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An explosion struck a cricket match in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, leaving at least one person dead and several others wounded, police said.

The blast took place at the Kausar Cricket Ground in Khar tehsil of Bajaur district. According to Bajaur District Police Officer Waqas Rafique, the device used was an improvised explosive, Dawn reported.

Police said a man lost his life in the incident, while multiple others — including children — suffered injuries. The wounded were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Five people drowned as a boat capsized in the Chenab River in the Jalalpur Pirwala area of Punjab’s Multan district on Saturday amid a flood evacuation, according to officials.

Multan Deputy Commissioner (DC) Wasim Hamid Sindhu and City Police Officer (CPO) Sadiq Ali Dogar later reached the site for an inspection and were briefed by officials present there.

“The causes of the boat accident are being carefully examined. Initially, five deaths, including children on board the boat, have been confirmed,” DC Sindhu was quoted as saying in a statement. A statement from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) also put the toll at five.

He ordered the rescue authorities to immediately intensify the search operation. “Rescue operations are being carried out to search for more people on board the boat,” Sindhu said.

Meanwhile, CPO Dogar said police teams were providing full support to Rescue 1122 and the initial reasons for the boat accident included the darkness and flooded routes.

The initial report from Rescue 1122 explained that the boat had hit a tree and capsized due to the strong water flow, along with the women and children on board not able to maintain their balance, while evacuating people from floodwaters in Jalalpur Pirwala.

It added that most of the women and children were aboard the boat and the depth of the water was 15 to 20 feet.

The report said personnel launched search and rescue operations and four bodies were retrieved, while the rest of the people were recovered. “Line searching and boat searching are being conducted at different places to search for one child,” it said.

A statement from the department said Rescue 1122 Secretary Dr Rizwan Naseer expressed grief over the deaths and ordered the divisional emergency officer to immediately share the incident report.

Multan Commissioner Aamir Karim Khan also expressed grief over the deaths and extended his condolences to the families of the deceased.

Punjab PDMA Director General Irfan Kathia directed that the best medical assistance be provided to the injured.

“Evacuation of victims should be made safe in a flood situation. There should be no overloading in private boats or rescue boats,” he ordered.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz took notice of the incident and extended her condolences to the families of the victims.

Rescue 1122 said that it had rescued more than 9,000 people in flood operations from Multan alone, while over 350,000 people and above 300,000 animals had been evacuated in advance.

A police officials said that the blast was a targeted attack and carried out through an improvised explosive device (IED).

At least one person has been killed and several others injured in a blast during a cricket match in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, Dawn reported quoting officials.

The blast occurred at Kausar Cricket Ground in Khar tehsil of Bajaur district.

Bajaur District Police Officer Waqas Rafique told Dawn that the blast was a targeted attack and carried out through an improvised explosive device (IED).

A man was killed while several others, including children, sustained injuries in the blast, the authorities said. The injured have been shifted to a local hospital.

The authorities further said that the alleged terrorists also launched another attack on the police station, but it missed the target. As per initial reports, no terrorist group have claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Lahore [Pakistan], September 6 (ANI): Pakistan’s Punjab province is bracing for severe flooding, with the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issuing a flood alert for the Sutlej and Chenab rivers, as well as hill torrents, ARY News reported.
Director General Irfan Ali warned that a severe flood is expected to occur at the Panjnad point within the next 24 hours, emphasising that the situation remains critical at Ganda Singh Wala on the Sutlej River, where extremely high flood levels persist.
The DG also warned of the possibility of flash flooding in the hill torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur from September 7 to 9.
Further, PDM issued alerts to the Departments of Agriculture, Irrigation, Health, Forestry, Livestock, and Transport to remain on high alert.
Emergency control rooms have been activated, and staff members are on standby to handle the situation effectively. Ali urged the public to adhere to precautionary measures issued by authorities and cooperate with the administration during emergency evacuations, as per ARY News.

Heavy thunderstorms are forecasted across most districts of Punjab from September 6 to 9, adding to the concerns.
On Friday, the PDMA already issued a weather alert, forecasting heavy thunderstorms across most districts of Punjab from September 6-9
Strong monsoon showers are expected in Rawalpindi, Murree, Galiyat, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, and Gujranwala, according to PDMA.
According to ARY News, Rainfall is also predicted in Lahore, Gujrat, Sialkot, and several other cities during the same period.
Between September 7 and 9, there is a risk of flash flooding in Dera Ghazi Khan, the PDMA spokesperson warned.
The PDMA has directed commissioners and deputy commissioners across the province to remain on high alert and take necessary precautionary measures.
Pakistan is facing a catastrophic flood crisis in 2025, driven by relentless monsoon rains, flash floods, and glacial lake outbursts, claiming over 800 lives and affecting more than 1.2 million people across multiple provinces. The floods have devastated communities, destroyed infrastructure, and exacerbated economic challenges, with potential losses reaching USD 50 billion. (ANI)

At least one person was killed in a bomb blast while a cricket match was being played in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Saturday, according to the police.

Bajaur District Police Officer Waqas Rafique confirmed the incident to Dawn.com in Khar tehsil’s Kausar Cricket Ground and said the blast was carried out through an improvised explosive device.

“It appears to be a targeted attack,” he added.

Last Saturday, two people, including a police official, were wounded after terrorists attacked a police station in the district’s Laghari area of Lowi Mamund tehsil through a quadcopter.

Sources said police constable Mohammad Habib and civilian Najeeb Khan were injured in the attack, which also damaged a vehicle parked on the premises.

Israr Khan, a public relations officer of the district police, had told Dawn that the injured were immediately shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Khar.

He also said terrorists launched another attack on the police station through a quadcopter but it missed the target.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack. However, police officials blamed it on terrorists in light of Operation Sarbakaf launched by security forces against them a couple of weeks ago.

On Saturday Pakistan Air Force’s senior officer, Air Vice Marshal Shahryar Khan tried to play up Pakistan’s abilities by claiming, “Next time, the score will not be 6-0 but 60-0, Insha Allah (God willing).”

During his address at the Defence and Martyrs’ Day ceremony in Karachi, he vowed that no sacrifice would be spared in the defence of the country.”
“Pakistan is a peace-loving and progressive nation,” he said, “but our desire for peace should never be mistaken for weakness.”

He also claimed that the “armed forces are fully prepared to thwart all hostile intentions”, adding that “India, Insha Allah, next time the score will not be limited to 6-0, but with the help of Allah it will be 60-0.”

The empty rhetoric from the senior Pak Air force officer follows an August 9 speech by Chief of Indian Air force, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, who confirmed that Indian Armed Forces had destroyed at least five Pakistfighter aircraft and one large aircraft during Operation Sindoor.The Air Chief revealed the information about India’s damage to Pakistan’s defence capabilities.”We have at least five fighters confirmed kills and one large aircraft, which could be either an ELINT aircraft or an AEW &C aircraft, which was taken on at a distance of about 300 kilometres. This is actually the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill that we can talk about,” Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said.

Listing other damages on Pakistan’s defence capabilities, the Air Chief said, “We were able to get at least two command and control centres, like Murid and Chaklala. At least six radars, some of them big, some of them small. Two SAGW systems that is in Lahore and Okara. We attacked three hangars. One was the Sukkur UAV hangar, the Bholari hangar and the Jacobabad F-16 hangar. We have an indication of at least one AEW&C in that AEW&C hangar and a few F-16s, which were under maintenance there.”

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 as a decisive military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.

After the attack, Pakistan retaliated with cross-border shelling across the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir as well as attempted drone attacks along the border regions, following which India launched a coordinated attack and damaged radar infrastructure, communication centres and airfields across 11 airbases, including Nur Khan air base in Pakistan.

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