Tuesday, November 03, 2009 KARACHI: Eight persons have been killed when Allama Iqbal Express collided with Super Parcel Express near Jumma Goth railway station.According to reports, AIE being on its way from interior Sindh, met a head-on collision with a goods’ train near Jumma Goth killing four persons and critically injured 35 others. Local residents, rescue workers and fire and rescue service workers launched rescue operations at the incident site. Later, police, Rangers and Railway teams joined rescue operations. Initial reports said four persons including a child have been killed and 35 wounded in the collision that were rushed to Jinnah and other hospitals. Deputy Director Jinnah Hospital Semi Jamal told Geo News that injured included women and children. The names of wounded are Abdul Ghani, Wasim, Yasmeen, Shoaib, Nawaz, Johar, Ilyas, Nazia, Moazzam, Saqib, Tahir and Areesha.DS Railway Aftab Memon said the driver of Allama Iqbal express has crossed the train despite not receiving the signal and rammed into goods train coming from the opposite direction. He said rail traffic will be restored within three to four hours. Railway issued emergency numbers 9920113 and 99206112 for the enquiry of the incident.Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah and MQM leader Altaf Hussain have expressed grief over the incident. A high level committee has also been formed to probe the incident.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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