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12 Sep 2012 11:29 - 12 Sep 2012 11:35 #100701 by The Captain
(Reuters) - At least 314 people burnt to death as fire swept through factories in two cities in [color=rgb(0, 110, 151)]Pakistan[/color] , police and government officials said on Wednesday, raising questions about industrial safety in the South Asian nationFlames raced through a garment factory in the teeming commercial capital of Karachi, killing 289 people. Many people had been lining up to collect their paycheques, officials said. Weeping relatives in hospitals and morgues heaped criticism on the deeply unpopular government. "People started screaming for their lives," said Mohammad Asif, 20. "Everyone came to the window. I jumped from the third floor." In the eastern city of Lahore, a fire raged in a shoe factory, killing at least 25 people. Critics say nuclear-armed Pakistan's corrupt and ineffective government has failed to tackle the country's problems. The country is racked by a Taliban insurgency, widespread poverty, spiraling crime and daily power cuts. "The owners were more concerned with safeguarding the garments in the factory than the workers," said garment factory employee Mohammad Pervez, holding up a photograph of his cousin, who is also a worker there and is missing. ["If there were no metal grilles on the windows a lot of people would have been saved. The factory was overflowing with garments and fabrics. Whoever complained was fired." On Wednesday, a provincial minister ordered an inspection of all factories and industrial plants in Sindh province within 48 hours. Karachi, home to 18 million people, is Sindh's capital. ]A preliminary provincial government report on the Lahore fire concluded that the closure of the emergency exits led to the deaths, and labor and safety regulations were not applied, government sources said.
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12 Sep 2012 11:32 #100704 by Snoopster
About the same number were probably killed last night in each of the big US cities from drug deals gone bad. ::rolleyes::

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12 Sep 2012 11:36 #100708 by SCA
And you point is??? I guess that must be a good...god is great.

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12 Sep 2012 11:40 #100712 by Snoopster

Each country has their own problems.  Merica should learn to become less dependent on foreign resources like oil and stay the fcuk out of other people's problems and start minding their own. :yeti: 

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12 Sep 2012 11:41 #100715 by SCA
Dude you are preaching to the choir....do remember without 'Mercia there will be no Canada....now inhale slowly.

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12 Sep 2012 11:42 #100717 by Snoopster

Yes, without the U.S. and A the world will surely end. ::rolleyes::

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12 Sep 2012 11:45 #100719 by SCA

Hmmm that is a stretch....but we are now accostomed to that.

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12 Sep 2012 12:14 #100759 by Snoopster

U. S. A.! U. S. A! U. S. A! ::lol::

Redneck celebrates bin Laden's death by riding ATV, shooting gun

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12 Sep 2012 12:17 #100764 by SCA
Snoopy you are very selective in the celebration depiction...just imagine rednecks is the status-quo....but you would also agree that the world is better off with the likes of Bin-hiding wiped off the surface.

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12 Sep 2012 12:17 #100765 by ketchim
The funny thing is those people died :

AND the Garments they made are for Sale in Macy's  ::rofl::

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