Source: The Times of India
PESHAWAR: A bomb blast injured at least eight people on Monday at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, officials said.
The bomb, planted inside a minority Shiite sect mosque in the crowded neighbourhood of Hashtnagri, went off just after evening prayers, they said.
“Eight people are injured in the bomb […]

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Source: Daily Times
* International Religious Freedom report says discrimination against minorities prevalent
* Says promotions for minorities limited
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: While Pakistan was credited with have taken ‘some steps’ to improve the treatment of religious minorities, the International Religious Freedom Report, released at the weekend, described the general situation on this front in pretty negative terms.
The […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan was on high alert as Shiites prepared to observe the Muslim festival of Ashura, a day after security officials said they had foiled plots aimed at causing massive loss of life.
This year’s commemorations come amid widespread militancy and unrest across Pakistan, which Saturday saw the arrest of Sunni extremists intent […]

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Source: The Scotsman
By Sadaqat Jan
DOZENS of Pakistani troops are understood to have fled an outpost near the border with Afghanistan yesterday after receiving threats from Taleban militants who a day earlier overran a nearby fort.
If reports are confirmed, it would raise questions about the central government’s ability to control the border area, where Taleban and […]

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Source: AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A teenage suicide attacker blew himself up Thursday at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least eight people and wounding 20, officials said.
The explosion happened days before the start of the Muslim religious festival of Ashura, a traditionally tense time when minority Shiite Muslims […]

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