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Awaz Apni QUETTA: A mini petrol pump caught fire in Double Road area here and spread around to engulf a market of old goods and motor garages located next to it. Efforts are on to bring under control the fire which has so far destroyed over a dozen vehicles besides gutting a number of shops. According to eyewitnesses, soon after eruption of fire at the petrol pump, two blasts were also heard.

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Awaz Apni  QUETTA: A blast has occurred at Imdad Roundabout in Quetta, Cnewsworld reported Saturday.

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KARACHI: Pakistan’s historic win in the final of the T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka at Lord’s sparked jubilation across the country and worldwide. People took to the streets after the match in all major cities of the country including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta and expressed their joy in their own peculiar manner. They distributed sweets and danced to the beat of drums to celebrate the much-needed victory. While some people resorted to aerial firing, others set off fireworks lighting up the night sky. They also sang national songs and chanted slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’. Large screens were installed in all major cities for people to watch the match. Theses were the scenes witnessed not only in Pakistan but also in every corner of the world wherever Pakistanis are living. Whether it would be streets of US or grounds of Britain, Pakistani flag flying high conveying the message of peace and expressed that Pakistani nation is a peace loving nati...

Saudi Arabia announces $ 100 mln aid for quake victims ISLAMABAD: The Saudi Government would provide $ 100million for Balochistan quake victims. Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Awadh Asseri said that Saudi King Shah Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has sent the aid of $ 100 million. An aerial bridge has been established between Saudi Arabia and Balochistan on the directives of Shah Abdullah which would be use to deliver the aid directly to Quetta. Saudi Arabia a...

CNews ZIARAT: Thousands of people in the sparsely populated south-western province of Balochistan have spent a freezing night in the open. Aftershocks from the 29 October earthquake continued to rock the area, creating widespread panic. Temperatures in Ziarat and other affected areas were recorded by the Pakistan Met Office at between minus one and minus four degrees Centigrade on the night of 29-30 October. The death toll from the quake, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, is now being officially put at 236, with over 400 injured. Aid workers who have rushed to the scene believe these numbers could rise as more bodies are dug out of the rubble. North-western Balochistan, including the Ziarat and Pishin districts, was worst hit by the quake. Seven to eight villages in Ziarat have reportedly been levelled. "Wam village is among those that have been completely destroyed," the mayor of Ziarat, Dilawar Kakar, told a local news agency. He said not a single house remained stan...

CNews QUETTA: The death toll in Balochistan earthquake has reached to 215, while hundreds have been reported wounded. More quake tremors hit Balochistan and Sindh areas today’s evening which according to Met Department DG were not sheer aftershocks, as the severity of these shocks was more than the morning tremors. The most hit areas include District Ziarat, Pishin and Fort Abdullah, where large number of houses collapsed. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4. It was centered about 400 miles southwest of the capital, Islamabad. At least 50 people were injured in Quetta; while, many mud houses collapsed. An operation room headed by AIG Mujahid Awais has been established to provide relief to the earthquake victims. The administration has initiated relief and rescue operations and emergency has been declared in hospitals. The quake-triggered landslides have caused losses in Ziarat, Quetta and Pishin as the sources feared increase in the death tol...

CNews Karachi. Oct 29: Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has sent relief goods worth Rs.1.5 crore as immediate help to earthquake victims in various areas of Balochistan. These includes 5000 food packets, thousands of blankets and tents. The food packets contained flour, ghee, milk powder and other items. Earlier the City Nazim on Wednesday talked with Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Gen. Farooq over the telephone and asked him about the immediate needs of the earthquake victims. Gen. Farooq told Nazim Karachi that at present the affectees needs foods, blankets and tents on urgent basis on which City Nazim informed him that the city government Karachi was sending an initial aid of 5000 food packets costing over Rs1.5 crore along with thousands of blankets and tents for victims in earthquake hit areas of Balochistan and if needed, more such help will be arranged also”. Nazim Karachi also expressed deep sorrow over the loss of valuable lives and property and said that t...

CNews ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has confirmed death of 115 people in moderate earthquake that hit many parts of Balochistan province in early hours of Wednesday. The earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale struck an area of approximately 70 kilometers in north and north-east of provincial capital Quetta at approximately 0510 hours on 29 October 2008, NDMA chairman Lt.Gen (rtd) Farooq Ahmed Khan told media here in the evening. He said villages of Wachan Kaws and adjacent localities in district Ziarat were severely affected while district Pishin’s village Toba Achakzai and adjacent localities suffered moderate loss. “So far we have reports of injuries of 296 people among which 60 have been hospitalized,” he said, adding that 2,000 houses were demolished in the morning quake. Farooq Ahmed said immediate response was mounted by local civil and military authorities. Medical teams of Headquarters 12 Corps had heli-lifted in early hours and were engaged in res...

CNews QUETTA: More than 100 people have been killed in an earthquake struck parts of Balochistan whereas scores of people still trapped under the rubbles. Dozend of injured are under treatment as government has imposed emergency in all hospitals of the province. Pishin, Ziarat, Qila Abdullah, Chaman, Loralai, Sibbi, Mastung are badly-hit areas. Several houses and buildings have been collapsed. According to the Geological Survey of Pakistan, the epic center of the quake was in Chiltan mountains. Ziarat is the worst hit area where 10 people were killed in land sliding whereas four people were killed in Khanozai. Death toll in different parts of Balchistan has reached 33. Ten bodies were recovered from the rubbles and shifted to hospital in Ziarat. According to ISPR, contingents of FC have been dispatched to affected areas for rescue operation along with a medical team. Two army helicopters have also been sent in Wachun and Kowas villages for rescue operations. Deputy director Geological ...

CNews QUETTA: At least 40 people died and dozens other sustained injuries when a 6.5 intensity earthquake jolted most parts of northern and central Balochistan early Wednesday morning. The jerks were felt at 0430 hours and 0510 hours which demolished and damaged scores of houses in Ziarat, Quetta, Kuchlak, Pishin, Chaman, Mastung and Loralai. In Ziarat, which is the worst affected area the district nazim Dilawar Khan Kakar confirmed death of 25 people in union council Kawas, Werchum and Kach. He feared that the death toll could go up as land sliding reported at road links to surrounding villages. Similarly, one 18-year old girl died while five other people would critically hurt as their poorly constructed houses failed to withstand the tremor in Khanozai, tehsil of district Pishin. In the provincial capital, only five people were reported hurt in earthquake related incidents. Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani arrived at the CM Secretariat soon after the earthquake ra...

CNews Peshawar-- At least 50 people were killed and another 30 injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan near the city of Quetta today, the country's largest ambulance service said. ``The death toll may rise because our ambulances are still coming in,'' Yousuf Jamali, a spokesman for the Edhi Foundation, said by telephone today from Quetta. A landslide in Ziarat, a tourist resort about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east-northeast of Quetta, killed 17 people, Dilawar Hussain Shah, an official at police control in Quetta said, citing reports from local people. More deaths were reported from Pishin town and its neighboring villages, he said. The quake hit at 4:09 a.m. local time in a mountainous region about 60 kilometers north-northeast of Quetta at a depth of 15 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit about 185 kilometers southeast of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. Quetta, located about 1,500 kilometers southwest of Is...

CNews QUETTA: The death toll in earthquake in various parts of Balochistan has reached to 35 as dozens reported wounded in the Wednesday morning temblor in the western province of Pakistan. In Ziarat at least 15 dead bodies have been found from the landslides caused by the tremors. which jolted Balochistan here early Wednesday morning as a quake of six point two magnitude hits northeast of Quetta. Strong earthquake jolted Quetta and it’s vicinity with magnitude 6.2 on Richter scale but no loss of life was reported in preliminary reports. At least 40 person were injured while 17 persons confirmed dead in the quake. According to details, three quake tremors felt in Balochistan near Quetta, one of which was stronger enough to shake the earth for some time. People of the area flee out of their homes in panic and started praying as the temblor shook the earth. Several houses were collapsed in some affected areas. Initial reports suggest that areas of Quetta, Sibi, Bolan, Chaman ,Mastung, Qi...

ISLAMABAD: The Eid ul Fitr is being celebrated by the faithfuls in the country including Azad Kashmir with religious fervor, the Eid namaz was offered at Eidgahs, Imambargahs, parks, open places in the country, security has been enhanced throughout the country to avoid any unwanted occurrence.President Asif Ali Zardari offered Eid prayers at President House and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in PM House, former President Pervez Musharraf in Army House, Army Chief Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani in Chaklalah, deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry in Faisal Mosque, Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuro in Garhi Khuda Bux and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah offered prayers in Naudero House.In the federal capital, the largest Eid congregations were held at Faisal Mosque and Lal Masjid; in Rawalpindi, main congregations were held at the Central Eidgah, Liaquat Bagh, Jamia Masjid, Racecourse Ground and in various areas of Cantt.In the provincial metropolis, the largest congregations were...

CNews KARACHI: Enraged citizens staged protests in major cities across the country, as severe load shedding in Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar and other cities badly affects daily life.In Karachi the electricity situation turned from bad to worse when unit-5 of Bin Qasim power plant tripped after developing a technical fault, increasing the number of powerless hours in the city.According to KESC, the closure of the plant has led to suspension of supply of 220 MW electricity to the city which is now facing a total power shortage of 1000 MW.The frequent and prolonged load shedding has severely affected the daily life activities of the city.The total shortage of electricity being faced by the country has climbed to a whopping 4,500 MW. The KESC is alternating three-hour long power load shedding with one hour of supplying electricity in the city, making the citizens suffer in the increasing heat.The increased load shedding is also causing shortage of drinking water.

CNews SIBBI: A bomb ripped through a busy market in Sibbi that killed five people and injured four, two critically, here on Wednesday. According to a source, the blast occurred near a hotel located at Liaquat Bazaar, missing the troops who went past the hotel a few minutes ago.The sources said, a remote detonated bomb was exploded to kill targeted people.The blast sent a wave of panic and fear across the city. The injured of the blast were provided first medical aid before they were transferred to Quetta.Those who died in the attack include a waiter, two passersby identified as Ali Ahmed and Mohammad Bachal besides two others.

The people of Pakistan are due to vote in national and provincial elections on Monday. Here voters - and people boycotting - from across Pakistan describe their hopes and concerns. On election day they will be sharing their experiences on the CNews News blog. SHAHEEN ZEB, 44, SCHOOL TEACHER, PESHAWAR I am voting for the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) because it will help the poor. It is going to offer jobs to everybody and it will try to improve the economy. The party says it will help people start their own small businesses. We will get on the road to being self-sufficient and being able to feed our families. Education is also important to me. Everything is very bad in the government education system. Everything is rundown, we don't have many facilities, text books are basic. Even the teaching can be basic. Students just sit in rows and memorise lessons. As a school teacher, it is compulsory to have an official role at the polling station. I'm very scared about this becau...

CNews MANSEHRA: The sequence of rain and snowfall in the northern and mountainous areas persisted, triggering low gas pressure causing inconvenience to the people, however, several link roads have been cleared of the piles of snow allowing free-flow of traffic. Following several days of downpours in the NWFP districts of Mardan, Charsadda, Naushehra, Dir and Sangla including Peshawar the sky is clear. Swat’s upper areas including Bahrain, Kalam, Utrot and others have received several feet of snow. District Mansehra and Balakot due to snowfall witnessing chill weather. The biting cold shooting up demand for fuel triggered low pressure at CNG pumps and household supply of natural gas unleashing hardships to the people. Quetta, Chaman, Qalat, Mastung, Ziarat, Loralai, Zhob and other areas continued to be hit by severe cold, while the low pressure of gas has added miseries for the people. The six-day spell of rain and snowfall in Muzaffarabad and Azad Kashmir has ceased, however, the sky r...

CNews ISLAMABAD: At least 27 people were killed and many wounded in violence during a nationwide outpouring of grief and a protest strike over Benazir Bhutto’s assassination while army was deployed in 16 districts of Sindh and paramilitary forces elsewhere in the country. A complete general strike and funeral prayer congregations in all the country’s four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas marked the day as the former prime minister, killed in an unidentified assassin’s gun-and-bomb attack in Rawalpindi on Thursday, was buried beside her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto at their ancestral Garhi Khuda Bux village. But protests at several places turned violent, with demonstrators attacking and burning both public and private properties, mostly in Sindh where 17 people were reported killed in Karachi and 10 in eight towns in other parts of the province. An army statement in Rawalpindi said the troops had been deployed in 16 Sindh districts, including Karachi, on the requisition of the ...