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CNews ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has directed the Pakistan Railways to restore its services completely within the shortest possible time. The Prime Minister was chairing a meeting at the Prime Minister Secretariat in Islamabad. The meeting reviewed the losses caused to the railways due to the violence in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.Regretting the damage caused to the railways, Soomro directed the concerned authorities to finish the repair work in the shortest possible time. He urged the people to exercise restraint while expressing their sentiments.Chairman Railways told the premier that 32 out of 263 passenger trains and six out of 45 freight trains are not functional, adding that Pak Railways repaired at least 19 engines.The Caretaker Minister for Railways said that during the recent tumult, the Railways suffered at least Rs6.5 billion and twenty railway stations had to be shut down.

CNews LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid has said the future of National Reconciliation Ordinance has been in the hands of Benazir Bhutto. “The process of reconciliation can be stopped if Benazir Bhutto continued her irresponsible statements,” Rashid told media after farewell meeting with railway workers at railway workshops here. The cabinet was against the National Reconciliation Ordinance but supported the law on advice of the president, Rashid said. Rashid said that Mohtarma has confidence over the foreign agencies but if they would have been as much active they had traced Mulla Umar.

CNews KARACHI: The death toll of the picnickers, who drowned in the sea at Gadani has risen to 18 while taking bath at Gadani beach. All the dead bodies have been handed to the respective bereaved families.According to the Gadani police, thousands of Karachiites along with their families arrived here for recreation purpose. As many as 25 people drowned near Gadani Fish Harbour, while having bath in deep sea; however, they were rescued by the local fishermen with the help of other people present there.The deceased were identified as Khalil, Nadeem, Haji Muhammad Hanif, Danial, Naeem, Arif, Feroze, Faisal, Irfan, Ahsan, Abid, Muhammad Saleem, Shahzor, Zubair, Rasool Bakhsh, Imran, Adnan, Haris, Bari Alam, Mohammed Kashif, Mohammed Danial and Muhammed Mansoor.Seven people were rescued by Gadani fishermen, the divers of Town Committee Gadani and police.Gadani police shifted the dead bodies to Civil Dispensary Gadani and handed them to their families after due legal procedure. The bereaved ...

CNews DHAKA: An overcrowded train jumped the tracks in southern Bangladesh on Saturday, killing at least three passengers and injuring more than 100 others, a railway spokesman said. The Probhati Express _ with many passengers riding atop the carriages _ was bound for the capital, Dhaka, from the port city of Chittagong, 220 kilometers (135 miles) to the southeast, when five of the rear cars went off the rails. Bangladesh Railway spokesman Shafiqul Alam said three bodies had been found and at least 100 people were injured. Rescuers were still searching for more possible casualities, he said. The train was packed with about 1,000 people returning home for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. It was not immediately clear what caused the derailment. Investigators were on their way to the site about 40 kilometers (25miles) north of Chittagong, Alam said.

CNews QUETTA: A bomb blast damaged three feet portion of railway track between Saryab and Spazand near Quetta. According to railway officials, unknown persons planted a bomb at railway track that exploded with a bang destroying three feet portion of the track. Railway administration and police officials have reached at accident site.

CNews RAWALPINDI: At least 12 people killed and over 50 others were injured as a result of Bus-train collision in Muredki on Tuesday. The tragic incident occurred when an ill-fated Bus bound for Lahore from Naroval collided with Non-Stop Rawalpindi Express “112-Down” at a Railway crossing near Muredki, Twelve passengers of the buss died on the spot and 50 others were injured, the eyewitnesses said. The incident occurred due to high speed, the driver failed to stop the bus at the railway crossing and it collided with the train, eyewitnesses added.