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Cameraman killed in Pakistan blast

A cameraman was killed, and a reporter injured, on Friday, when a bomb exploded at a hospital in Quetta, in western Pakistan. Malik Arif, a cameraman with Pakistan’s Samaa TV, was among at least 10 people killed, when a bomb exploded at the Civil Hospital in Quetta this morning. The television station said at least […]

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Journalist dies in Pakistan bomb blast

Another journalist was killed in a suicide bomb blast Saturday in Pakistan, tragically underscoring the country’s reputation as one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. Azmat Ali Bangash, a correspondent working part-time for the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), as well as for Pakistan TV, was killed when two bombs exploded […]

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Three killed in Pakistan Press Club bombing

At least three people were killed on Tuesday in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan when a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the city’s Press Club, according to media reports. Two policemen and a passer-by were killed, Reuters reported. At least 17 people were wounded. Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, has been wracked by […]

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Attack against Pakistani journalist’s house still unpunished

Six days after the attack against columnist Kamran Shafi in Pakistan’s Punjab region, police have made little progress in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Shafi’s house in the city of Wah was fired upon by unknown gunmen late on 27 November. Shafi and his family were inside the house at the time of the attack. […]

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