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Pakistani schoolchildren look out the doorway of their school, before a special class about the victims killed in the Taliban attack on a military-run school in Peshawar, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on December 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Pakistani protesters receive food, distributed outside parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Pakistan PM chairs joint parliament session as crisis deepens
Islamabad, Reuters—Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a joint session of parliament on Tuesday as a deepening crisis over violent protests demanding his resignation prompted fears of army intervention. Sharif enjoys a solid majority in parliament and by...Caption:
Relatives comfort a man grieving over the death of his father, who was killed in a bomb blast at a vegetable market, outside the morgue of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad April 9, 2014. (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood)
Bomb blast in Pakistani capital kills 21
Islamadad, AP—A bomb ripped through a fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Wednesday morning, killing at least 21 people and leaving dozens more wounded, officials said. The massive blast was the latest attack to shake...Caption:
Pakistani policemen inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Islamabad on April 3, 2014. Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, escaped the bomb blast in the early hours, police said. (AFP Photo/Aamir Qureshi)
Pakistan’s Musharraf escapes bomb attack
Islamabad, AP—A bomb exploded near a convoy carrying former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf who is on trial for treason, but the former ruler was not harmed, a police official and his spokeswoman said on Thursday. Musharraf had survived multiple assassination...Caption:
Supporters of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf gesture outside the Special Court formed to try him for treason in Islamabad March 31, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)