Dawn.com reports that airport officials briefly detained four US embassy officials at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport Wednesday morning who were then sent back to Islamabad. There was no verbal spat or scuffle. Airport officials confirmed the incident but did not elaborate why the officials were sent back. A US embassy spokesman confirmed the incident and […]
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Gulfnews.com reports that a female member of an anti-polio vaccination team was killed and another injured in a gun attack Tuesday in a village in the suburbs of Peshawar, capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakthunkhwa province, police said. According to reports the World Health Organisation has temporarily suspended anti-polio vaccination in the affected area. Police […]
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Militarytimes.com reports that Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region, making him the fourth […]
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