43 dead in Pakistan mine blast

FE Team | Published: March 23, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

QUETTA, Mar 22 : All 43 miners in a colliery in southwest Pakistan that was hit by a blast at the weekend have been confirmed dead, officials said Tuesday, as rescuers ended their search operation. "All 43 bodies have been recovered," Iftikhar Ahmed, provincial chief inspector of mines for the insurgency-torn Baluchistan province, told AFP.