Kohat suicide attack’s death toll climbs to 19
KOHAT: The death toll of Kohat suicide attack has climbed to 19 while scores of others seriously injured of today’s (Wednesday) deadly attack are still in critical condition.
Early today, the terrorists launched a suicide attack on Teerah Bazar bus stand in Kohat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to police, the terrorists used 10 kilograms of explosives in the suicide attack while the District Head Quarter Hospital sources informed that initially 15 people were killed and more than 20 sustained injuries, out of which, many were very serious.
One by one many seriously injured people continued to succumb. According to the latest details, the death toll has mounted to 19 and it is feared that it can climb further as many others are still in critical condition.
After the blast, the security forces and Kohat police closed Teerah
Suicide bomber kills 15 in Kohat
KOHAT:- At least 15 people were killed and scores of others wounded on Wednesday after a suicide bomber ripped through a crowded bus stand in Kohat.
The blast took place at the main bus stand in Kohat’s Tirah Bazaar area.
The dead and injured were shifted to local hospitals where an emergency was declared.
Hospital sources confirmed the demise of 15 people in the attack.
Security forces and Kohat police cordoned off Tirah Bazaar after the attack. Trend Pk
16 killed in suicide blast in Kohat
At least 16 people were killed while several others injured when a bomber ripped through a barber shop located at Tirah Bazaar in Kohat, News Trends reported on Wednesday.
The DPO Kohat Dilawar Bangash confirmed the death toll, while rise in casualties is feared.
The bomber is said to have hit a barber shop.
Law enforcement agencies rushed the spot and cordoned off the area while rescue efforts are being kicked off. The injured are being shifted to nearby hospitals.
Kohat: Three injured in hand grenade attack on CD shop
November 3, 2010 by Trend PK
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KOHAT: At least three people injured in a hand grenade attack on a CD shop in Kohat on Wednesday.
According to details, some unknown miscreants attacked with hand grenade on a CD shop in Shino Khel area of Kohat; three passers by including two women sustained injuries.
After receiving information, Kohat police rushed to the scene and started a search operation after barricading the area. Trend Pk
Rehman Malik says Lashkare-e-Jhangvi constantly strengthening
September 7, 2010 by Trend PK
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QUETTA: Federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, has said that the banned outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, is constantly getting stronger with the passage of time.
Talking to journalists in Quetta regarding the recent blast on Al-Quds Day rally, Malik said to provide security to a two kilometer long procession is near about impossible under the prevailing situation.
On September 3, at least 54 people were killed and over 150 were injured In Quetta when a suicide bomber blasted into a rally held to express solidarity with the Palestinians.
The bomber exploded himself in the middle of the Yaum-e-Quds rally at Meezan Roundabout, killing at least 54 people and injuring scores of others.
SAMAA reporter Noor Ilahi Bugti and cameraman Aijaz Raisani were also among the injured. Later, cameraman Aijaz Raisani succumbed to injuries on September
Pak army opens road links between Sindh and Balochistan
September 7, 2010 by Trend PK
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army Engineers have opened the road links between Sindh and Balochistan from Dera Murad Jamali, Mangoli, Goth Jani, Ahmed Pur, Dolat Pur and Garhi Rahim Dad up to Thal for all types of traffic, and have also plugged the breaches in Muzaffargarh Canal and Rang
Pur Canal.
Army engineers, in collaboration with the civil government are working on opening the road link between Dera Allah Yar and Jacobabad.
Army engineers have plugged the breaches at Tori near Ghora Ghat and Ghuspur in Sindh.
The Pakistan army has evacuated 2,784 people from flood affected areas of Johi, Mehar and Dadu to safer places. The army distributed 86 tons of dry rations and provided cooked food to 34,447 people in Sajawal, Bathoro and Shiharpur in the last 24 hours.
40 trucks carrying 20,000 special Eid packages containing
Nawaz Sharif losing grip on his party: Awan
September 7, 2010 by Trend PK
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KARACHI: Federal Law Minister Babar Awan has said that Takht-e-Lahore (Throne of Lahore referring to PML-N leaders) has always practiced a politics of hypocrisy.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi today (Tuesday), he said that Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) would not field any candidate against PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif if he decided to contest election.
He said that Nawaz Sharif should not be afraid of the losses he had to suffer at the hands of PPP in Punjab’s by-election.
Nawaz Sharif is losing grip on his party, he commented.
“What will be the security situation of a province, where an absconder is given the task to arrest other absconders?” he questioned.
Awan said that law and order situation in Punjab had deteriorated after appointment of Rana Maqbool as Public Prosecution Department secretary. SAMAA
WHO medicines for Charsaddah flood victims being replaced
September 7, 2010 by Trend PK
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PESHAWAR: World class medicines provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) for flood victims of Charsaddah are being replaced with substandard, local drugs, SAMAA reported on Tuesday.
According to sources, the WHO and various other welfare organizations are constantly providing medicines in bulk to the Health Department Charsaddah for the treatment of epidemics and other diseases in the surrounding flood hit areas.
These world class medicines are not being given to the deserving patients, and are deceitfully being replaced by the local, low grade drugs.
It was learnt that a team of medical experts at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Islamabad, handed over a bulk of WHO medicines, for a free Charsaddah medical camp of PIMS, to the EDO of Charsaddah Health Department.
When the same team from PIMS reached
Car bomb kills 21 in Kohat
September 7, 2010 by Trend PK
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KOHAT: At least 21 people were killed and over a dozen wounded on Tuesday after a car packed with explosives struck a residential complex of police officers in Kohat on Tuesday.
Women and children are among the dead.
The blast was so powerful that it demolished several houses and smashed windowpanes of nearby buildings.
The death toll could rise as several people were reportedly trapped under the debris of collapsed houses. Twelve women, two children and three men were shifted to nearby hospitals.
The nature of the blast is not yet clear.
SAMAA’s Kohat office is also among several buildings collapsed in the blast.
Speaking to SAMAA, Kohat commissioner Khalid Khan said that efforts were under way to pull the stranded people out of debris.
Meanwhile, security agencies cordoned off the area and started
5 killed, 15 hurt in Khyber Agency blast
KOHAT: Five people killed and 15 others injured in a blast in Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Friday.
According to sources, the blast occurred in Friday market during rush hours. Initial reports stated that five people have been killed and 15 others sustained injuries in the explosion. Locals started rescue activities and rushed injured to hospitals. The nature of the blast is yet to be cleared.
