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'Suicide bomb' blast at Pakistan railway station: Death toll jumps to 24

A senior official said that about 100 people were present at the blast site, which is said to have occurred at a platform inside the railway station. Officials suspect it to be suicide bombing

'Suicide bomb' blast at Pakistan railway station: Death toll jumps to 24
Updated On : 09 Nov 2024 | 1:39 PM IST

9 killed in pair of bombings in Pak in attacks claimed by no group: Police

A roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying a local politician and his friends in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing him and six others, police said. In a separate bombing, two people were killed in the northwest. The attack that killed seven happened in Kech, a town in Baluchistan province, local police officer Haider Ali said. He said that the slain politician, Ishaq Yaqub, was from the Baluchistan Awami Party and it was unclear who was behind the attack. For years, Baluchistan has been the scene of a low-level insurgency by small separatist groups and nationalists who complain of discrimination and demand a fairer share of their province's resources and wealth. The bombing in Baluchistan happened hours after a suicide bomber apparently detonated his explosives-laden vehicle prematurely in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing a married couple in a nearby car, officials said. A local administration official, Rehmant Ullah, said the bombing happened in North .

9 killed in pair of bombings in Pak in attacks claimed by no group: Police
Updated On : 08 Aug 2023 | 7:00 AM IST

Quetta bombing: Rs 560 million released for families of killed lawyers

A member of each slain lawyer's family would be provided a government job

Quetta bombing: Rs 560 million released for families of killed lawyers
Updated On : 09 Sep 2016 | 12:44 PM IST