Tragedy in Pakistan: Over 100 burnt alive

In a tragic incident just a day before Eid ul Fitr, over one hundred people were burnt alive near the city of Ahmed Pur East, Bahawalpur of Southern Punjab.

The tragedy happened at the site of an over turned oil tanker filled with gasoline. Seeing the highly inflammable gasoline leaking from the tanker, the locals came running to fill their jerricans and other utensils, as can be seen from the photo above, with the free petrol. However while doing so the site caught fire and turned the site into an inferno. 

Resultantly, 129 people burnt alive  as per latest reports and some 200 got severely injured. Most of the bodies have been burnt beyond recognition. Reportedly the fire broke out when someone lit a cigaratte and threw the burning matchstick on the oil soaked ground.

The month of June has been very deadly for Pakistan as a number of blasts in Quetta and Parachinar left dozens dead just a few days back.

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Drowned migrant child’s photo saddens countless around the world

A recent shared image and video of a dead child on the Turkish beach has saddened countless around the world. 

The photo carries tales of miseries being faced by the migrants fleeing Syria where a brutal war is being waged. 

Aid agencies estimate that, over the past month, about 2,000 people a day have been making the short crossing to Greece’s eastern islands on rubber dinghies.

UNHCR estimates that approximately 2,500 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year.

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Siachen tragedy - Day 7: Foreign teams arrive to help avalanche rescuers

Landslide in Siachen has blanketed 138 Pakistan Army personnel since one week

The rescue operation in Siachen, Pakistan entered its seventh day with the arrival of three Swiss, six German and eight American experts on Friday.

The search operation, undertaken to evacuate buried soldiers, gained momentum after German, Swiss and American experts reached the Gayari area, a military official administering the army operation said.

Other military officials, who provide updates about the rescue operation through a helpline, said that at present rescuers are set to dig a 130-foot tunnel into the snow and are mainly focusing on six ‘priority points’ where they believe the army’s battalion headquarters was present in Gyari.

Read more: The Express Tribune

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