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	Ghotki rail crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ghotki rail crash occurred on July 13, 2005 at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12 UTC) in Ghotki, Pakistan.
		A train stopping at the Sarhad (a town near Ghotki) rail station was hit from behind by a train that missed a signal.
		The train that rammed into the stopped train at the Ghotki station originated in Lahore and was headed for the city of Karachi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghotki_rail_crash (267 words)

	Pakistan-Trains-Collide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GHOTKI, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of villagers gathered Friday near the scene of Pakistan's worst train crash in more than a decade for the burial of 64 victims whose remains could not be identified, while train service returned to normal after rail workers cleared the tracks of debris, officials said.
		The three-train collision near the southern town of Ghotki on Wednesday, which left at least 136 people dead and hundreds of others injured, was blamed on human error after the driver of one of the trains misinterpreted a signal, pulled into a station and slammed into another train.
		The bodies of many victims were claimed by relatives at a hospital in the small town of Ghotki in southern Sindh province, but some 64 badly mutilated and unidentified corpses were buried Friday in separate wooden coffins at a nearby graveyard, said Vijai Kumar, a doctor at the hospital.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050715/w071508.html (562 words)

	Three shot dead in Ghotki -DAWN - National; August 9, 2005
		The deceased were identified as Shah Nawaz, Mashooq, sons of Hussain Bux Dharejo, and Sher Dil, son of Suhail Bozdar.
		Police sources said they were killed in revenge of a man, Ghazi Mangrio, shot dead in Ghotki in 2003.
		Hundreds of people blocked the highway near Ghotki and demanded that killers be arrested.
	www.dawn.com /2005/08/09/nat22.htm (242 words)

	3 trains collide in Pakistan; 133 dead - South and Central Asia - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GHOTKI, Pakistan - Railway workers were clearing debris and repairing damaged train tracks in southern Pakistan on Thursday, a day after the country's worst rail crash in more than a decade left at least 133 people dead and hundreds of others injured, officials said.
		The chain-reaction accident Wednesday was blamed on human error after the driver of one of the trains misinterpreted a signal, pulled into a station and slammed into another train.
		Abdul Aziz, a senior official with the state-run Pakistan Railways, said Thursday that the death toll had climbed by five to 133 after two more bodies were recovered from the scene and three injured people died at a hospital.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7279844/did/8557203 (643 words)

	The Nation
		The emergency was declared in Sukkur, Ghotki, Mirpur Mathelo, CMH Pano Akil hospitals.
		GHOTKI (AFP) - The first thing many passengers heard was a huge bang that shocked them out of their sleep.
		Ghotki hospital said it had so far received 113 bodies and the number of injured there was 78.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/july-2005/14/index1.php (2021 words)

	Misread signal causes Pakistan crash - Boston.com - Asia - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The driver of a passenger train misinterpreted a signal as he pulled into a Pakistan station shortly before dawn Wednesday, slamming into another train in a chain-reaction crash that killed at least 128 people, authorities said.
		GHOTKI, Pakistan --The driver of a passenger train misinterpreted a signal as he pulled into a Pakistan station shortly before dawn Wednesday, slamming into another train in a chain-reaction crash that killed at least 128 people, authorities said.
		Survivors said the horror near Ghotki, in southern Sindh province started when they were jolted awake about 4 a.m.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/07/13/more_than_100_die_in_pakistan_train_crash?mode=PF (420 words)

	Ghotki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ghotki is the district in sindh.It falls on the left bank on River Indus.
		It is surrounded on north by River Indus and district of Jacobabad,on east by the punjab,on south by the India(Rajisthan)and west by the district sukkur.It is spread over an area of 6,975 sq kmsor 15,55,528.00 acres.
		Sayed Saleh Mohammad Shah alias Moula Rakhiyo did not come to see him which eraged the Britishers who cancelled all jagirs of Sayeds and changed the name of town from Lo-e-Sahiban qadiriya to Ghotki which still continues.Before 1993 ghotki was the part of Sukkur district but on 17 april 1993 ghotki was itself made district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghotki (295 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Three passenger trains collide in southern Pakistan, killing more than 125 ...
		GHOTKI, Pakistan – Three trains collided in a deadly chain reaction in southern Pakistan after a train driver misread a signal early Wednesday, killing at least 127 people and injuring hundreds in the country's worst crash in more than a decade, police and railway officials said.
		The Quetta Express was traveling from the eastern city of Lahore to the southwestern city of Quetta when a technical problem forced it to stop at the station.
		Pakistan's railways are antiquated, and there have been many accidents in recent years – including several at Ghotki – blamed on faulty equipment or human error.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050713-0551-pakistan-trainscollide.html (730 words)

	WLUML: News and Views
		The HRCP conducted a fact-finding mission to Ghotki (in Pakistan's Sindhprovince) where several people had been killed in clashes between two tribes, ostensibly over the 'love marriage' of Shaista Almani and Balkh Sher Maher.
		The marriage of Shaista and Balaksher may have aggravated the tensions between the tribes but last week’s clashes were not a direct result of the marriage.
		A meeting at the office of the DPO Ghotki decided to approach the government and ask for relaxation of the ban on jirgas announced by the Sindh High Court.
	www.wluml.org /english/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd[157]=x-157-52392 (791 words)

	RedOrbit - General - More than 120 killed in Pakistan train crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GHOTKI, Pakistan (Reuters) - More than 120 people were killed and hundreds injured in Pakistan on Wednesday when a passenger train crashed into another at a station and a third train then plowed into the wreckage, police said.
		Ghotki, a small town in southern Sindh province, is 430 km (270 miles) northeast of Karachi.
		Officials said it was too early to determine the cause of the crash but a technical fault or negligence were suspected.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=172503&source=r_general (489 words)

	ABC News: Misread Signal Causes Pakistan Crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Three trains crashed in a deadly chain-reaction after a train driver misread a signal in southern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at least 118 people and injuring hundreds more in the country's worst crash in more than a decade, police and railway officials said.
		GHOTKI, Pakistan Jul 13, 2005 (AP)— The driver of a passenger train misinterpreted a signal as he pulled into a Pakistan station shortly before dawn Wednesday, slamming into another train in a chain-reaction crash that killed at least 128 people, authorities said.
		Pakistan's railways are antiquated, and there have been many accidents in recent years including several at Ghotki blamed often on faulty equipment or human error.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=937172 (457 words)

	Over 100 killed, many injured in Pakistan rail crash - Irna
		The accident near the town of Ghotki, some 430 km northeast of Karachi, in Sindh province involved three passenger express trains.
		Ghotki is located on the border between the provinces of Sindh and Punjab and the crash happened when most of the passengers were asleep.
		District police officer of Ghotki said that emergency has been declared in local hospitals and the locals are providing food and drinking water to the injured and other passengers.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0507130233105509.htm (438 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		GHOTKI, Pakistan - Hundreds of villagers gathered on Friday near the scene of Pakistan’s worst train crash in more than a decade for the burial of 64 victims whose remains could not be identified, while train service returned to normal after rail workers cleared the tracks of debris, officials said.
		A funeral held at the graveyard was attended by hundreds of people from Ghotki and neighboring villages, he said.
		Sixty-eight of the victims have been identified by family members and taken from Ghotki Hospital.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/July/subcontinent_July510.xml§ion=subcontinent (527 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Wreckage of Pakistani passenger trains after their collision at Ghotki, some 600 kilometers (370 miles) northeast of Karachi, Pakistan Wednesday, July 13, 2005.
		GHOTKI, Pakistan (AP) -- Three trains collided in a deadly chain reaction in southern Pakistan after a train driver misread a signal early Wednesday, killing at least 127 people and injuring hundreds in the country's worst crash in more than a decade, police and railway officials said.
		Pakistan's railways are antiquated, and there have been many accidents in recent years - including several at Ghotki - blamed on faulty equipment or human error.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/usworld/news-article.aspx?storyid=40386 (792 words)

	Death toll in Ghotki train crash hit 120
		After the reports of the Ghotki accident senior railway officials have left Lahore to reach Ghotki through the Shalimar express.
		Awan said that according to the information he received there are more then hundred people killed while several others have been injured however it is too early to quote the actual death toll because these reports have been received by the station master on phone.
		Aziz said that it is suspected that at least 150 to 200 people have been killed in the accident however nothing concrete could be said at the moment regarding the casualties.
	www.kashar.net /complete.asp?id=1811 (505 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GHOTKI, July 15 : Funeral of 60 people died in Pakistan’s one of the worst train crashes was offered on Friday and 56 unidentified victims were buried in Ghotki, some 600 kilometers northeast of Karachi, officials said.
		The deadly crash took place in the early hours of Wednesday when a crowded passenger train rammed into another at a station in Ghotki and a third train then plowed into the wreckage.
		People from other areas are still pouring in Ghotki to identify their relatives.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/July05/15/04.htm (306 words)

	ASSOCIATED PRESS OF PAKISTAN NEWS SUMMARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The ceremony was attended by a large number of growers, agriculturists, Nazims and citizens of Ghotki, Jacobabad,Larkana, Shikarpur and Sukkur districts.
		He said, the multi-national companies of Ghotki including Engro and Marri Gas would be advised to participate in the social uplift programme of the area.
		Regarding natural gas supply for Ghotki district, President Musharraf said the proposal was under consideration of the government for launching “town gas system” throughout the country in which gas supply will be made to those areas which have remained without for years.
	www.infopak.gov.pk /news/appnews/appnews2002/app_oct04_2002.htm (5807 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Ghotki Rail Crash toll hits 135 in Pakistan
		After the tragic happening the Pakistan Army was the first to reach the site, which was immediately cordoned off by Army troops for the smooth functioning of rescue operations.
		SP railway Sukkur Shafi Mohammad Mughal said on Thursday that the case related to the Ghotki disaster has been registered however nobody has been nominated in the case and investigations are underway.
		He said that the Pakistan railway has informed that the driver of the Karachi express violated the signal however anything concrete in this regard could only be said after the completion of the investigations.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/07/15/top1.htm (1946 words)

	127 Dead In Pakistani Train Crash - CBS News
		He said 127 people had died, including three who succumbed to their injuries at a hospital in Ghotki.
		The initial crash derailed at least three carriages onto another track where they were struck by the third train, causing further derailment, said Abdul Aziz, a senior controller at Pakistan Railways.
		Chaudhry Nazir Ahmed, a railroad official in Ghotki, said about a thousand people were believed to be traveling in the three trains.
	www.cbsnews.com /track/rss/stories/2005/07/12/world/main708639.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=HOME_708639 (810 words)

	In the Name of Love
		haista Almani and Balakh Sher Mahar, a young couple from Ghotki in Sindh, who dared to marry against their families' wishes and reportedly fled the country fearing for their lives, have now been forcibly brought back to Ghotki to face a tribal jirga.
		Following tribal traditions and the jirga justice system, Shaista will remain in the haveli of an impartial sardar, till a grand jirga decides a fitting punishment for marrying without the consent of her family and tribe.
		According to sources, Sardar Ali Gohar Mahar, nazim of district Ghotki, had promised the Almani sardar that Shaista would be brought back in one month.
	www.newsline.com.pk /Newsnov2003/cover5nov2003.htm (610 words)

	Pakistan News PakTribune.Com
		Officials culpable of Ghotki mishap not to be spared: Shaukat
		He said that driver of Karachi Express is not guilty after it was evident from the report of Railway Police who conducted a high level inquiry to probe into the incident.
		The actual responsible for Ghotki train collision is Assistant Station Master NWFP as he was informed some fifteen minutes before from the control room that Karachi Express is reaching because Quetta Express was standing due to technical fault there.
	www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=113034 (416 words)

	Train Disaster In Pakistan Kills 128; Driver Blamed: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GHOTKI, Pakistan - At least 128 people were killed and hundreds injured shortly before dawn Wednesday in a chain-reaction train crash at a Pakistan station, authorities said.
		A railway official said the driver of a passenger train misinterpreted a signal as he pulled into the station.
		We will immediately start an inquiry and if there was any carelessness involved, it should be punished,'' Musharraf told state-run Pakistan Television.
	www.tampatrib.com /nationworldnews/MGBCIADI4BE.html (387 words)

	Pakistan: In the Name of Love
		November 2003 – (Newsline – Karachi) Shaista Almani and Balakh Sher Mahar, a young couple from Ghotki in Sindh, who dared to marry against their families' wishes and reportedly fled the country fearing for their lives, have now been forcibly brought back to Ghotki to face a tribal jirga.
		The couple was apparently brought back to Ghotki on October 25 after Ali Gohar Khan Mahar, brother of Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar and sardar of the Mahar tribe, promised the sardar of the Almani tribe that Shaista would be brought back to her family at any cost.
		Shaista and Balakh Sher got married and a court in Karachi ratified their marriage documents, but the Almani sardar was not willing to accept this marriage.
	www.peacewomen.org /news/Pakistan/Nov03/love.html (610 words)

	Navhind Times on the Web: World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		AFP Ghotki (Pakistan) July 14: Relatives are desperately seeking news of the plight of their loved ones, as medical workers struggle to identify mangled corpses a day after nearly 150 people were killed in Pakistan’s deadliest train crash for one and a half decades.
		Railway officials said they were trying to identify nearly 100 unclaimed bodies, which lay shrouded by white sheets in the courtyard of the small government hospital nearly 36 hours after the collision.
		The accident happened when one of the trains, the Quetta Express, stopped for repairs at Sarhad station, 7 km from Ghotki, and the Karachi Express coming from Lahore smashed into it in the early hours.
	www.navhindtimes.com /stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=071510 (683 words)

	The Nation
		Death toll in train collision near Ghotki was reached to 128; while about 140 people were injured in the deadly crash involving three trains.
		By the time Rawalpindi bound Tezgam Express, passing on the next track, was hit by the derailed bogies, which was resulted in derailment of 12 of its coaches.
		DPO Ghotki Agha Mohammad Tahir has said that after the accident the staff of the NWFP railway station is nowhere to be found and every staff member has escaped.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/july-2005/13/latest.php (4916 words)

	CBC News: Dozens dead in Pakistan train collision
		More than 100 people were taken to hospital for injuries while dozens more were treated at the train station in Ghotki, about 500 kilometres northeast of Karachi.
		Quetta Express from Lahore to Quetta developed technical problems and stopped at Ghotki station so technicians could examine the train.
		Ghotki train station was the scene of a train accident in June, 1991, in which 100 people died.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2005/07/13/pakistan050713.html (378 words)

	PAKISTAN: MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ghotki, 13 July (AKI) - At least 120 people have been killed and 1,000 injured after three passenger trains collided near the town of Ghotki in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan.
		The Quetta Express was stationary at the Sarhad station near Ghotki when the Karachi Express coming from Lahore smashed into it.
		The crash caused a number of carriages to be thrown onto a nearby track when a third train, the TezGam Express, crashed into the wreckage.
	www.adnki.com /index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.186613606&par=0 (242 words)

	KARACHI: Ghotki tense, warn rights groups -DAWN - Local; 21 May, 2004
		A joint press release on Thursday said the Almani tribe had refused to accept the Sindh High Court's verdict that allowed Shaista Almani and Balaksher Maher to live as husband and wife.
		On Wednesday, a man belonging to the Maher tribe, Dilbar Maher, was killed, while his wife and daughter, Allah Bachaee and Shanaz Maher, respectively, were kidnapped, it claimed, adding the police in Sukkur and Ghotki were unable to prevent these incidents.
		Law and order be restored in Ghotki immediately, the murderers be brought to justice and the kidnapped women be recovered, the press release demanded.
	www.dawn.com /2004/05/21/local14.htm (192 words)

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