Daily Archives: November 5, 2015

Death toll of Lahore factory incident rises to 23

LAHORE: The death toll in roof collapse of a four-storey building of a plastic bag factory at Sundar Industrial Estate in Lahore has risen to 23, on Thursday
According to the Rescuers have pulled 99 people out alive from the rubble of a collapsed factory and are searching for an unknown number of others believed still trapped in a disaster.
Soldiers and rescuers in Lahore were carefully cutting through steel and using cranes to lift the debris of the building which came crashing down Wednesday night.
One worker still trapped in the rubble told a private TV channel early Thursday that he is pinned under a girder, but alive and feeling thirsty.

22 MQM MNAs formally withdraw resignations

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) members of the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday have formally forwarded a plea to withdraw their resignations. Khalid Maqbool Siddique and Asif Husnain could not appear because of other commitments. At least 22 MNAs belonging … read more