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Several parts of Pakistan, including the federal capital, were today rocked by an earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale. The quake, which had its epicentre in the Hindu Kush mountain range and occurred at about 4.15 am, shook Islamabad, the North West Frontier Province, parts of Punjab province and the Northern Areas. The...
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Officials say they fear that up to 300 people have been killed in an earthquake in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province. Up to 50,000 people are thought to be homeless following the 6.4 magnitude tremor on Wednesday. Since the quake, there have been many aftershocks, frightening people in villages and towns across a wide area....
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ZIARAT, Pakistan – A strong earthquake struck before dawn Wednesday in impoverished southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 170 people and turning mud and timber homes into rubble. An estimated 15,000 people were left homeless, and rescuers were digging for survivors in a remote valley in Baluchistan, the remote province bordering Afghanistan where the magnitude...
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A suicide blast at an anti-Taliban tribal meeting in a restive Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens, security officials said. The explosion happened a day after a force of pro-government tribesmen destroyed two militant hideouts in the Orakzai district, one of Pakistan’s...
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Pakistan’s Interior Ministry on Sunday released CCTV footage of Saturday’s attack at the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital which killed 53 and injured over 250.
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Rescuers picked their way yesterday through the smouldering ruins of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, looking for more bodies after a huge bomb devastated the building in one of Pakistan’s worst terrorist attacks. The death toll last night stood at 53, with 266 wounded, after a bomber blew up a lorry containing 600kg of...
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A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 100.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — The Czech Republic’s ambassador to Pakistan has been missing since a deadly blast Saturday night at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, the Czech News Agency reported. Ivo Zdarek, 47, moved from Vietnam to Pakistan a month ago and was staying at the hotel, the national news agency said. It attributed...
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