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  2. 2012 Pakistan factory fires - Wikipedia

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    Factories in Pakistan 's two largest cities of Karachi and Lahore caught fire on 11 September 2012. The fires occurred in a textile factory in the western part of Karachi and in a shoe factory in Lahore. The fires are considered to be the most deadly and worst industrial factory fires in Pakistan's history, [3] killing 289 people and seriously ...

  3. Sherani District wildfire - Wikipedia

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    Sherani District wildfire. On 18 May 2022, a wildfire killed at least 3 people and destroyed thousands of pine-trees in Sherani District of Balochistan, Pakistan. [1] There are forests of Chilgoza in this area and these forests have been engulfed in fire. The fire spread over an area of about five to six kilometers and efforts are being made to ...

  4. 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire - Wikipedia

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    Casualties. 117–124 dead [1][2] 200+ injured. The 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire broke out on 24 November 2012, in the Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [3] At least 117 people were confirmed dead in the fire, and over 200 were injured, [1] making it the deadliest factory fire in the ...

  5. 2012 in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    December. On 22 December, Bashir Ahmad Bilour was leaving after attending a meeting of ANP workers at a private residence in Peshawar, when he was attacked and critically injured by a suicide bomber at 6:15 PM. He was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital where he died at 7:40 PM. His secretary Noor Muhammad was also killed in the blast.

  6. 2022 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wildfires - Wikipedia

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    From the end of May to mid June 2022, more than 200 forest fires in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa damaged 14,430 acres of forests and pastures. [1] While 402 incidents of forest fires were reported in one month. The highest number of 129 forest fires was reported in Abbottabad District. According to the report, forest fires broke ...

  7. Babur (cruise missile) - Wikipedia

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    On 6 June 2012, Pakistan conducted a successful test-fire of the multi-tube, indigenously developed cruise missile Hatf-VII (Babur), which can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads with stealth capabilities. It was the third test-fire conducted by Pakistan in the recent past, of different capacity and load.

  8. Category:2012 disasters in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    2012 Pakistan factory fires; 2012 Pakistan floods; G. 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche This page was last edited on 22 November 2022, at 11:51 (UTC). Text is available ...

  9. 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche - Wikipedia

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    On 7 April 2012, an avalanche hit a Pakistan Army base in Gayari Sector, near the Siachen Glacier region, trapping 140 soldiers and civilian contractors under deep snow. [1][2] The incident occurred at an altitude of about 4,000 meters [3] and 300 km northeast of Skardu (capital of Baltistan). [4] It was the worst avalanche that the Pakistani ...