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Italy bus crash death toll rises to 16: firefighters

ROME, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Sixteen people died when a
bus carrying Hungarian teenagers crashed and caught fire on a motorway in northern Italy, firefighters said Saturday.
The new toll — up from seven dead reported earlier — is not
expected to increase further, the fire service said. The crash came when the bus hit a pylon and burst into flames near the city of Verona.

Marriyum Aurangzeb strongly condemns terrorist attack on Para Chanar

ISLAMABAD, Jan 21 (APP): Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State
for Information and Broadcasting and National Heritage has strongly
condemned a terrorist act and blast at Para Chanar on Saturday
morning which claimed precious lives.
She said killing of innocent persons is a barbaric act and
perpetrators of this act are enemies of peace, development and
progress.
In a condolence message, she stated that people are resilient
to face the designs of the enemies of the country.
The government will not rest till elimination of last
terrorist from the soil of Pakistan, the minister said adding,
enemies of peace would be met with iron hands.
The sacrifices of the people of Pakistan in the battle against
terrorism and extremism will not go in vain.
She expressed her deep grief and sympathies with the families
of the martyred and prayed for early recovery of the injured.