Tag: Coal Miners
Rights Watch | 25 February 2023
Torkham Border Closure Leaves 7,000 Trucks Stranded with Perishable Goods
The Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry has reported that the Torkham border has...
Families demand inquiry into killing of Shangla coal miners
Victims' families have demanded they be compensated the same as relatives of the 11 Hazara coal miners gunned down by militants early this year
Rights Watch | 21st April 2021
Police registered cases for three separate sexual assaults that took place on Tuesday in Khurrianwala. Among the survivors is an eight-year-old girl who was reportedly molested by three men while out playing in a street. For more human rights news, keep reading.
I lost three sons, says father of Shangla slain miners
April 15th, 2021; By Umar Bacha; SHANGLA; Voicepk.net narrates the tragedy of Wazeer Rehman, whose three sons were among the 16 Shangla missing coalminers.
Mine collapses killed 45 Baluchistan miners in last three months
March 21st, 2021; By Asim Ahmed Khan; QUETTA; The contract system is the primary evil plaguing the mining sector of our country. Government bodies that are supposed to protect us do not take any interest in the mines. The Mines Secretariat is a completely defunct body, says Abdul Sattar, the Central Chairman Pakistan Mines Labor Federation.
