Eight people, including six school children, were trapped in a malfunctioning chair lift in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, and a military helicopter has been dispatched to rescue them. The children, who were stranded since about 6 a.m local time (8 p.m. Monday ET), were using the chair lift to get to school in… Continue reading Pakistan chairlift breaks, children stuck 900 feet in the air
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Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks churches and homes of minority Christians
Police arrested more than 100 Muslims in overnight raids from an area in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of the Quran by a Christian man attacked churches and homes of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon troops to restore order, officials said Thursday. There were no casualties as Christians… Continue reading Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks churches and homes of minority Christians
Train derailment kills at least 15, injures 50 in southern Pakistan
MULTAN, Pakistan — At least 15 passengers were killed and 50 more injured when a train derailed near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah in southern Sindh province, officials said Sunday. The Hazara Express was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi when 10 cars derailed near the Sarhari railway station off Nawabshah, said senior railway… Continue reading Train derailment kills at least 15, injures 50 in southern Pakistan
Pakistan holds funerals as government vows to hunt down those behind deadly suicide bombing
Pakistan held funerals on Monday for victims of a massive suicide bombing that targeted a rally of a pro-Taliban cleric the previous day as the government vowed to hunt down those behind the attack. No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday’s bombing, which killed at least 43 people and wounded nearly 100. Police said their initial investigation… Continue reading Pakistan holds funerals as government vows to hunt down those behind deadly suicide bombing
Suspected Pakistan suicide bombing kills at least 55, injures 135 more at political rally
KHAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 55 people were killed and 135 were wounded in what one official said was a suicide attack. Senior… Continue reading Suspected Pakistan suicide bombing kills at least 55, injures 135 more at political rally