Death toll from a series of deadly bomb attacks in Quetta and Swat has reached 115 as more injured died of wounds in hospitals, police and doctors said Friday. Three blasts Thursday ripped through crowded places in Quetta, killing 93 people and injuring nearly 235. At least two newsmen and several police officers were […]
At least 75 people, including security personnel and a TV cameraman, were killed in four deadly blasts in the country on Thursday, police and doctors said. Nearly 53 people were killed in three blasts in Quetta, police said. Police sources said that one was suicide attack. Two blasts rocked the city in few […]
At least eleven people, including two security personnel, were reported killed and 35 others injured in a blast that took place near Quetta’s Bacha Khan chowk on Thursday, says media reports. According to initial reports, the target of the attack was an FC checkpost. Several vehicles including a vehicle of law enforcement agency and […]
Unknown assailants fired several rockets at Kandahar airport on Tuesday while a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was on the tarmac ready for departure, say media reports. The aircraft, PK 199, did not sustain any major damage and the passengers and the crew remained safe as well. The plane was coming to Quetta from […]
Jan 8 2013 | Posted in
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday termed Minhajul Quran International’s (MQI) leader Tahirul Qadri’s philosophy of ‘riasat bachao, siasat nahin’ (Save the state, not politics) as illogical. Speaking to the media in Quetta, the JUI-F chief said that such tactics were only used to derail democracy. He said, “The overall situation […]
Jan 2 2013 | Posted in
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Unidentified men on Monday gunned down four people including three policemen and a director public relation in two different incidents in the city. Despite ban on pillion riding in Quetta city of Balochistan, the attackers managed to target another high-profile government official. According to police and local sources, unknown assailants opened fire on […]
A Swedish charity worker, who was critically wounded in a gun attack in Pakistan last week, has been passed away on Wednesday, Swedish TV reported. It was last Monday that Bargeeta Almby ambushed and shot wounded in the chest when she was on her way home from work. As the world today has been […]
Dec 13 2012 | Posted in
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Claiming responsibility of brutal assaults, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said that it was responsible for the blasts carried out a day earlier near Imambargahs in Karachi and Rawalpindi. According to a private TV channel, TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan while giving details of the attacks said that the organization had carried out a suicide blast […]
Condemning blasts in Karachi and Rawalpindi, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned that militants were preparing to target more sites across Pakistan in order to sabotage the ongoing Developing Eight (D-8) Summit. The minister stated that miscreant elements are trying to destabilize the country, adding that they would not be able to succeed […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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At least seven people, including three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were killed and 16 others injured when a bomb planted on a cycle went off in the Shahbaz Town area of Quetta on Wednesday. According to the reports, five people were killed, while rescue sources claimed that at least seven people have been killed […]
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said that terrorist activities are being carried out in Karachi and Quetta under a planned campaign, adding that there is a third group involved in the recent bomb blast. Speaking to media, the minister said there are terror threats till Muharram 10. Moreover, he said that there was […]
In what appeared to be an expected move, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Khursheed Ahmed Shah dissociated the government from Rehman Malik’s decision to ban riding motorbikes and cellular services in Quetta and Karachi. The latest development showed supporters of Interior Minister Rehman Malik are dwindling day by day. The religious minister made it […]
Nov 19 2012 | Posted in
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