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#LahoreBlast: These tales of victims will leave you in tears (Photos)

01:15 PM | 28 Mar, 2016
#LahoreBlast: These tales of victims will leave you in tears (Photos)
LAHORE (Ali Zain) - While Lahoriites are mourning the deadly suicide blast that killed over 60 people on Sunday evening and left around 300 injured, the heart wrenching stories of blast victims continue to pour in.

One of such stories is associated with a mobile phone recovered from the blast site, that left people in tears. According to eye-witnesses the mobile phone was continuously receiving calls from a phone number -which was saved with name Ammi Jan [Mother].

"Some mother was probably calling to her loved one to know about his/her well being, while the owner of mobile phone was dead or injured or at least displaced," a witness said with tearful eyes.

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Another video aired by several TV channels showed a mother mourning the death of her son with words "my son was such a genius and wanted to be a business but all of his dreams are nothing now."

The social media users were also found discussing tale of an only survivor of the family which had come from Sanghar to attend a wedding ceremony in Lahore. All other seven members of the family were killed in the blast.

The girl in middle is lone survivor of her family now


A picture being circulated online also showed a child on hospital bed with note "Patient Name: Unknown."



According to Hospital Officials, as many as 26 children are among the dead while majority of the injured were also children aged below 15 years.

Security officials said that upper body of the suspected suicide bomber was still intact and that he could be easily identified. CNIC of the suspected attacker was also recovered from the blast site.
Capture

Ali Zain is a member of the staff at Daily Pakistan Global. He earned BS Communication Studies degree from University of the Punjab. His thesis titled "Cultural Continuity and Mass Media: An analysis of leading online newspapers of Pakistan" has been published as a book in Germany. He has also translated David Mathews' book "The Ecology of Democracy" into Urdu. He tweets at @alimaan.

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Rupee exchange rate to US Dollar, Euro, Pound, Dirham, and Riyal - 18 April 2024

Pakistani currency continues to gain against US Dollar and other currencies on April 18, 2024. US dollar was being quoted at 277.2 for buying and 280.3 for selling.

Euro comes down to 293 for buying and 296 for selling while British Pound stands at 342.25 for buying, and 345.65 for selling.

UAE Dirham AED was at 75.25 and Saudi Riyal's new rates was at 73.30. 

Today’s currency exchange rates in Pakistan - 18 April 2024

Currency Symbol Buying Selling
US Dollar USD 277.2 280.3
Euro EUR 293 296
UK Pound Sterling GBP 342.25  345.65 
U.A.E Dirham AED 75.25  75.95
Saudi Riyal SAR 73.3 74.05
Australian Dollar AUD 181 182.8
Bahrain Dinar BHD 739.63 747.63
Canadian Dollar CAD 201 203
China Yuan CNY 38.45 38.85
Danish Krone DKK 40.45 40.85
Hong Kong Dollar HKD 35.57 35.92
Indian Rupee INR 3.32 3.43
Japanese Yen JPY 1.86 1.94
Kuwaiti Dinar KWD 902.26 912.91
Malaysian Ringgit MYR 58.24 59.52
New Zealand Dollar NZD 164.75 169.63
Norwegians Krone NOK 25.42 25.68
Omani Riyal OMR 722.1 730.1
Qatari Riyal QAR 76.37 77.05
Singapore Dollar SGD 206 208
Swedish Korona SEK 25.72 26.02
Swiss Franc CHF 307.11 309.61
Thai Bhat THB 7.56 7.76

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