Food poisoning: Stale bread lands over 180 children in hospital

ISLAMABAD:  More than 180 children from a government-run orphanage on Sunday fell seriously ill after consuming substandard food, which caused excessive vomiting and partial unconsciousness.

The children sheltered by Pakistan Sweet Homes (PSH), a project of Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM), were rushed to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for medical treatment. Some of the kids were also taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi for treatment.
PIMS spokesperson Dr Ayesha Isani said around 185 kids suffering from diarrhea were brought to the hospital’s emergency department at around 10am in the morning. Sixty of them were admitted due to their serious condition while the rest were discharged after preliminary treatment. Ten children were still admitted to the hospital when this report was filed on Sunday evening.

12 militants killed in Datta Khel operation

BANNU:  As Pakistani troops made a new push into Shawal Valley, the last major stronghold of Taliban militants in North Waziristan Agency, the military claimed on Sunday that it had killed at least a dozen insurgents elsewhere in the agency.

Taliban militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting soldiers who were conducting a search operation in the Datta Khel area Sunday morning. Four soldiers were slain in the pre-dawn attack mounted by the militants.

Security forces embarked on retaliatory action immediately after the attack, the military’s media wing, the ISPR, said in a statement. Twelve militants were killed in the ensuing fighting, it added.

Three servicemen lost their lives on the spot and another succumbed to his injuries later. The casualties were airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital in nearby Bannu Town where medics identified the slain soldiers as Saeedur Rahman, Muhammad Salim and Fazal Amin.

Death toll from accident to Pakistan army train rises to 17

People gather during a rescue operation, after a bridge collapse led a train to fall into a canal in Wazirabad, near Lahore, Pakistan Thursday, July 2, 2015. At least four cars of a train being used to transport Pakistani soldiers fell into a canal because of a bridge collapse in the eastern Punjab province on Thursday, killing at least twelve soldiers, officials said.


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military said Friday the death toll from an accident to a special train that plunged into a canal because of a bridge collapse has risen to 17. Divers were searching for more bodies.
The train derailed Thursday while crossing the Chanawan canal near the industrial city of Gujranwala in eastern Punjab province. Civil authorities and commandos and divers from the army retrieved 80 passengers, five of whom had been injured.
Pakistani army spokesman, Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa, tweeted Friday that so far 17 bodies had been recovered and that the rescue work was still in progress.
The dead soldiers included the unit’s commander, his wife and a daughter, the state-run Pakistan television said.
TV networks showed footage of soldiers and civil authorities taking part in the rescue operation as helicopters flew overhead.
Shortly after the accident, soldiers broke the windows of the train with hammers and pulled out passengers trapped inside.
Pakistan Railways spokesman Abdul Rauf Tahir says another passenger train carrying hundreds of people had passed over the same bridge about 90 minutes before the train carrying soldiers fell into the canal.
“We frequently examine our bridges, but it is too early to say what caused the accident,” he told The Associated Press.

British PM David Cameron arrives in Pakistan today

ISLAMABAD: British Prime Minister, David Cameron, will arrive here today on an official visit to hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani leadership.
According to a handout issued by the Foreign Office of Pakistan, Cameron will meet Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. The meeting will focus on the regional situation with particular reference to the Afghan reconciliation process, the handout added.
It further stated, that both the leaders will discuss ways to further expand Pak-UK bilateral cooperation in various fields.
David Cameron will also call on President Asif Ali Zardari.
The British Prime Minister is also slated to hold meetings with business leaders in Islamabad to discuss new avenues of bilateral cooperation for enhancing mutual trade and investment.
He will also interact with young students to exchange views on various regional and international issues.

Father accused of daughter's murder in Lahore

LAHORE: A father has been accused of murdering his 20-year old daughter who was an MA student.
Imanat a resident of Badami Bagh had divorced his wife six years ago. They have four sons and a daughter. Two of his sons and a daughter lived with the mother, while two other sons lived with him.
His daughter Nasira was leaving for office at 10:00 AM when she was ambushed by her father who allegedly opened fire and killed her.
According to the police, Imanat was not pleased with his daughter’s employment. Nasira’s body has been sent for a post mortem while the police have filed a murder case against her father and two others.

Meera, husband Navid part ways

LAHORE: Pakistani actress Meera and her husband Captain Navid have separated only three months after the couple tied the knot in the United States.
Raja Pervez, Meera’s father-in-law, told media that his son had returned to the US without informing his actress wife.
He said that Meera reached New York yesterday (Thursday) and asked Navid to come to the airport.
Pervez said he asked his son to either leave their parents or his wife, adding that Navid didn’t go to the airport to receive Meera.
He said that Navid’s mother didn’t allow Meera to enter their house as she reached there. 

Imran Khan's sisters not happy with his marriage

 

LAHORE: Imran Khan has tied the knot with anchorperson Reham Khan and while the news of his marriage has been well received, the cricketer turned politician’s sisters are not happy.
According to family sources, Imran’s sisters were not happy as news pertaining to his marriage started circulating and did not even attend the nikkah ceremony held at the PTI chairman’s Bani Gala residence on Thursday.
Imran Khan’s sisters were in Lahore at the time of the nikkah. Aleema Khan told Geo News that they had learnt of his wedding from television. “We were neither aware nor informed of the nikkah prior to this,” she said.
Aleema Khan further said that no member of the family had attended the nikkah. Imran Khan’s elder sister Rubina is also visiting Lahore from the US and staying with Aleema Khan.
Family sources have also informed Geo News that Imran will travel to Lahore to reconcile with his sisters.