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Pakistan: Gunmen open fire on policemen during anti-polio drive in southwest Pakistan, killing 2 officers

QUETTA: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers on Tuesday during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the southwest,…

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Pakistan: Militants attack Pakistan military base, killing four soldiers - army
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Pakistan: Militants attack Pakistan military base, killing four soldiers – army

QUETTA: Islamist militants attacked a military base in southern Pakistan on Wednesday morning, killing at least four soldiers and critically injuring another five, Pakistan’s army…

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Pakistan: Section 144 in Balochistan to prevent wheat, flour smuggling from province

BALOCHISTAN [PAKISTAN]: Section 144 is in force throughout Pakistan’s Balochistan, especially in the Naseerabad division, to prevent the movement of wheat and flour from the…

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Pakistan: Imran Khan arrest: Why the latest round of protests in Pakistan are different
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Pakistan: Imran Khan arrest: Why the latest round of protests in Pakistan are different

NEW DELHI: Mass protests have become increasingly common in Pakistan over the past few years, many of them led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran…

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Bomb targeting Pakistani police in SW kills 4, wounds 18
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Bomb targeting Pakistani police in SW kills 4, wounds 18

QUETTA: A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle in volatile southwestern Pakistan on Monday killed at least four people and wounded 18 others, mostly civilian…

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Balochistan: Three killed as mild earthquake hits Pakistan’s Balochistan province

KARACHI: A mild 3.5 magnitude quake hit Pakistan‘s Balochistan province, killing three people and injuring five others when their mud-walled houses collapsed, authorities have said….

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Suicide bomber kills nine police officers in Pakistan
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Suicide bomber kills nine police officers in Pakistan

QUETTA, PAKISTAN: A suicide bomber on Monday killed nine police officers in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said.“The suicide bomber was…

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Bombing in crowded bazaar in southwestern Pakistan kills 5
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Bombing in crowded bazaar in southwestern Pakistan kills 5

QUETTA: A bombing at a crowded bazaar in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed at least five people and wounded 16, authorities said amid a surge…

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Pakistan: At least 41 people killed after passenger coach falls into ravine in Balochistan
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Pakistan: At least 41 people killed after passenger coach falls into ravine in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: At least 41 people were killed after a passenger coach fell into a ravine in Pakistan‘s Balochistan on Sunday, Dawn reported citing officials. The…

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