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Peshawar school tragedy claims 33 lives as grief grips city

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Peshawar: The second day of grief gripped Peshawar after the horrific Dir Colony school tragedy, as political leaders, government officials and other dignitaries visited the affected school and the grieving families.

The Express News said the roof of the school collapsed Thursday morning killing 33 youngsters and a female instructor.

A foreign team of United Nations representatives also visited the school to inspect its facilities and to meet the relatives of the dead children.

During the visit, the secretary of the Private Schools Regulatory Authority told the UN team about the occurrence and provided specifics of the available facts. Other political heavyweights and government officials also met the relatives of the victims including Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi, Federal Minister Amir Muqam, provincial interior minister Kifayat, the health minister and advisers.

Inquiry committees have been constituted to probe the catastrophe but, according to the report, no relevant department had so yet visited the site to undertake its probe.

“I have three children, two sons and a daughter,” said Zakirullah, father of two children who died in the tragedy. His daughter told him what had happened and when he arrived at the school, he found his boys buried beneath the rubble in a horrific scene.

Abubakar and Muhammad, both in second grade, died after being buried in the debris, he added. The rescue personnel rescued the children and sent them to a hospital.

Zakirullah, the deputy prayer leader at the Peshawar Services Club and a native of Dir, claimed his children have been studying in the institution since its inception.

Another allegation said a child had been sent home to get school payments and returned to find the roof fallen. Among the dead were the child’s buddies Abdullah, Shayan and Mohammad.

The children told me that as they moved about the roof would tremble but a teacher had told them not to worry about it. Other families also lost children in the tragedy, with Pir Muhammad’s family losing five children.

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Trophy unveiled as Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England gear up for ODI tri-series

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The trophy for the upcoming ODI tri-series between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England has been unveiled with the captains of the three sides sitting for photographs with the silverware.

Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi, England captain Harry Brook and Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis were present at the trophy unveiling ceremony ahead of the much-awaited tournament.

The tri-series begins on October 18 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, with hosts Pakistan facing Sri Lanka in the opening game. The match is set to commence at 1:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time (PST).



Rawalpindi will host the first three matches of the competition before the action shifts to Lahore.

The final will be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on October 31.

The teams will face each other twice in a double round-robin format throughout the league stage, creating a competitive series amongst the three nations.

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Indian students hold ‘stop vote theft’ protest against Modi govt in London

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Hundreds of Indian students gathered at Parliament Square in the British capital on Saturday to protest against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and seek the dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a disputed alteration of electoral lists.

The event, organized by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth branch, with backing from UK-based Indian students’ groups and other diaspora organizations, included appeals to end “vote theft” and defend India’s democratic institutions.

The rally was addressed by Dhruv Rathee, an activist who was the keynote speaker during the “Stop Vote Chori” (Stop Vote Theft) protest.

He demanded the replacement of the chief election commissioner through a mechanism negotiated by the administration and the opposition leader.

“It is important that the message against ‘vote chori’ is spread in our country,” Rathee stated in Hindi. “These protests will continue until the Chief Election Commissioner is removed and a person accepted by the government and Leader of the Opposition is appointed.”

Hundreds of Indian students gathered at the Parliament Square in the British capital on Saturday to protest against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and demand the sacking of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a disputed alteration of electoral lists.

The event, organized by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth branch, with backing from UK-based Indian students’ groups and other diaspora organizations, included appeals to end “vote theft” and defend India’s democratic institutions.

The rally was addressed by Dhruv Rathee, an activist who was the keynote speaker during the “Stop Vote Chori” (Stop Vote Theft) protest.

He demanded the replacement of the chief election commissioner through a mechanism negotiated by the administration and the opposition leader.

“It is important that the message against ‘vote chori’ is spread in our country,” Rathee stated in Hindi. “These protests will end when the Chief Election Commissioner is replaced by a person acceptable to both the government and the Leader of the Opposition.

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Canada reports deaths after ‘incident’ on military base in Alberta

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Late on Saturday, Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty stated there were “fatalities and injuries” following an incident at a military base in western Canada.

“I am saddened to say that there have been fatalities and injuries as a consequence of an incident on the base,” McGuinty added, named as Wainwright in Alberta.

Prime Minister Mark Carney had previously posted to X on Saturday that “a serious incident creating a major fire” had occurred at the base.

Neither gave specifics about how many injuries there were or what happened at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, some 200 kilometers southeast of Edmonton.

“We’ll have more to say in the hours and days to come,” added McGuinty.

CFB Wainwright is among the busiest army bases in Canada.

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