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Los Angeles Times
| 6 months ago
Pakistan A bomb blast in northwest Pakistan killed five people and injured 70 others Sunday, provincial and local authorities said, the latest in a wave of attacks that have struck the country's minority Shia Muslim community despite a host of...
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United Press International
| 6 months ago
For a second day, a bomb targeted Shiite Muslims at a religious parade Sunday in northwestern Pakistan, killing five people and injuring 70 others, police said. The blast happened in Dera Ismail Khan, where Shiites were holding a procession for the...
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International Business Times
| 6 months ago
A Shiite Muslim man comforts his injured friend in a hospital after a remote control bomb blast took place near a Shiite procession in Dera Ismail Khan Nov. 25, 2012 The bomb was planted in a shop adjacent to a street market in the city of Dera...
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NewKerala
| 6 months ago
In a first of its kind, Pakistan will now use automatic vehicles equipped with a robotic hand, water cannon, x-ray machine and cameras to defuse explosives from a distance of around 100 metres. The European Union had provided eight modern bomb...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 6 months ago
Pakistan A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed at least five people and wounded some 90 others at a Shiite religious procession in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the minority Muslim sect observes the annual Ashoura holiday. At...
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Arab News
| 6 months ago
A bomb killed at least five people and wounded about 70 near a Shiite procession in Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the sect braced for major sectarian attacks by Sunni militants during a critical event in their religious calendar. Television...
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The Hindu
| 6 months ago
November 25, 2012 The Sunni community of Gilgit-Baltistan set an example this Muharram by leading mourning processions in the heart of the province, literally providing a human shield to the Shias who have been at the receiving end across the country...
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The Courier-Mail
| 6 months ago
THE Taliban has claimed a bomb blast that killed seven people near a Shi'ite procession in northwest Pakistan, despite heightened security across the country. Four boys were among the dead and 30 other people were injured when the remote-controlled...
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The Hindu
| 6 months ago
Islamabad, November 24, 2012 Seven persons were killed and 18 injured when a Shia procession was targeted with a roadside bomb in Pakistan's restive north-west on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks against the minority community during the...
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Inquirer.net
| 6 months ago
23 pm Saturday, November 24th, 2012 Pakistani hospital staff treat a person injured in a suicide attack on Shiite mourners in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. A suicide bomber had tried to enter a procession near a Shiite mosque,...
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The New York Times
| 6 months ago
Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Pakistan is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend, an important one in the Shiite Muslim calendar, after a series of bomb attacks on Shiites set off by cellphones.
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Scoop
| 6 months ago
The people live in terror not knowing whether they will survive to see another day Daily life in Pakistan is today marred by terrorist attacks that range from bombings to shootings and execution-style killings. All these are taking place in an...
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DAWN
| 6 months ago
The government at midnight Friday has temporarily restored cell phone services in several parts of the country mainly in Karachi and Quetta before it will be suspended back again at six on Saturday morning, DawnNews reported. The services were...
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India Abroad
| 6 months ago
A larmed by the recent terror attacks on Shia processions by Taliban [ Images ], Pakistan on Friday shut down the mobile phone network in Karachi, Quetta and some other cities as a part of security measures for this weekend, which is the climax of...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 6 months ago
This year saw violent sectarian clashes in Pakistan as it witnessed a new phase in the long history of sectarian feud, the Dawn said Friday. With attacks on religious places and processions, 2012 could be a "particularly bloody one" in terms of...
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Qatar English Daily
| 6 months ago
Pakistan, said wireless phones had also been turned off at the government's instructions. Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced the phone suspension earlier, saying it was intended to "ensure security during and after the Muharram processions". ...
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Pak Tribune
| 6 months ago
A bomb was found and defused by the bomb disposal sqaud near an Imambargah in Orangi Town Thursday, Geo News reported. According to the report, the bomb was planted in a ground near an Imambargah located in Pirabad area of Orangi Town. It is...
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Pak Tribune
| 6 months ago
Punjab police announced on Thursday that 'shoot-on-site' orders have been issued for terrorists during Ashura. According to media reports, Outlining security measures during Ashura, DIG Operations Punjab Police said that terrorist activities are...
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NewKerala
| 6 months ago
At least 37 people have been killed and over 90 others injured in Pakistan since Wednesday, Xinhua reported. A total of 28 people were killed and 77 others injured in Pakistani cities of Peshawar and Karachi since Wednesday night. Claiming...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 6 months ago
At least 37 people have been killed in Pakistan as Taliban terrorists including suicide bombers targeted security forces and Shia processions in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi and Karachi during the Islamic month of Muharram. In the...
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NewKerala
| 6 months ago
You will see further attacks in coming days," The Telegraph quoted said a Taliban spokesman, as saying...The religious festival of Muharram, a 10-day period when processions mourn the death of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, ends on Sunday and is a...
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NewKerala
| 6 months ago
Pakistan suicide blast Islamabad, Nov. 22 (Xinhua-ANI) Death toll of the suicide bombing that hit a Shiite Muslims procession in Pakistan's northern city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday night rose to 23 on Thursday morning, while 53 others got injured,...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| 6 months ago
Two bombs went off minutes apart outside a Shia mosque in Karachi, killing at least two persons and wounding several others, officials said on Wednesday. Two bombs exploded outside a Shia mosque in Orangi Town, killing two persons and wounding seven...
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DAWN
| 6 months ago
In addition, there have been reports of bombs being defused and removed from sensitive areas in the run up to Ashura. This, in spite of the government's restrictions and bans on the use of mobile phones and motorbikes, among other preventive security...
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CNN
| 6 months ago
Taliban claim blasts killing dozens in Pakistan From Shaan Khan, CNN updated 6:36 AM EST, Thu November 22, 2012 Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a series of bombings a day earlier that left dozens...
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The Globe & Mail
| 6 months ago
This undated photo released by Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, shows Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head at close range by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, as she continues her recovery in hospital in Birmingham,...
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NewKerala
| 6 months ago
At least 20 people were killed and 47 were injured in a suicide blast here on Wednesday night, reports said...The attack came in the wake of two blasts in Karachi that killed two people and injured 16. "Two unknown people, who did not appear to be...
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The Guardian
| 6 months ago
They were caught in a blast just 30 minutes after an earlier explosion. The second bomb went off close the first one, wounding reporters, police officers and bomb disposal teams who had arrived at the scene. The incident occurred as the International...
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International Business Times
| 6 months ago
Rescue workers and security officials stand at the site of a suicide bomb attack on the outskirts of Rawalpindi near Islamabad Nov. 21, 2012 A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people Wednesday night at Shi'ite processions in Rawalpindi, where...
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DAWN
| 6 months ago
The security of all functional airports of the country, including Karachi airport, was put on high alert on Thursday to avert any possible terrorist attack during the month of Muharram, DawnNews reported. Passengers were directed to reach airport at...
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DAWN
| 6 months ago
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan while talking to Dawn.com's correspondent on Thursday, said that the TTP was responsible for the blasts carried out a day earlier near Imambargahs in Rawalpindi and Karachi. While giving...
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Fox
| 6 months ago
A suicide bomber struck a Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people in the latest of a series of bombings targeting Shiites during the holiest month of the year for the sect, officials said Thursday. The bomber attacked the...
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The Boston Globe
| 6 months ago
A suicide bomber struck a Shiite Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people in the latest of a series of bombings targeting Shiites during the holiest month of the year for the sect, officials said Thursday. The bomber attacked the...
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Pak Tribune
| 6 months ago
At least 20 people were killed and scores others injured in bomb blasts near imambargahs in Karachi and Rawalpindi on Wednesday. In Karachi, three people were killed and 20 others injured in twin blasts occurring within an hour near an imambargah in...
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The New York Times
| 6 months ago
Shiites are observing the Mourning of Muharram, a 10-day period in which lengthy processions wind through major urban centers and that culminates on Sunday. Despite efforts to step up security, including switching off cellphone networks for hours at...
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Russia Today
| 6 months ago
Masked gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in southwest Pakistan, killing at least 18 people and wounding many others. The bus, which was parked near a petrol station, caught on fire, triggering a massive inferno. Published: 22 November, 2012, 08:...
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NewKerala
| 6 months ago
At least 10 people were killed in a suicide bombing that targeted a Muharram procession taken out by Shia Muslims in Pakistan's northern city of Rawalpindi Wednesday night, media reports said. The blast took place around 11.40 p.m. when the...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 6 months ago
The blast ripped a hole in the walls of a Shiite mosque in the city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad. Local television stations said 13 people were killed but police put the death toll at eight...Hundreds of worshippers, beating their heads...
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Al Jazeera English
| 6 months ago
45 At least 12 people were killed by a suicide attack on a Shia procession in Rawalpindi [AFP] At least 19 people have been killed in three separate bomb attacks in Pakistan, in the cities of Karachi, Quetta and Rawalpindi.
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Daily Nation
| 6 months ago
A blast during a religious procession on Wednesday left at least 16 people dead and several others injured in the city of Rawalpindi in an attack by a suicide bomber, police and rescue officials said. It was the third attack in Pakistan on Wednesday...
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DAWN
| 6 months ago
A suicide attack near an Imambargah on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi on Wednesday has left at least seven people dead and 25 others injured, DawnNews reported. Police officials said that the suicide bomber had tried to enter a procession near the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 6 months ago
Three powerful blasts today rocked Pakistan, including two outside an Imambargah in Karachi, killing at least 11 people even as security was tightened across the country to avert attacks on Shia gatherings in the month of Muharram. At least two...
