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Agencies Published December 30, 2012
Pakistani volunteers search for victims in a destroyed pilgrims bus at the site of a car bomb attack in Mastung some 30 kilometres south of Quetta. A car bomb attack on buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims to Iran has killed 19 people and injured 25 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest on December 30, officials said.?Photo by AFP
Pakistani volunteers search for victims in a destroyed pilgrims bus at the site of a car bomb attack in Mastung some 30 kilometres south of Quetta. A car bomb attack on buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims to Iran has killed 19 people and injured 25 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest on December 30, officials said.?Photo by AFP
A badly injured Pakistani paramilitary soldier, who survived a shooting by Taliban militants, receives treatment at a hospital in Peshawar. Pakistani Taliban militants have executed 21 paramilitary force men, who were captured in attacks on their posts late last week, government officials said on Sunday. A relative of the injured man stands beside the bed.?Photo by Reuters
A badly injured Pakistani paramilitary soldier, who survived a shooting by Taliban militants, receives treatment at a hospital in Peshawar. Pakistani Taliban militants have executed 21 paramilitary force men, who were captured in attacks on their posts late last week, government officials said on Sunday. A relative of the injured man stands beside the bed.?Photo by Reuters
A bus is seen in flames at the site of a bomb explosion, in Cantonment area, Karachi. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters
A bus is seen in flames at the site of a bomb explosion, in Cantonment area, Karachi. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters
Policemen investigate at the site of a bomb explosion in Cantonment area, Karachi. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters
Policemen investigate at the site of a bomb explosion in Cantonment area, Karachi. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters
Rescuers search for body parts in a bus after a bomb explosion in Cantonment area, Karachi December 29, 2012. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters
Rescuers search for body parts in a bus after a bomb explosion in Cantonment area, Karachi December 29, 2012. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters
Afghan border police stand guard near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, east of Kabul. ?Photo by AP
Afghan border police stand guard near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, east of Kabul. ?Photo by AP
Afghan people stand in the main border crossing of Torkham, between Afghanistan and Pakistan east of Kabul. Today is the second day that Torkham the main border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is closed by Pakistani authorities, hundreds of trucks, cars plus several hundred people including, women, children, elders and especially sick people who are going from Afghanistan to Pakistan for treatment are waiting for the border to open, there are reports of at least three civilians being killed in Afghanistan side and
Afghan people stand in the main border crossing of Torkham, between Afghanistan and Pakistan east of Kabul. Today is the second day that Torkham the main border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is closed by Pakistani authorities, hundreds of trucks, cars plus several hundred people including, women, children, elders and especially sick people who are going from Afghanistan to Pakistan for treatment are waiting for the border to open, there are reports of at least three civilians being killed in Afghanistan side and
Rescuers carry a sheet to collect a body part at the scene of a bomb explosion in Cantonment area, Karachi December 29, 2012. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters
Rescuers carry a sheet to collect a body part at the scene of a bomb explosion in Cantonment area, Karachi December 29, 2012. A bomb went off on a bus in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday killing six people and wounding 48, police and a hospital official said.?Photo by Reuters

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S.A. Hyder, Ph.D.
Jan 02, 2013 12:06am
You are so far from reality. Unbelievable! Do you really believe in what you have expressed?. If you have any common sense, I am sure you do not.
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Ash Mirza (USA)
Jan 02, 2013 07:37am
I am sunni, Alhamdollilah....... But Allah has not given unany right to kill shia, Ahmadi, christian, hindu, or jews. No one has right to kill any human b-ing. Those who kill othes must be punished put them in jail. After all Islam is PEACE and LOVE. Sincerely, Ash Mirza (USA)
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IndiaUSA
Dec 31, 2012 01:23am
What you do comes back to you
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Karachiwalla
Jan 01, 2013 04:36am
Foreign powers are involved.
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Jamshed Khan
Jan 04, 2013 12:02pm
We don't really need foreign powers. We are good enough to shoot in our own foot.
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adam memon
Dec 30, 2012 02:38pm
God bless our beloved country.
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Saeed
Dec 30, 2012 02:23pm
We hate country but love religion , we hate democracy but love religion, hate western progress but love religion , hate everything else but love religion. Than wonder what is the reason for all this pain. Keep on searching .
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Kashif
Dec 31, 2012 12:26am
Why would He? Allah does not bless a country whose people don't take care of each other.
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Kamal Hussain
Dec 31, 2012 05:19am
Saeed Sahib, don't blame religion, blame yourselves; the problem is with the people of Pakistan. "Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers? Making peace between one another: enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots" - Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).
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