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Increased monitoring needed to prevent lung disease in coal miners: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The study has found that crystalline silica, a component of coal mine dust, was found in the lungs of coal miners which causes severe and irreversible lung scarring.
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Pakistan: Coal miners suffer terrorism, violence and brutality in Balochis
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Despite being a mineral-rich province of Pakistan, Balochistan is ignored by the government and the coal miners suffered the most. Miners witnessed workplace accidents as they work in the high-risk zone and seek attention.
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Unidentified gunmen kill five coal miners in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): Five coal miners were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked them in the Samangan province of Afghanistan, said a media report citing local officials of the province.
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3 coal miners shot dead in Pakistan's Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): At least three coal miners were shot dead by unidentified armed men in Pakistan's Balochistan province, local media reported on Sunday.
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3 coal miners gunned down in Pak's Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], August 25 (ANI): Unknown armed gunmen killed three coal miners working in the coalfield area of the capital city of Balochistan, local media reported.
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3 dead in mine accident in China's Shandong Province
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Shandong [China], June 8 (ANI): Three coal miners died in east China's Shandong Province after a roof collapsed on them, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
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Worker unions take out procession in Pakistan demanding safety of coal min
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): After seven people were killed in a coal mine blast in Balochistan recently, several workers' unions in Pakistan took out a procession on Friday urging the government to ensure the safety of coal miners.
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5 coal miners, 2 rescuers killed in coal mining disaster in Balochistan's
Updated : 5 years, 2 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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Hazaras continue to be targeted due to Pak's appeasement of anti-Shia mili
Updated : 5 years, 4 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, 4 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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Imran Khan meets families of slain Hazara miners, talks about bringing Sau
Updated : 5 years, 4 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, 4 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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