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Fire at hotel in PC Rawalpindi, no one hurt, guests shifted to Marriott hotels Islamabad By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Rawalpindi -A fire has occurred at the famous Pearl Continental Hotel in Rawalpindi but no one was hurt. The firefighters using water hoses to extinguish the flames and army trying to rescue people through the windows as smoke billowed out.The hotel staff said after the incident some guest use bed sheet/ Chader and towels as rope to rescue after heavy smoke entered in 5thFloor. P C Rawalpindi is located near Pakistan’s Army Head Quarters and soon after the incident the army’s Jawans trying to rescue people through the windows as smoke billowed out. PC Rawalpindi is one of the main hotels in the city, also popular with foreigners. Renowned Pakistan born British writer and poet Syed Anjum Raza who was the guest in PC Hotel room number 524 and was on the 5th floor stated that upon smelling the smoke, he informed the management of the hotel but they were told there was nothing to worry about and asked to go back to sleep. He said that there was an emergency situation and we can take risk, all smoke become entered in the room where guest were stayed. Thanks God ‘’we all are safe ‘he stated. Eyewitness Syed Anjum Raza said he had been told that the fire started on one of the hotel’s basement.”OH my God “Hope everyone is safe, it’s so busy out there.”He later added: “Awful, just awful – be safe.”The fire, whose cause is yet to be ascertained, started in the record room of the finance section, giving out smoke that travelled to the upper floors and filled the entire space of the multi-storey building of the five-star hotel. What really shocked the occupants of the hotel is that there was no staff to alert them nor was there any alarm system or if there was one it did not set off any alarm. Fire tenders came very late. However, they managed to put out the fire in the basement and all the occupants were safely rescued. The fire completely gutted the record room of the finance section, turning all the records stored inside to ashes. Pakistani police say a fire broke out after midnight at the famous Pearl Continental Hotel in the garrison city of Rawalpindi but no one was hurt. Local police official Naeem Rabbabi says it was unclear what caused the fire and authorities are still investigating. Local police official says firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. He says it was unclear what caused the fire and authorities are still investigating. According to hotels sources all fiancé office record has been destroyed in this incident. The fire erupted in the basement of Pearl Continental Hotel Rawalpindi here in the wee hours of mid night has been extinguished. The DCO Sajid Zafar Daal said that the inadequate arrangements in the hotel for extinguishing fire will be probed. . Although no casualties were reported in the incident while the hotel guests were later shifted to Marriott hotels Islamabad. Guests were earlier seen hanging from the windows of the fourth and fifth floor of the hotel in order to save their lives. The army was called in to assist with the rescue effort. Last week one person died and 14 were hurt in the Dubai hotel fire – but thousands had a miracle escape, it was reported tonight.Government officials said that one person had died and 14 were injured in the huge blaze.The fire appeared to break out from the 20th floor of the Address Downtown and soon spread throughout the rest of the building. Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in downtown Dubai .

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Fire at hotel in PC Rawalpindi, no one hurt, guests shifted to Marriott hotels Islamabad By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Rawalpindi -A fire has occurred at the famous Pearl Continental Hotel in Rawalpindi but no one was hurt. The firefighters using water hoses to extinguish the flames and army trying to rescue people through the windows as smoke billowed out.The hotel staff said after the incident some guest use bed sheet/ Chader and towels as rope to rescue after heavy smoke entered in 5thFloor. P C Rawalpindi is located near Pakistan’s Army Head Quarters and soon after the incident the army’s Jawans trying to rescue people through the windows as smoke billowed out. PC Rawalpindi is one of the main hotels in the city, also popular with foreigners. Renowned Pakistan born British writer and poet Syed Anjum Raza who was the guest in PC Hotel room number 524 and was on the 5th floor stated that upon smelling the smoke, he informed the management of the hotel but they were told there was nothing to worry about and asked to go back to sleep. He said that there was an emergency situation and we can take risk, all smoke become entered in the room where guest were stayed. Thanks God ‘’we all are safe ‘he stated. Eyewitness Syed Anjum Raza said he had been told that the fire started on one of the hotel’s basement.”OH my God “Hope everyone is safe, it’s so busy out there.”He later added: “Awful, just awful – be safe.”The fire, whose cause is yet to be ascertained, started in the record room of the finance section, giving out smoke that travelled to the upper floors and filled the entire space of the multi-storey building of the five-star hotel. What really shocked the occupants of the hotel is that there was no staff to alert them nor was there any alarm system or if there was one it did not set off any alarm. Fire tenders came very late. However, they managed to put out the fire in the basement and all the occupants were safely rescued. The fire completely gutted the record room of the finance section, turning all the records stored inside to ashes. Pakistani police say a fire broke out after midnight at the famous Pearl Continental Hotel in the garrison city of Rawalpindi but no one was hurt. Local police official Naeem Rabbabi says it was unclear what caused the fire and authorities are still investigating. Local police official says firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. He says it was unclear what caused the fire and authorities are still investigating. According to hotels sources all fiancé office record has been destroyed in this incident. The fire erupted in the basement of Pearl Continental Hotel Rawalpindi here in the wee hours of mid night has been extinguished. The DCO Sajid Zafar Daal said that the inadequate arrangements in the hotel for extinguishing fire will be probed. . Although no casualties were reported in the incident while the hotel guests were later shifted to Marriott hotels Islamabad. Guests were earlier seen hanging from the windows of the fourth and fifth floor of the hotel in order to save their lives. The army was called in to assist with the rescue effort. Last week one person died and 14 were hurt in the Dubai hotel fire – but thousands had a miracle escape, it was reported tonight.Government officials said that one person had died and 14 were injured in the huge blaze.The fire appeared to break out from the 20th floor of the Address Downtown and soon spread throughout the rest of the building. Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in downtown Dubai .

8th death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto observed By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Rawalpindi—-The eighth death anniversary of former prime minster and Pakistan People’s Party head Benazir Bhutto was observed on Sunday at the Liaquat Bagh of Rawalpindi.The party has arranged Quran Khwani and Fateha in Rawalpindi, while the main event was held at Bhutto’s hometown Garhi Khuda Bakhsh. The day was start with Quran Khwani followed by langar or free food. The main jalsa was arranged at the Liaquat Bagh of Rawalpindi by the party supporters and leaders Aamir Fida Peracha, Raja IsrarAhmed, Raja Imran Ashraf and others. The party workers observe two-minute silence at 5:20pm to pay homage to the martyred leader, followed by Fateha at 5:25pm. Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27, 2007 immediately after addressing a public meeting at the Liaquat Bagh of Rawalpindi.

اسلام آباد دہشت گردانہ حملے میں شہید ہونے شہید مظہر علی مبارک کی برسی پر خصوصی تعزیتی جلسہ کا انعقاد … اصغر علی مبارک….……. دہشت گردانہ حملے میں شہید ہونے شہید مظہر علی مبارک کی برسی پر خصوصی تعزیتی جلسہ کا انعقاد کیا گیا جس میں سانحہ پشاور پر گہرے دکھ اور تشویش کا اظہار کیا گیا ۔ , علامہ علی اکبر کاظمی ، ، حافظ سید حسین نقوی; ایڈووکیٹ اصغر علی مبارک.ظہیر ممتاز. زاکر افضل کھوکھر ،اصغر ال حق اعوان ،علی جاوید قاصر ، مقبول حسین شاہ، نے کہاکہ دہشتگردوں کے خلاف پورے ملک میں آپریشن کیا جائے اور ان کے حامیوں کو بے نقاب کیا جائے، پوری قوم دہشتگردی کیخلاف ایک ہے، آرمی دہشتگردی کے خلاف اصولی فیصلہ کرے اور ملک بھر میں دہشتگردوں کو چن چن کرکیفرکردار تک پہنچائے، علم دشمن عناصر پاکستان کے دوست نہیں ہوسکتے، ملک میں جزا اور سزا کے قانون پر عمل داری کرنا ہوگی علامہ علی اکبر کاظمی نے کہا کہ علم دشمن قوتوں کو ہم اپنے اتحاد و حدت سے ناکام بنا دیں گے ، دشمن دیکھ لے کہ قوم کس کیساتھ کھڑی ہے، انہوں نے کہا کہ شہداء کا خون رائیگاں نہیں جائیگا، انشاء اللہ اس ملک سے دہشتگردی کا آفریت ہمیشہ کیلئے ختم ہوکر رہے گا، انہوں نے کہا کہ آج قوم متحد ہے رہنماؤں کا کہنا تھا کہ ہم مطالبہ کرتے ہیں کہ حکومت فی الفور دہشتگردوں کیخلاف ملک بھر میں آپریشن کرےرہنماؤں نے کہاکہ مٹھی بھر پاکستان اور اسلام دشمن عناصر پاکستان کے حامی شخصیات کو نشانہ بنا رہی ہیں۔ تعزیتی جلسہ سے خطاب کرتے ہو ئے علامہ سید علی اکبر کاظمی نے کہا دہشت گرد اس بزدلانہ کاروائی سے حق و انصاف کے راستے میں رکاوٹ کھڑی نہیں کر سکتے۔ شہدا نے اپنی جانیں دے کر اس مشن کوجاری رکھنے کا حوصلہ دیا ہےرہنماؤں نے کہاکہ حکومت قوم کو مکمل تحفظ فراہم کرے۔ اور دہشت گرد عناصر سے سختی سے نمٹا جائے۔ تعزیتی جلسہ سے رہنماؤں نے کہاکہ شہدا کے خون سے پاکستان میں امن کو دوام ملے گا انہوں نے کہا کہ حکومت قوم کو تحفظ فراہم کرنے کی پالیسی یقینی بائے ۔تعزیتی جلسے سے نے خطاب کرتے ہو ئے کہا کہ اسلام نے بے گناہ انسانوں کی ہلاکت کو ہمیشہ سے قابل مذمت قرار دیا ہےرہنماؤں نے کہاکہ شہدا ء کے خون سے ہاتھ رنگنے والے کسی بھی مذہب میں انسان کہلانے کے لائق نہیں ہیں اس موقع پر رہنماؤں نے کہاکہ پاکستان میں دہشت گردانہ کاروائیوں کے نتیجے میں ہزاروں افراد کی ہلاکت ہو چکی ہے جس سے ہماری مساجد، امام بارگاہیں ، گرجا گھر کچھ بھی محفوظ نہیں لہذا مذاکرات کی بجائے دہشت گردوں کے خلاف ٹھوس کاروائی کی جائے رہنماؤں نے کہاکہ دہشت گردی کی بزدلانہ کاروائی ہمارے حوصلے کو کم نہیں کر سکتی۔ آخر میں اصغر علی مبارک نے رہنماؤں کآ شکریہ ادا کیا میں تہہ دل سے مشکور ہوں تمام دوستوں کی جنہوں نے اس کرب کی گھڑی میں دکھ بانٹا, غم عمر بھر کا ہے, میرا سایہ چلا گیا, بے پناہ کوشش کی ساتھ نہ چھوٹے پر اللہ کی رضا, بے شک ہم سب کو اللہ کی طرف لوٹنا ہے. سورہ فاتحہ اور درود پاک پڑھ کہ میرے پیارے بھائی کے لئے فاتحہ فرما دیں شہدا ء کی بلندی درجات اور ملک و قوم کی دہشت گردی کے ناسور سے نجات کے لئے دعا کروائی۔