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    Bannu suicide attack leaves 3 dead, 27 injured

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): As pre-poll violence in the country continues, three people were killed and 27 others injured in a suicide attack on a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said.



    Governance

    Nationalists against raking up border spat

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Pashtun nationalist leaders in Pakistan say the Durand Line is a reality but the issue should not be raked up at a time when Afghanistan and Pakistan are facing the twin scourge of terrorism and extremism.



    Security and Crime

    15 dead in blast at Kurram election rally

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Fifteen people were killed and 70 others wounded during a bomb attack on an election rally in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Monday.



    Governance

    Durand Line a settled issue: Islamabad

    KABUL (PAN): Pakistan on Monday insisted that Durand Line was a settled issue, scorning President Hamid Karzai’s remarks that Afghanistan would never recognise the British-mandated border.



    Security and Crime

    4 schools, poll office bombed in Pakistan

    KABUL (PAN): Four schools, including two for girls, were attacked with bombs and rockets Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Monday.



    Security and Crime

    Another election office attacked in Peshawar

    KABUL (PAN): A bomb exploded near an electoral office of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday morning, as pre-poll violence continued in the nuclear-c



    Security and Crime

    Another poll contender shot dead in Karachi

    KABUL (PAN): An Awami National Party (ANP) candidate for the May 11 elections was gunned down in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, forcing poll cancellation in his constituency.



    Governance

    US, Pakistan discuss Afghan border security

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): A US Congressional delegation has appreciated Pakistan’s role and sacrifices in the war on terror, with both sides stressing the imperative of regional stability.



    Security and Crime

    Balochistan poll contender shot dead

    KABUL (PAN): A candidate has been shot in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, forcing the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone the polls in the constituency, a media report said on Tuesday.



    Security and CrimePESHAWAR, Jun 23 2009: View of a road cordoned by local shopkeepers in Sadar Area of Peshawar city of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Tuesday. Shop owners do not allow car parking on the roads in the high profile area due to security reasons as Peshawar recently witnessed suicide attacks. PAJHWOK/Janullah Hashmzada

    Afghan diplomats killed in Peshawar blast

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Eight people including two Afghan diplomats were killed and 45 others injured on Monday in a suicide attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan, officials said.