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Nawaz Sharif Flies Back To Pak To Visit Scores Injured In Oil Fireball
Pakistani hospitals today struggled to treat scores of severely burned victims of a fuel tanker explosion that killed at least 146 people, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif flew back from an overseas trip to visit the injured.
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Cuts Short London Trip After Tanker Blast
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cut short his London trip over the oil tanker fire incident that killed at least 140 people and injured over 100 others in Punjab province, the Prime Minister's Office said.
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139 Dead, 100 Injured As Oil Tanker Catches Fire In Pakistan's Bahawalpur
An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 139 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said.
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123 Dead, 100 Injured As Oil Tanker Catches Fire In Pakistan's Bahawalpur: Reports
At least 123 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded after it overturned in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday morning, police said.
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11 Dead, 59 Wounded In Pakistan Ship-Breaking Accident
At least 11 people were killed and 59 wounded on Tuesday when a gas cylinder exploded and started a fire inside an oil tanker being broken up for scrap in southern Pakistan, officials said.
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62 Killed As Bus Crashes into Oil Tanker in Southern Pakistan
At least 62 people, including women and children, were today killed when their overcrowded bus collided head-on with a speeding oil tanker, sparking a major fire in southern Pakistan, in the deadliest road accident to hit the country in recent times.
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One Dead in Attack on NATO Supply Tankers in Pakistan
Gunmen in northwest Pakistan opened fire on tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, killing a driver and wounding two others, officials said.
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One Dead in Attack on NATO Supply Tankers in Pakistan
Gunmen in northwest Pakistan on Thursday opened fire on tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver and wounding two others, officials said.
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Gunmen Shoot up NATO Oil Tanker in Southwest Pakistan
Gunmen in restive southwest Pakistan on Sunday fired bullets at an oil tanker carrying fuel bound for NATO troops in Afghanistan, setting the vehicle and a car ablaze, police said.
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NATO fuel tankers destroyed in Pakistan: officials
At least nine tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan were destroyed after an explosion in one of the vehicles triggered a huge fire in southwest Pakistan late Sunday, officials said.
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NATO fuel tankers attacked in Pakistan
Pakistani police say assailants have fired rockets at tankers carrying fuel for U.S-led troops in Afghanistan, setting at least 10 vehicles on fire.
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Militants set 10 NATO tankers on fire in Pakistan
Militants torched 10 tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan in southern Pakistan, injuring five persons including the vehicles' drivers, police and witnesses said today.
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Gunmen torch 29 more NATO oil tankers in Pakistan
Police say at least 10 gunmen have torched 29 NATO oil tankers in southwest Pakistan.The attack early on Saturday is one of several to hit the supply line for US and NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan since Pakistan closed a key border crossing on September 30. On Wednesday, militants torched 70 fuel tankers and killed a driver.Deputy Commissi...
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Taliban destroys 55 NATO tankers in Pakistan
In its latest offensive, Taliban militants have set at least 55 NATO tankers on fire in north-west Pakistan.The incidents are the latest in a string of attacks since Pakistan closed a key border crossing with Afghanistan almost a week ago. Islamabad shut down the Torkham crossing along the fabled Khyber Pass last Thursday after a NATO helicopter at...
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Suspected militants set fire to oil tankers in Pakistan
Suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tankers carrying oil for NATO and US troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, police said.The attack near Islamabad took place on a supply line that has been stalled because of a temporary border closing imposed by Pakistani authorities to protes...
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Nawaz Sharif Flies Back To Pak To Visit Scores Injured In Oil Fireball
Pakistani hospitals today struggled to treat scores of severely burned victims of a fuel tanker explosion that killed at least 146 people, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif flew back from an overseas trip to visit the injured.
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Cuts Short London Trip After Tanker Blast
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cut short his London trip over the oil tanker fire incident that killed at least 140 people and injured over 100 others in Punjab province, the Prime Minister's Office said.
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139 Dead, 100 Injured As Oil Tanker Catches Fire In Pakistan's Bahawalpur
An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 139 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said.
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123 Dead, 100 Injured As Oil Tanker Catches Fire In Pakistan's Bahawalpur: Reports
At least 123 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded after it overturned in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday morning, police said.
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11 Dead, 59 Wounded In Pakistan Ship-Breaking Accident
At least 11 people were killed and 59 wounded on Tuesday when a gas cylinder exploded and started a fire inside an oil tanker being broken up for scrap in southern Pakistan, officials said.
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62 Killed As Bus Crashes into Oil Tanker in Southern Pakistan
At least 62 people, including women and children, were today killed when their overcrowded bus collided head-on with a speeding oil tanker, sparking a major fire in southern Pakistan, in the deadliest road accident to hit the country in recent times.
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One Dead in Attack on NATO Supply Tankers in Pakistan
Gunmen in northwest Pakistan opened fire on tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, killing a driver and wounding two others, officials said.
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One Dead in Attack on NATO Supply Tankers in Pakistan
Gunmen in northwest Pakistan on Thursday opened fire on tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver and wounding two others, officials said.
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Gunmen Shoot up NATO Oil Tanker in Southwest Pakistan
Gunmen in restive southwest Pakistan on Sunday fired bullets at an oil tanker carrying fuel bound for NATO troops in Afghanistan, setting the vehicle and a car ablaze, police said.
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NATO fuel tankers destroyed in Pakistan: officials
At least nine tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan were destroyed after an explosion in one of the vehicles triggered a huge fire in southwest Pakistan late Sunday, officials said.
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NATO fuel tankers attacked in Pakistan
Pakistani police say assailants have fired rockets at tankers carrying fuel for U.S-led troops in Afghanistan, setting at least 10 vehicles on fire.
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Militants set 10 NATO tankers on fire in Pakistan
Militants torched 10 tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan in southern Pakistan, injuring five persons including the vehicles' drivers, police and witnesses said today.
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Gunmen torch 29 more NATO oil tankers in Pakistan
Police say at least 10 gunmen have torched 29 NATO oil tankers in southwest Pakistan.The attack early on Saturday is one of several to hit the supply line for US and NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan since Pakistan closed a key border crossing on September 30. On Wednesday, militants torched 70 fuel tankers and killed a driver.Deputy Commissi...
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Taliban destroys 55 NATO tankers in Pakistan
In its latest offensive, Taliban militants have set at least 55 NATO tankers on fire in north-west Pakistan.The incidents are the latest in a string of attacks since Pakistan closed a key border crossing with Afghanistan almost a week ago. Islamabad shut down the Torkham crossing along the fabled Khyber Pass last Thursday after a NATO helicopter at...
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Suspected militants set fire to oil tankers in Pakistan
Suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tankers carrying oil for NATO and US troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, police said.The attack near Islamabad took place on a supply line that has been stalled because of a temporary border closing imposed by Pakistani authorities to protes...
