Posted on 06 November 2009. Tags: deficit, down-the-area, driver, firing-incident, friday, investigation, modern-system, officials, other-officials, people-had, railways-ghulam, said-the-train, texas, victims, workers-rushed
ORLANDO (Sami Abraham): Two persons have been killed and six others hurt in a shooting at an Orlando office building, the US media reported on Friday.
A police helicopter hovered over the scene, as dozens of police cars locked down the area surrounding the Gateway Center and panicked workers rushed to safety.
It may be mentioned here that 13 people had died and 30 others hurt in a firing incident that took place at Fort Hood in Texas last night.
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Posted on 06 November 2009. Tags: ahmed-bilour, deficit, driver, external-debt, friday, investigation, modern-system, officials, other-officials, Railways, railways-ghulam, said-the-train, train-mishap, victims
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour Friday said the train mishap in Karachi was a result of the driver’s negligence and that he has suspended him along with seven other officials till the investigation.
At a press conference, he said for the first time announcement of Rs500,000 has been made for the victims of the train tragedy.
The Railways Minister said a modern system for railway network will be purchased. This system will automatically make the train come to a halt even in the case its driver goes to sleep, he added.
He said the deficit of Railways has reached Rs35 billion while an external debt of Rs21 is to be cleared.
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