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Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers

Oct. 29, 2024 06:55 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead, local authorities said. Three of the attackers were also killed in the exchange of fire. ...

Pakistani parliamentary panel picks a judge third on seniority list to head Supreme Court

Oct. 22, 2024 23:47 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A parliamentary panel on Tuesday recommended a judge who was third on the seniority list of a panel of judges to head the Supreme Court of Pakistan, government officials said, a move which virtually blocked the elevation of the senior-most judge and is likely to further deepen a...

Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors

Sep. 23, 2024 05:49 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the restive northwest, as authorities said they were still trying to determine who was behind it. Most of the ambassadors and senior...

Gunmen ambush and kill 11 police officers in eastern Pakistan, officials say

Aug. 23, 2024 00:55 AM EDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades ambushed a police convoy in eastern Punjab province on Thursday, killing at least 11 officers and wounding seven others, authorities said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the Rahim Yar...

Gunmen open fire on a school van in Pakistan's Punjab province, killing 2 children

Aug. 22, 2024 02:20 AM EDT

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on a school van in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Thursday, killing two children and wounding six other people, police and officials said. Authorities said the driver, who was among the wounded, seemed to be the target of the attack....