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5 coal miners, 2 rescuers killed in coal mining disaster in Balochistan's
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): At least five coal miners and two rescuers died due to suffocation after a methane gas fire broke out in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan. This is the second mine disaster in the region within a week.
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6 die in illegal coal mine in Meghalaya
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], January 22 (ANI): At least six people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, said Meghalaya Home Minister Lakhmen Rymbui on Friday adding that the incident has happened "when mining was taking place illegally."
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Hazaras continue to be targeted due to Pak's appeasement of anti-Shia mili
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): Eleven coal miners from Hazara community were killed in a brutal attack in Balochistan last month and the members of the community continue to be targeted due to Pakistan's appeasement of anti-Shia militancy.
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Senior Iranian cleric demands Imran Khan to end targeted killing of Pakist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 11 (ANI): Condemning the recent attack in Pakistan that killed 11 people from the minority Shiite Hazara community in Balochistan, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has demanded Imran Khan-led government to put an end to the targeted killing of the
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Amit Shah to launch 'Single Window Clearance System' for coal mines today
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will launch the 'Single Window Clearance System', an online platform to obtain clearances for smooth operationalisation of coal mines.
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Imran Khan meets families of slain Hazara miners, talks about bringing Sau
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who on Saturday met bereaved families of 11 Hazara coal miners killed in January 3 terrorist attack, talked about his ambitions to play a role in issues concerning some Muslim countries and said his aim
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Imran Khan reaches Quetta after burial of 11 slain Hazara coal miners
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached Quetta on Saturday, hours after 11 coal miners from Hazara community, who were brutally killed in the attack on January 3 were buried at the city's Hazara Town cemetery.
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Quetta: Pakistani Shia community ends blockades, hundreds attend burial of
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Ending a week of protests, hundreds of Shia Pakistanis gathered on Saturday here to bury 11 coal miners from the Hazara community, who were killed in the Islamic State attack.
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Pak Opposition leaders slam Imran Khan over 'blackmailing' accusation on H
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistani Opposition leaders have lambasted Prime Minister Imran Khan on his remarks, in which he accused the family members of the Hazara community of blackmailing him after they refused to bury the mortal remains of 11 coal miners, who were killed in the
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Imran Khan calling protesting Hazaras 'blackmailers' an insult to coal min
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Reacting sharply to Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments that the Hazara protesters were 'blackmailing' him, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) vice president Sherry Rehman said that his statement was 'an insult to the corpses of the slain coal miners'.
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Maryam Nawaz slams Imran Khan after PM calls protesting Hazaras 'blackmail
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan for not visiting the Shia Hazaras protesting against the killing of coal miners in Balochistan and for suggesting that the demonstrators
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India condemns Hazara miners killing in Balochistan, says responsibility o
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): India on Friday condemned the killing of 11 coal miners in Pakistan's Balochistan in a terror attack and asserted that it is a responsibility of every country to protect its minorities and respect their basic human rights.
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