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Pakistan's burial crisis: Funerals become unaffordable

  • by ENN News Desk

Rawalpindi — Soaring inflation in Pakistan has made funerals and burials unaffordable for many families in Rawalpindi, creating a widening humanitarian strain as households take on debt to perform basic rites, according...

Everest May death toll rises to five after Sherpa falls

  • by ENN News Desk

A Nepali Sherpa guide slipped into a crevasse and died on Mount Everest, bringing the mountain’s death toll for May to five, officials said. The guide fell near Camp III at about 7,200 m (23,620 ft), marking the third...

Turkish Airlines A330 Catches Fire Landing in Kathmandu

  • by ENN News Desk

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 caught fire while landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Monday. Airport officials said smoke and flames were seen around the aircraft’s right landing gear as it...

No Injuries After Smoke Observed in Turkish Airlines A330

  • by ENN News Desk

Kathmandu, May 11 — Turkish Airlines said no passengers or crew were injured after smoke was seen coming from the landing gear of its Airbus A330 (registration TC-JNP) operating flight TK726 from Istanbul to Kathmandu....

Van plunges into gorge in northwest Pakistan, 11 dead

  • by ENN News Desk

At least 11 people were killed and several others injured when a van plunged into a deep ravine on Monday in Malam Jabba, a popular tourist area in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said. The victims were...