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Hospital staff protests against use of pellets in IOK

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): The paramedical staff of Soura Institute of Medical Sciences in Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK) Tuesday staged a protest against the killing of civilians and the unabated use of pellets on the protesters even as curfew and restrictions entered second month. The protesters were holding placards seeking an end to genocide of Kashmiri people. […]

  • US says to stand by Pakistan in fight against terrorism

    WASHINGTON, (APP): The United States has said it will stand with Pakistan in its fight against terrorism, and strongly condemn the bomb blast in Quetta that killed several dozens people. A US State Department Spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeau when asked about withhold of military assistance and if the United States really believed that Pakistan was providing […]

  • CPJ praises bravery of two Pakistani journalists killed in Quetta blast

    NEW YORK, (APP): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York-based independent watchdog body, has condemned Monday’s terrorist attack at the civil hospital in Quetta that killed at least 70 people, including two journalists. Mehmood Khan, a cameraman for DawnNews, and Aaj TV cameraman Shehzad Ahmed were at the hospital reporting on a gathering […]

  • RAW involved in Quetta suicide bombing: Zehri

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (APP): Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri on Monday said Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was involved in the suicide attack on lawyers’ community in Quetta. “I have proofs about RAW’s involvement in Quetta bombing. RAW is directly involved in this incident,” he said talking to a private news channel. […]

  • LHCBA announces 3-day mourning

    LAHORE, Aug 8 (APP): The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Monday announced a 3-day mourning over the loss of precious lives in the deadly terrorist attack in Quetta. The bar also announced to offer funeral prayer in absentia for the victims on Tuesday. The decision was made in a bar general house meeting […]