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Gunmen fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 42
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive northwest on Thursday, killing at least 42 people, including six women, and wounding 20 others in one of the region's deadliest such attacks in recent years, police said. The...
A bus carrying wedding guests falls into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 18
MANSEHRA, Pakistan (AP) — A bus carrying about two dozen wedding guests fell into the Indus River in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, officials said. It happened in the Gilgit Baltistan region as the bus was heading to Chakwal, a city in Punjab province,...
Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers
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
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...