At least eight persons were killed and 35 others injured on Thursday in a bomb blast the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The blast came just a day after the military announced it would launch a new nationwide drive against terrorists. For the first time, paramilitary troops will target terrorists[Read More…]
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Day after shrine blast, Pakistan kills 100 militants
Security forces in Pakistan claimed to have killed around 100 militants in a nationwide crackdown, a day after an Islamic State group (IS) bomber killed nearly 80 pilgrims at Pakistan’s most famed Sufi shrine in Sindh. The explosion at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was one of the deadliest[Read More…]