Nearly a week of political and ethnic violence has killed at least 91 people in Pakistan’s largest city. Police say the bodies of at least 11 people who were shot or tortured to death have been brought to government hospitals in Karachi since Sunday. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani traveled to the southern port […]
Death Toll Nears 100 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Death Toll Nears 100 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Nearly a week of political and ethnic violence has killed at least 91 people in Pakistan’s largest city. Police say the bodies of at least 11 people who were shot or tortured to death have been brought to government hospitals in Karachi since Sunday. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani traveled to the southern port […]
Death Toll Nears 100 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Nearly a week of political and ethnic violence has killed at least 91 people in Pakistan’s largest city. Police say the bodies of at least 11 people who were shot or tortured to death have been brought to government hospitals in Karachi since Sunday. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani traveled to the southern port […]
Karachi Violence Kills 17 People, Army Chief Ready to Intervene
Posted August 21st, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say ongoing violence in Karachi has killed at least 17 people since Saturday, prompting the country’s army chief to say the military is ready to restore peace if the government asks for help. Authorities Sunday said the latest victims of criminal and ethnic violence in the Pakistani commercial capital include two children killed […]
Pakistani Gunmen Kill 4 Commandos
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan officials say gunmen in the southern port city of Karachi have ambushed a bus carrying police commandos, killing at least four officers and wounding more than 30 others. Authorities say the commandos were dressed in plain clothes when they were attacked late Friday in the eastern Korangi district of Karachi. Police said earlier Friday […]
Suicide Bombing at Mosque Kills at Least 48 in Pakistan
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
Officials say a suicide bomber has struck a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 48 people. The attack occurred as more than 300 people packed into the mosque for Friday prayers in Jamrud, the main town in the Khyber tribal region. Authorities say at least 100 people were wounded in the blast that happened […]
Suicide Bombing at Mosque Kills at Least 47 in Pakistan
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Officials say a suicide bomber has struck a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 47 people. The attack occurred as more than 300 people packed into the mosque for Friday prayers in Jamrud, the main town in the Khyber tribal region. Authorities say at least 100 people were wounded in the blast. TV footage […]
UN Deplores Continued Human Rights Violations in Pakistan
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations is urging Pakistan to investigate human rights violations, including several recent attacks on journalists. A spokesman for the U.N. human rights commissioner, Rupert Colville, said Friday the U.N. agency has recently received reports on the killing of a journalist in Baluchistan province and the disappearance of another in the North Waziristan tribal […]
Suicide Bombing at Mosque Kills 40 in Pakistan
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials say a suicide bomber has struck a mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 40 people. The attack occurred as more than 300 people packed into the mosque for Friday prayers in Jamrud, the main town in the Khyber tribal region. Authorities say at least 100 people were wounded in the blast. TV footage […]
Suicide Bombing at Mosque Kills 40 in Pakistan
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Officials say a suicide bomber has struck a mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 40 people. The attack occurred as more than 300 people packed into the mosque for Friday prayers in Jamrud, the main town in the Khyber tribal region. Authorities say more than 100 people were wounded in the blast. No one […]
