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March 17 – 23, 2014
Date: March 23, 2014
March 17: Three suffer burn injuries during Holi Three members of the Hindu community suffered injuries after a mutual friend threw coloured water laced with acid on them during a Holi festival...
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Crimson Tide: Storm Brewing Over Pakistan by Sherry Rehman
by: Sherry Rehman
Date: March 21, 2014
A regional storm is brewing, and Pakistan could well be at its centre. As Pakistan faces off its darkest moment of terrorist challenge, citizens are asking how long they will...
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March 10 – 16, 2014
Date: March 16, 2014
March 10: Man killed in Karachi sectarian attack A young man was shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack in New Karachi. Akhter Hussain, 35, was sitting at his shop when...
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March 3 – 9, 2014
Date: March 9, 2014
March 5: Prayer leader killed in Peshawar A prayer leader was shot dead in the Laja Garhi village near Peshawar by unidentified assailants. The victim was an Afghan national. Dawn...
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February 24 – March 2, 2014
Date: March 2, 2014
February 24: Three killed in Karachi sectarian attacks Three men, including a teacher at the Iranian cultural centre, were shot dead in suspected sectarian attacks. The teacher, Mohammad Hussain, had been...
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February 17 – 23, 2014
Date: February 23, 2014
February 18: Polio team kidnapped in Tank Pakistan’s anti-polio efforts received another setback after a vaccination team was kidnapped. The six-member team included a doctor working for the World Health...
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February 16 – 22, 2015
Date: February 22, 2014
February 16: Polio workers attacked in Swat A team of polio vaccination workers in the Qambar town in Swat valley narrowly avoided serious injury after a local man opened fire...
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February 10 – 16, 2014
Date: February 16, 2014
February 10: Three teachers shot in Hangu Unidentified militants gunned down three teachers who were returning to their homes from school in Kach Bandha, Hangu. The teachers, identified as Faqir...
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February 3 – 9, 2014
Date: February 9, 2014
February 3: One killed in sectarian attack A young man was shot dead while another critically wounded in a sectarian attack in Karachi. Arif Hussain Mehdi, 25, and Mohammed Rafiq,...
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February 2 – 8, 2015
Date: February 8, 2014
February 2: Mentally challenged man accused of blasphemy A mentally challenged person was acquitted in a blasphemy case after the complainant and witnesses appeared retracted their statements in court. In...
