According to officials, the toddler reportedly fell into the sewer manhole and died. The Lahore deputy inspector general (operations) sought a report from the Saddar superintendent of police regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident. He ordered legal…

IHC Issues Notices on Plea over Open Manholes

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has issued notices to the Capital Development Authority and other civic agencies on a petition seeking immediate covering of open and broken manholes across the federal capital. IHC Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar, heading a single bench, directed the respondents to submit a report…

Minor Boy Dies after Mauling by Dogs

SUKKUR: A five-year-old boy died on Thursday after a pack of stray dogs mauled him near Gambat in Khairpur district. The boy identified as Sameer Hattar was rushed to the hospital covered in blood, but he could not survive and succumbed to his injuries. Locals lamented that stray dogs roamed…

Peshawar’s Abandoned Children Facing Uncertain Future Amid Official Neglect

PESHAWAR: The language that the physically-challenged children speak in a sprawling building of ‘Angels Home’ here makes little sense to the hale and hearty visiting this place. No cheers here, no cries of children in a park, reverberating through the air as they clamour for a ride on the slide,…

Septuagenarian, Minor Girl Die of Rabies in Karachi

KARACHI: The city saw two deaths from rabies on Tuesday, raising the total number of mortalities from the deadly viral disease to six in the province. The dog-bite victims — 75-year-old Naimat Gul hailing from Lyari and 10-year-old Lata from Mirpurkhas — had been admitted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical…

Rabid Dog mauls Five in Attock’s Hazro

TAXILA: At least five people were injured in a suspected rabid dog attack in the village of Hameed of Hazro town on February 8, exposing the alarming failure of local authorities to curb the growing menace of stray dogs despite repeated complaints from residents. The injured have been identified as…

Woman, Daughter’s Death in Manhole: Data Darbar Project’s Entire Team Suspended; Three Arrested

LAHORE: Three officials of the contractor working on the project were arrested on January 29 in the wake of the death of a young mother and her minor daughter after their fall into an open manhole of the under-construction Data Darbar extension project. Those arrested for their negligence were identified…

Five Students killed in Road Crash

KOT ADDU: Five school and college students riding two motorcycles were killed in a tragic road accident in Chowk Sarwar Shaheed in Kot Addu on Thursday. Police said the accident occurred on Layyah Road near Man Pump in the tehsil of Chowk Sarwar Shaheed. A speeding trailer, while attempting to…

Rabies Deaths

The population of stray dogs in Karachi has been steadily increasing for quite a few years, with no humane plan of action in place to control it. Multiple attacks, injuries and deaths are reported every year, yet the government remains clueless in ensuring both prevention and timely treatment. This year, the…

Uncovered Manholes continue to Endanger Islamabad Residents

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of missing manhole covers in the capital city have been posing a serious risk to citizens. Just two years ago, a father and his son lost their lives after falling into an uncovered manhole in Sector I-10. Following the incident, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) swung into action…