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Suicide bomber kills 65, mostly women and children in Pakistan park
A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s political base of Punjab. The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet...
Pakistan: Bus bomb explosion kills 15 in Peshawar
At least 15 people travelling on a bus have been killed by a bomb in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say. The vehicle was carrying government employees from nearby areas to the city. An improvised device apparently inside the bus caused the blast, police say. There has been no claim of responsibility,...
At least 8 dead in Pakistan suicide attack
At least eight people, including two police officers and two children, were killed in a suicide attack Monday in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, district police officer Sohail Khalid told CNN. Another 21 were injured in the incident, which took place in the Charsadda District. A spokesman for the...
Pakistan Salman Taseer murder: Thousands mourn at Mumtaz Qadri funeral
Thousands of Pakistanis have turned out for the funeral of a former bodyguard executed for killing Punjab's governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws. Security was tight as a crowd of about 30,000 gathered to pay their last respects to Mumtaz Qadri in Rawalpindi. Qadri was hailed as a hero by Islamists...
Salman Taseer murder: Pakistan hangs Mumtaz Qadri
Pakistan has hanged the former police bodyguard who shot dead Punjab's governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws, officials say. Mumtaz Qadri killed Salman Taseer in Islamabad in 2011, a high profile murder that shocked the country. He was hailed as a hero by some Islamist groups, and thousands of hard-line activists...
Pakistan Charsadda: Deadly assault on university
Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 17 injured. Four suspected attackers also died in a battle that lasted nearly three hours at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda. There are conflicting reports about whether Pakistan Taliban militants...
Pakistan Charsadda: Gun battle at Bacha Khan university
Security forces in north-west Pakistan are battling militants inside a university in the town of Charsadda, with reports of several deaths. Police said two gunmen had been killed but others were thought to be holding out in campus buildings at Bacha Khan University as shooting continued. Some students have been rescued, Deputy...
‘Anti-Islamic’: Pakistan rejects bill banning child marriage
Legislation to ban child marriages was struck down in Pakistan as the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) said it was “anti-Islamic” and “blasphemous.” The new law failed at the first stage of the legislative process. The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2014, which would have made it more...
Deadly bomb near Pakistan polio centre
At least 14 people have been killed in a bombing outside a polio vaccination centre in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say. Many of the casualties are thought to have been police guarding the clinic. Armed guards are routine for polio workers in Pakistan, who have been the target of many deadly attacks by...
7 killed in gun battle after terrorists storm Indian airbase near Pakistani border
An hours-long gun battle raged at India’s Pathankot Air Base in the northern Punjab state after armed men stormed the facility. Three Indian troops were confirmed dead, and four terrorists were killed in the shootout with Indian security forces. The operation to secure the base has now ended with all the terrorists dead,...
Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Pesha
At least eight militants have been killed in an attack on a Pakistani air force base in Peshawar, officials say. Up to 10 gunmen attacked a guard post and then entered the Badaber air base, Major General Asim Bajwa said. He said security forces had surrounded the area and a hunt was on for the remaining gunmen. In an email to...
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