Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijacking and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly ...
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Pakistan prime minister meets with 300 freed train hostages and rescue troops
March 13 (UPI) --Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif went to Balochistan province Thursday to meet with 300 survivors and the troops who rescued them after a Baloch Liberation Army train attack ...
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Militants kill 10 people after hijacking passenger train, taking hostages in western Pakistan, officials say
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement Tuesday that he “strongly condemns” the attack. “The terrorists’ targeting of innocent passengers during the peaceful and ...
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Shortage of official accommodations in Ministers’ Enclave: Cabinet expansion gives birth to concerns
Additionally, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, former interim prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan, NAB Prosecutor General Asid ...
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‘Things took a darker turn’: Survivors recall horror of deadly Pakistan train siege
In the wake of Tuesday’s attack, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to “continue to fight against the monster of terrorism until it is completely eradicated from the country.” ...
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Insurgent attack on train in Pakistan over, several hostages dead, officials say
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said her country “will continue to firmly support Pakistan in advancing its counterterrorism efforts". Some relatives of hostages were angry at ...
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Pakistani military says 21 hostages killed, remaining rescued after train hijacking
Thirty-seven others were injured, including two Pakistan army officers who were airlifted to a military hospital, they said. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned what he called the “cowardly ...
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Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed
The militants have in recent months stepped up their activities using new tactics to inflict high death and injury tolls and target Pakistan's ... Junior Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry told ...
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BLA militants unleash unprecedented attack on Pakistan train, kill 20 soldiers: Here's what we know so far
Pakistan's interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, condemned the attack and said the government would not make any concessions to “beasts who fire on innocent passengers.” Balochistan has seen a long ...
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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lambastes PTI for ‘politicising’ Jaffar Express hijacking
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday assailed ... Asif noted that the “entire world stood with Pakistan” except the PTI. “I have told you how they are interpreting the Jaffar Express ...
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Pakistan train hijack: Baloch separatists kill 20 soldiers, take 182 hostages after firing at a Peshawar-bound train
In one of the worst attacks on civilian transport system, the Baloch militants on Tuesday confirmed that the group had killed twenty Pakistani security personnel, while holding hostage of ...