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1 hr ago | Daily Times

EDITORIAL : So much for talks

The suicide blast at a funeral in Shergarh, Mardan on Tuesday killed an independent MPA and 34 others, injuring dozens more.

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Wed Jun 19, 2013

ABC News

Refugees find new life in Riverland

For Rajab Ali and his wife Fatima, the quiet country streets of Renmark are a far cry from life in Pakistan.

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CNN

Survivors shocked after double attack

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers take positions after militants attacked a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, on Saturday, June 15. Several militants held hundreds of people hostage inside the Bolan medical complex.

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Daily Times

COMMENT : Balochistan: two attacks, two problems - I - Dr Mohammad Taqi

The Ziarat Residency attack is perhaps a watershed event in the Baloch nationalist-Pakistan relations but it is not exactly a 9/11 equivalent as claimed by some Two attacks ravaged Balochistan last week.

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OpEdNews

Baluchistan blues

Two recent incidents in Baluchistan rocked Pakistan. The first; bomb explosion at the residency of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Ziarat that destroyed the historical monument.

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PakTribune

The fire in Balochistan... By Atif

The burning down of the Ziarat Residency is an attack on the core of the sentiments of Pakistani nationhood.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Daily Times

Asma to head HRCP mission in Balochistan

Staff Report LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan is sending a high level fact-finding mission to Balochistan in the wake of terrorist attacks in Quetta and Ziarat.

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Daily Times

National

Govt to reject tariff raise condition for fresh IMF loan * Islamabad to get $3bn to $5bn fresh loan if two sides agree on terms Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The government has decided not to accept the condition of quarterly increases in power and gas tariffs to qualify for a fresh International Monetary Fund loan programme during the six-day...

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International Business Times

30 Dead By Suicide Bomb In Pakistan Aimed At Provincial Legislator

A rescue worker and security official collect evidence from burnt bus at the site of a bomb blast in Quetta June 15, 2013.

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Daily Times

God save our children from their saviours

By Safiullah While education for the poor and middle class is already in a deplorable condition in Pakistan, the few schools that have been running under government patronage have disgraceful tales of mistreatment of children to offer.

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The Nation

Ch Nisar takes a swipe at agencies

Interior Minister Ch Nisar Ali Khan said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be inviting the political leadership across the spectrum to help formulate a national agenda to restore peace in the country.

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Vallejo News

Attacks in Pakistan's southwest kills 22 Pakistani forces stormed a...

Pakistani forces stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday in a restive southwestern province, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that capped a series of attacks that killed 22 people.

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International Business Times

Malala Yousafzai, United Nations Condemn Islamabad Bus Bombing;...

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani advocate for girls' rights to education, condemned the bombing of a school bus in Islamabad.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

TheDailyBeast.com

Gordon Brown: Malala's Fight For Girls' Education in Pakistan Continues

Fourteen female students were killed when a bus bomb exploded in Pakistan Saturday-just eight months after Malala Yousafzai nearly died in a similar incident.

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Daily Times

France condemns Quetta attacks

ISLAMABAD: France utterly condemns the particularly heinous attacks of the June 15 in Quetta that targeted a hospital and the women's university, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday.

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The Age

Malala speaks out: Taliban attack 'cowardly'

London: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, has denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as "cowardly".

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Global Voices Online

Militants Attack Historic Residence of Pakistan's Founder

A series of bombs planted by militant nationalists in southwestern Pakistan have destroyed the 19th-century residence of the country's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah .

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Pakistan Christian Post

PCC Holland chapter grieves on loss of Innocent lives in Quetta.

Holland: June 17, 2013. Parvez Iqbal, President, Pakistan Christian Congress Holland Chapter in his messages to the families of Bus victims of Women University in Quetta, Nurses in Bolan Medical Complex, Security personnel of Frontier Corps, Baluchistan and Deputy Commissioner, Quetta expressed his deepest condolences on irreparable and unexpected ... (more)

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AlertNet

Hospital siege, blasts Pakistan govt's first security test

A rescue worker and security official collect evidence from a burned bus at the site of a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, June 15, 2013.

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Daily Times

Weeping families identify Quetta victims

QUETTA: Weeping relatives gathered on Sunday to identify the charred remains of loved ones killed in a double attack claimed by a banned militant group.

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