U.N. fortifies buildings in Pakistan (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 27 (UPI) — U.N. agencies in Islamabad have fortified their offices throughout the city with blast walls amid a heightened threat of terrorist activity.
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8 killed in Bannu police van blast
BANNU: At least eight people have been killed and several others injured when a police van blown up with explosives near Karam bridge in Bannu on Thursday.According to reports, police van was traveling to jail from police line when hit by explosives. The van later fell into the river because of the intensity of the blast.The injured and bodies were shifted to Bannu Hospital where emergency has been announced. It is feared that death toll could be rise as many injured reported in a critical state. Police have started investigations of the incident.
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At least 10 dead in Pakistan suicide attack (AFP via Yahoo! News)
At least 10 people, including police officers and prison staff, died in a suicide attack Thursday in a garrison town in northwest Pakistan as they headed to work, a police official told AFP.
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8 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Police say a bomb hit a van carrying prisoners in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least eight people.
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Pakistan Sets Floor on Stock Prices to Stop Plunge (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s Karachi Stock Exchange set a floor for stock prices to prevent further declines after disintegration of the governing coalition sent the benchmark index to a 26-month low.
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Pakistan Sets Floor on Stock Prices to Stop Plunge (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan set a floor for stock prices on the benchmark exchange, moving to halt a plunge that has wiped out $36.9 billion of market value since April.
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Pakistan bomb attack on jail bus (BBC News)
Nine people die after a suicide bomber targets a prison bus in Pakistan carrying police and jail staff, police say.
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49 Killed Along Pakistan Border Belt (Time Magazine)
Security forces clashed with militants across Pakistan’s wild tribal belt Wednesday, trading fire with insurgents in a health center and repelling a major assault on an outpost in a region known as an al-Qaida safe haven
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Pakistan eases refugee deadline (BBC News)
The UN says Pakistan has agreed to extend the deadline for repatriation of two million Afghan refugees.
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49 killed in fighting along Pakistan border belt (AP via Yahoo! News)
Security forces clashed with militants across Pakistan’s wild tribal belt Wednesday, trading fire with insurgents in a health center and repelling a major assault on an outpost in a region known as an al-Qaida safe haven.
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