Tag: Pakistan
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Death toll from Pakistan train collision rises to 62 Accident
The death toll from a train collision in southern Pakistan rose to 62 on Tuesday after some of the casualties died of injuries sustained in the crash, local officials said. A train derailed in the town of Ghotki before dawn on Monday and another one coming from the opposite direction rammed into it, the reason…
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20 soldiers killed in 2 attacks
At least 20 soldiers from the army and a paramilitary force were killed in two separate attacks in Pakistan, officials said on Thursday. “Six soldiers, including an officer were killed in an attack on a convoy of security forces, in the tribal district of North Waziristan,” the military’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations said…
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JUST IN: Passenger plane with 107 aboard crashes in residential area
A Pakistan International Airlines plane with107 people aboard crashed on Friday in a residential area near the airport in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, officials said. The plane, Flight 8303, an Airbus A320, was en route from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi. No information about casualties was immediately available. Initial reports said the plane…
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JUST IN: Woman cuts off penis of man she accused of rape
A woman in Pakistan has cut off the penis of a man she accused of trying to rape her, police said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old woman used a knife to defend herself from the assault of the man who stormed her house in the central province of Punjab, police official Mohamed Ilyas said. The woman…
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Death toll in Pakistan quake rises to 32 as rain hampers rescue
The number of people killed in an earthquake in north-eastern Pakistan has risen to 32, officials said on Wednesday, as rescuers scrambled to reach victims in heavy rain. The strong earthquake hit parts of Pakistan, including parts of Kashmir under its control, on Tuesday afternoon, killing and wounding dozens and damaging houses, shops and roads.…
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Pakistan arrests accused mastermind of Mumbai attacks
Pakistan authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on Mumbai in 2008, on terror finance charges, a spokesman for the chief minister of Punjab said. The move came days before a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has vowed to crack down on militant groups…
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Police kills wanted militant on the run for 10 years
One of Pakistan’s most wanted militants Hafeez Brohi has been killed with an accomplice in a shootout with Police after being on the run for nearly 10 years, Police said on Friday. Police said Brohi had been involved in as many as a dozen attacks against minority Shi’ites in southeastern Sindh province, including masterminding an…
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FLASH: Islamic Republic of Pakistan enters partnership with Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army has expressed readiness to collaborate with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on training, intelligence, radio communication and logistics support for its personnel. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, spoke on Thursday when he received the High Commissioner of Pakistan to Nigeria, retired Maj.-Gen. Wagar Kingravi, at the army headquarters, Abuja.…
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Pakistan closes 2 border crossings with Afghanistan for elections
Pakistan on Tuesday closed two major border points with Afghanistan for its efforts to maintain security during the July 25 elections, officials said. The Embassy of Pakistan in the Afghan capital Kabul has announced that the Chaman border in southwestern Balochistan and Kharlachi in the Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will remain closed on Tuesday…
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6 killed, 10 injured in firing at political rally in Pakistan’s Punjab
Authorities said six people were killed and 10 others injured on Monday evening in a firing at a political gathering in Chakwal district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province. General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on Wednesday to elect the members of the National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan. The…