Mob burns bus after road crash
The family placed the body on road while the charged crowd set ablaze the bus...
They also blocked Bahawalnagar-Chishtian Road and threw traffic out of gear for several hours...
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PakistanEnraged mob burns 'robber' alive in Karachi's Landhi area
A suspected robber attempting to loot a milk shop was burnt alive by an enraged mob in Karachi's Landhi neighbourhood on Sunday, police said...
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ArchiveMalawi burns 2.6 tonnes of ivory smuggled from Tanzania
MZUZU: Malawi on Monday burned 2...
6 tonnes of ivory smuggled from Tanzania after a cross-border dispute over whether the elephant tusks should be saved as legal evidence against poachers -
ArchiveMiddlesex sign Joe Burns
LONDON: Middlesex have signed young Australia star Joe Burns as a mid-season overseas replacement for his countryman Adam Voges, the English county side announced on Tuesday...
Burns, who made his Test debut against India in December, will arrive shortly before Voges travels to the West Indies with Australia next month and is due to stay at Lord’s until mid-July...
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Pakistan20 patients suffer burns as fire hits Dadu hospital
DADU: Twenty patients suffered serious burns when a fire broke out at a private hospital, City Medical Centre, after explosion of a gas cylinder, engulfing the entire building within minutes here on Sunday...
Senior Medical Officer Dr Talib Hussain said that three patients including two newborn babies of Shahnawaz and Ms Aminat who were in serious condition had been referred to burns ward of the Liaquat University of Medical and...
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ArchiveRs200m for hepatitis clinics, burns unit at DHQ hospital
MUZAFFARGARH: The Punjab government approved Rs200 million for clinics for the treatment of hepatitis and a burns unit at the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital, work on which has started...
DHQ hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Mehr Iqbal said a morgue will also be established and the burns unit completed before the end of the year...
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WorldMyanmar braces for Pope Francis visit as Buddhist nationalism burns bright
A fiery brand of Buddhist nationalism is burning brighter than ever as Myanmar braces for its first ever papal visit, posing a challenge to the message of religious tolerance Pope Francis is expected to preach next week...
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ArchiveOnly four burns units in Punjab fully functional
LAHORE: A majority of the government hospitals, including teaching institutions, in Punjab are lacking critical burns units for the patients...
There are a total of 23 teaching and 36 district headquarters hospitals all over the province, but only six of them have burns units, out of which at least two are not functioning properly...
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ArchiveFire burns house
TOBA TEK SINGH: A fire broke out on Tuesday in a house in Gojra’s New Plots locality...
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ArchiveMan burns wife in acid attack
Bakhsh, abetted by his younger brother, Muhammad Sadiq, threw acid on his wife who suffered serious burns...
Later, the protesters held a procession on the Baghdad Road...
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ArchiveGovt asked to set up promised burns centre at Kohat hospital
KOHAT: Despite availability of funds the relevant authorities have failed to meet longstanding demand of the people to set up a burns centre, provide CT scan and MRI facility and appoint doctors at the KDA teaching hospital here...
5 million for the burns unit, and the district development committee headed by the district coordination officer had also approved construction of the facility, but work on the project have yet to start for...
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ArchiveObama calls for racial harmony as Baltimore burns
We don’t just pay attention to these communities when a CVS burns,” he said, referring to an arson attack on a pharmacy in Baltimore...
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ArchiveBoy ‘burns self’ over teacher’s reproach
LAHORE: An 11-year-old boy, who was admonished by his teacher, allegedly attempted suicide by setting himself ablaze outside a private school in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, police said on Monday...
Asif, son of Amjad, a resident of Fruit Mandi, Iqbal Town, resorted to the extreme step after his teacher admonished him for getting low marks in a test, police added -
ArchiveFamed US spacecraft burns up in skies over Saturn
CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa’s famed Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early on Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years...
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PakistanFaisalabad’s burns centre hardly seems a priority
According to information, about one million labourers are directly or indirectly attached with the textile sector and minor and serious burns are common at such factories...
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