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    Balochistan govt. sacked after storm of protest

    KABUL (PAN): The Balochistan government was dismissed after a storm of protest over the massacre of minority Hazara tribe members in last week’s bomb and gun attacks, Pakistani media reported on Mo



    Accidents & Disasters

    Over 100 dead in Pakistan bomb, gun attacks

    QUETTA/ISLAMABAD (PAN): More  than 100 people, including security personnel and a  journalist, were killed and over 200 others wounded in a string of bomb and gun attacks in three main cities of Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.



    Migration

    Islamabad orders end to refugees’ harassment

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has been directed to ensure an end to the harassment of Afghan refugees with valid residency documents, Pakistan’s federal authorities said on Thu



    Social

    Police prevent erection of gate at dry port

     JALALABAD (PAN): Pakistani force tried to install a gate at the Torkham border with Afghanistan, but police scuttled their effort, officials said on Wednesday.



    Security and Crime

    4 dead in Balochistan train attack

     QUETTA (PAN): Four people were killed and 28 others wounded in an armed attack on a train in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday, an official said.



    Governance

    Pakistan tightens checks at Torkham border

     JALALABAD (PAN): Pakistani border guards on Wednesday tightened security checks at the Torkham border crossing by intercepting each passenger entering the country from Afghanistan, an Afghan security official said.



    Governance

    Freeing Taliban a step forward in peace process: MPs

     KABUL (PAN): Meshrano Jirga -- upper house -- members on Tuesday called the release of eight more Taliban prisoners by Pakistan a step forward in the peace process, hoping the individuals  would act as intermediaries between the Taliban leadership and the Kabul government.



    Security and Crime

    Woman dies as rockets rain down on Kunar

     ASADABAD (PAN): Pakistani forces barraged eastern Afghanistan with a dozen of rockets on Monday afternoon, killing a woman and injuring three young girls, Afghan police said on Tuesday.



    Security and Crime

    17 pilgrims killed in Balochistan blast

     QUETTA (PAN): At least 17 Shiite Muslims were killed and another 20 wounded when a remotely-triggered blast ripped through a convoy of buses carrying the pilgrims in Pakistan's troubled southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday, officials said.



    Security and Crime

    Taliban execute 21 kidnapped Pakistan levies

     ISLAMABAD (PAN): Pakistani Taliban have executed 21 security men kidnapped last week near northwestern city of Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Sunday.