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Pakistan grieves Benazir Bhutto, 10 years

Islamabad - Emiratesvoice

Thousands of mourners visited the shrine of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto Wednesday as the country marked 10 years since her assassination, with her killers yet to face justice. An estimated 20,000 people gathered at the shrine in Garhi Khuda Baksh in the Bhutto family stronghold of Sindh province, television images showed. They came to pay their respects to the charismatic politician, whoRead more

New Pakistan law allows registration of Hindu marriages

Islamabad - Arab Today

Hindus living in predominantly Muslim Pakistan are to be permitted to register their marriages for the first time since partition from India in 1947. President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan has signed into law a bill which the government said will "safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Hindu families". The law will also allow Hindus to file for divorce andRead more

Death toll of Pakistan shrine blast rises to 72

Islamabad - Arab Today

The death toll of a deadly suicide blast at a shrine in Sehwan town of Pakistan's south Sindh Province has risen to 72, local police said. Inspector General of Sindh police A.D. Khawaja said that over 200 people were also injured in the explosion. Faisal Edhi, head of rescue team which shifted the injured to hospitals, said the killed includedRead more

Security crackdown as Pakistan mourns Sufi shrine victims

Sehwan - AFP

Pakistan launched a nationwide security crackdown Friday, officials said, after a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine, killing at least 70 people including 20 children and wounding hundreds. The Islamic State group (IS) claimed the attack, which came after a series of bloody extremist assaults this week, in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, some 200 kilometres (124Read more

Terrorist killed, 4 policemen injured in Pakistan's Karachi

Islamabad - Arab Today

A terrorist was killed and four policemen injured in an armed clash between the militants and cops in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Saturday, officials said. In-charge Counter Terrorism Department of police Mazhar Mashwani said that two militants were also injured in the clash that broke out when police raided a house in Nusrat Bhutto Colony of Karachi,Read more