2021.10.7 The area, about 100 kilometres from Quetta, the provincial capital, is dotted with coal mines. Mr Shaheen said authorities expected the death toll to rise. The quake struck in the early morning while scores of miners were already at work, he said.
Read More2011.3.20 QUETTA: At least seven miners were killed and 41 others trapped underground when explosions triggered a collapse in a coal
Read More2021.3.16 Published 9:35 AM PST, March 16, 2021. QUETTA, pakistan (AP) — A methane gas explosion caused a mine to collapse and kill seven coal miners in southwestern Pakistan, a mining official said Tuesday, the second such incident in the region in less than a week.
Read More2023.3.3 Published 7:12 AM PST, March 3, 2023. QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A methane explosion collapsed a section of a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan, killing six miners and triggering a day-long rescue operation, officials said Friday. Five miners were reported injured.
Read More2022.2.5 Quetta [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): A massive explosion in a coal mine at Saragarhi area in the outskirts of Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan province, left five miners dead and five others ...
Read More2021.10.7 QUETTA, Pakistan — A powerful earthquake collapsed at least one coal mine and dozens of mud houses in southwest Pakistan early Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 200, an ...
Read More2022.2.5 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A methane gas explosion in a coal mine in southwest Pakistan early Saturday killed four workers, while three others were rescued from the partly collapsed mine, an...
Read More2018.5.6 At least 23 miners have been killed in accidents triggered by a gas explosion at a coal mine in western Pakistan, officials said. A cave-in at a mine in Marwaarh, east of the city of Quetta in ...
Read More2021.6.14 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb targeting government soldiers exploded at a coal mine in southwest Pakistan, killing four soldiers, the military said Monday. The attack happened at Marget Mines, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, a statement released by the military said.
Read More2021.10.7 QUETTA, Pakistan — A powerful earthquake collapsed at least one coal mine and dozens of mud houses in southwest Pakistan early Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 200, an ...
Read More2021.6.14 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb targeting government soldiers exploded at a coal mine in southwest Pakistan, killing four soldiers, the military said Monday. The attack happened at Marget Mines, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, a statement released by the military said.
Read More2021.1.3 QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Sunday that killed 11 miners from Pakistan’s minority Shi’ite Hazaras in Baluchistan province.
Read More2021.1.6 Quetta Coal mining Coal Miners Imran Khan. Related articles. News. 21 miners trapped after Xinjiang coal mine accident. The accident happened in Fengyuan coal mine in Hutubi County on Saturday evening, when staff were carrying out upgrading works at the site, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Read More2022.8.15 At least four coal miners were killed in Quetta’s Sara Ghurgai area on Monday. Rescue sources said the coal miners were deep inside the mine when it suddenly filled with poisonous gas. All four coal miners died inside the mine. Rescue workers and police reached the spot of the incident and retrieved the dead bodies from the mine after
Read More2021.1.5 People from the Shiite Hazara community gather around the bodies of coal mine workers who were killed by unknown gunmen near the Machh coal field, in Quetta, Pakistan, Jan. 3, 2021.
Read MoreJan. 3, 2021. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Armed men abducted and killed at least 11 coal miners in southwestern Pakistan early Sunday, officials said. All the victims were ethnic Hazaras, a minority ...
Read More2019.2.1 QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN – Their faces covered with a black layer of coal dust, ... more than 100,000 people work in coal mines across the province. The majority are from Afghanistan, ...
Read More2021.1.3 QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) ... 100 kms southeast of Baluchistan's capital Quetta, killing the miners who were in a shared residential room near the coal mine where they worked, ...
Read MoreThese coalmines, or collieries, are located in Degari-Sor-Range (Quetta District), Sharigh-Khost-Harnai ... The mineworkers were digging coal at about 300 feet inside the mine.
Read More08 Oct, 2023. Pakistan. File photo. A bomb exploded in Quetta’s Sor Range area on Sunday, killing a coal mine manager on the spot. Police said that the blast occurred near a vehicle that was parked on the side of a road near the coal mine field in Sor Range. The man who died has been identified as Shabbar Mirza, who worked as a project ...
Read MoreChamallang, Marward and Duki and all the coal fields are situated near the Quetta district the capital of Balochistan. In all the coal fields of Balochistan underground coal mining is carried out, there are two hundred and forty (240) coal mines where some sixty thousand (60000) workers are working (mines and minerals department
Read More2023.10.8 Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) Project Manager Shabbar Mirza was killed while another was injured in an explosion near a vehicle in a coal minefield explosion in the suburbs of Quetta on Sunday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. According to sources in the police, the project manager was heading to the minefield
Read More2021.3.16 Published 9:35 AM PST, March 16, 2021. QUETTA, pakistan (AP) — A methane gas explosion caused a mine to collapse and kill seven coal miners in southwestern Pakistan, a mining official said Tuesday, the second such incident in the region in less than a week. The explosion took place Monday night, causing a coal mine
Read More2021.6.14 QUETTA: A powerful bomb targeting paramilitary soldiers exploded at a coal mine in southwest Pakistan, killing four soldiers, the military said Monday. The attack happened at Marget Mines, about 75 kilometers (45 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, a statement released by the military said. Combination of photos
Read More2021.1.3 PHOTO: FILE. QUETTA: Eleven coal miners were killed after unidentified men kidnapped and later slaughtered them at the Mach coalfield of Bolan district, around 80km away from Quetta in Balochistan ...
Read More2021.1.5 Members of the Shi'ite Hazara minority in Pakistan who have blockaded a highway in Quetta with the bodies of slain coal miners said on Tuesday they will not withdraw until Prime Minister Imran ...
Read More2022.2.6 QUETTA: Five coal miners died and three others suffered injuries in a methane gas explosion inside a coal mine in Zarghoon Gar area of Quetta district on Saturday.
Read More2023.1.2 All forms of traffic between Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan's Punjab and Quetta were suspended on Sunday as hundreds of coal mine contractors blocked the Quetta-Loralai route in the Duki area by setting fire to tyres and erecting barricades, Dawn reported on Monday. They were protesting the administration's alleged failure to
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