Blast at Hub hurts three

HUB: A blast has occurred here at Sakaran road, injuring three persons, Geo News reported Wednesday.

The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital, police sources said.

Philippine jailbirds stage Jackson memorial dance

CEBU, Philippines: Philippine convicts who became famous for dancing to Michael Jackson tunes gave a tribute performance on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the death of the King of Pop.

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China bans military from blogging

BEIJING: China has issued regulations banning its 2.

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Taiwan: 1000s protest against China trade deal

TAIPEI: Tens of thousands of Taiwanese decried a landmark trade deal with rival China in a protest on Saturday that will not stop their government from signing the agreement to boost around $100 million in annual two-way trade.

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Newly rescued takes ugliest dog title

PETALUMA, Calif: A Chihuahua’s oddly curved back and legs and closed-up left eye earned the 4-year-old rescue dog top honors at the World’s Ugliest Dog contest at a Northern California fair on Friday.

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Low intensity blasts rock Lahore

LAHORE: Three low intensity blasts took place in a busy market area of Lahore, injuring three people, ARY NEWS reported Saturday.

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Target killing claims 5 lives in Karachi

KARACHI: At least five people were killed and several others were wounded on Wednesday in recent wave of target killings in Karachi.

Markets and shops were closed in various parts of the city over reports of target killings.

According to police, armed men barged into a shop and opened firing, killing one person and injuring three others. They were rushed to the Jinnah Hospital.

A severely bruised and bullet-riddled body of an identified man was found dumped near Katti Pahari area in North Nazimabad area.

In another incident, unknown gunmen shot and killed one person near Qaba Morr in Orangi Town. While two persons sustained injuries.

One person was killed in Landhi Town.

In different acts of violence, four persons were gunned down in Shah Faisal Colony, Gulistan-e-Johar and Sir Syed Town.

Assassination spike threatens new Pakistan flashpoint

QUETTA: Targeted killings happen so often in Pakistan”s city of Quetta, they have become almost routine. Assassins drive up, fire a hail of bullets and melt into shadows as their victims bleed to death.

Heading to and from work, or nipping to the shops, fear grips professional men and women in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, where a sharp increase in assassinations is being blamed on separatist rebels.

An upsurge in killings threatens to ignite the southwestern tinder box, with possible consequences for neighbouring Iran and Afghanistan, and heavyweight allies China and the United States.

Last week Nazima Talib became the most high-profile female victim, shot dead at point blank range as she got into a rickshaw to go home after another long day teaching mass communication at Balochistan University.

A mother of one, she was the third member of staff killed in the past two years. Now others wonder whether they will return home at the end of a day”s work.

“Gunmen are roaming around killing teachers…. They have left us at the mercy of terrorists. I won”t go to the university under these circumstances,” said Farkhanda Aurangzaib, a professor in the English department.

Police say sectarian and ethnic targeted killings in Baluchistan have claimed 87 lives and injured 303 people in 168 incidents so far this year.

The killings embarrass the police, who concede that none of the assassins has been arrested, have forced some teachers to flee and fanned insecurity.

Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding independence and control of profits from natural resources in their region.

Baluchistan, which makes up 40 percent of the country”s landmass, is rich in oil and gas — both desperately needed in energy-starved Pakistan.

For decades, its people have felt excluded or marginalised by the central government and the province has long been a fertile breeding ground for Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants as well as separatist rebels.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a banned group fighting for an independent Baluchistan, claimed responsibility for Talib”s death, threatened more killings and accused Pakistani security forces of mistreating Baluch women.

Car Blast in Peshawar , Pakistan

Peshawar, Pakistan- Powerful blast occurred in Hayatabad of Peshawar, killing one man and injuring three others reported Saturday.

According to state TV, the blast was a car bomb blast in Hayatabat phase-IV near Hayatabat Medical Complex.

Fire fighters have been dispatched towards the blast site.

According to eyewitnesses, there was only one person in the vehicle, who was killed in the blast.

Ruling out the likelihood of sabotage, DCO Peshawar said the blast occurred owing to explosion of cylinder of the car.

According to Edhi sources, a man was killed and three others were injured in the blast. The sources said all the injured are passers-by, who have been shifted to hospital.

The blast created havoc around the area spurring the shopkeepers to close down the markets.

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Car Blast in Peshawar , Pakistan was first posted on August 23, 2009 at 12:37 am.