Tears, anger and agony as Lahore bleeds
Protesters took to the streets and families of victims mourned as twin blasts occurred outside two churches in Lahore.
Agencies
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March 15, 2015
At least 15 people were killed and more than 70 injured when two Taliban suicide bombers attacked churches in Lahore on Sunday, sparking mob violence in which two other suspected militants died.
Christians gather in front of a church following suicide bombing attacks on churches in Lahore on March 15, 2015.— AFP |
A woman cries at a hospital after her brother was injured in a suicide attack on a church in Lahore.—Reuters |
Women attend a protest after twin blast attacks on two churches in Lahore.—Reuters |
Girls mourn over a family member who was killed from a suicide bombing attack near two churches in Lahore.— AP |
A member of the Pakistani community chants slogans during a protest rally in Peshawar, to condemn Sunday's suicide attacks on churches.— Reuters |
A man checks footwear left behind at a church after the suicide attack.— Reuters |
Paramedics treat a victim of a suicide bomb attack on a church in Lahore.— AFP |
A woman mourns the death of her relative who was killed in a suicide attack on the church in Lahore.— Reuters |
Protesters burn a cart at a road to protest against the suicide bombing attack on two churches.— AP |
A family mourns over the lifeless body of a boy who was killed in the bombing.— AP |
Christian women mourn as they gather at a church damaged from the bombing.— AP |
A woman mourns over a family member who was killed from a suicide bombing attack.— AP |
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shamain
Mar 15, 2015 07:21pm
Thanks Mr.Jinnah for creating Pakistan and providing safe haven for people of all faiths .
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Omer
Mar 15, 2015 08:20pm
@shamain I feel sad for you, you are trying to score some points on the bodies of innocent people.
Shame on you!!!
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Singh
Mar 15, 2015 08:22pm
Which community is the next, Shias, Sikhs or Hindus? Please stop this intolerance.
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Omer
Mar 15, 2015 08:24pm
May all these innocent souls rest in peace.
Let us promise once again to fight against this menace until it is wiped from the country!!!
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muhammad ahmed khan
Mar 15, 2015 08:43pm
Look at the images. Can you sleep another weeks or months? Who are these people and who support them?
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Maqsood
Mar 15, 2015 08:49pm
very sad.
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event horizon
Mar 15, 2015 09:06pm
@Omer No need to be ashamed of what we are.
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GKI
Mar 15, 2015 09:17pm
Thank you jinnah.......From India....
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Mukhtar Hussain
Mar 15, 2015 09:26pm
this is unfair..........sham of this law and order.....
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MALIK SAAB
Mar 15, 2015 09:42pm
The twitter account of Ehsan Ullah Ihsan is still working and even people are communicating there. How it is possible?. How his location is not being localized. ?
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hellboy
Mar 15, 2015 10:26pm
@Singh : they are taking all at a time.
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ABHISHEK
Mar 15, 2015 10:29pm
Condemnable act but root cause is within the society. Intolerance of one specific faith has ruined this world.
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Sanjay Solomon
Mar 15, 2015 10:47pm
I mourn for my brothers and sisters in Pakistan. May God comfort those who have lost near and dear ones.
May the powers of darkness looming over Pakistan be bound in the blood name of Jesus...
I pray that the fundamentalists Islamists will see and know that Jesus is Lord and he is the prince of peace and not carnage...
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Nouman Javaid
Mar 15, 2015 11:33pm
It is high time for all of us to Unite against these Lunatics. They have No Religion, No Sect, No Humanity. May Allah Almighty make us (Pakistanis) united as a Nation to fight against all the odds and enemies from within and from outside...
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Gaj
Mar 16, 2015 12:17am
My heart fails to understand how it must be to be a minority in Pakistan.....or for that matter in any Islamic country.
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Pakistan
Mar 16, 2015 12:19am
@Omer
you are scoring none by closing your eyes like a peacock.
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Pakistan
Mar 16, 2015 12:20am
@muhammad ahmed khan
created by establishment
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mangentle
Mar 16, 2015 01:02am
Its not acceptable being humane.they are also humane and Pakistani.The state should take care of their safety.where is Khadmi Ala.
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Raj Robert
Mar 16, 2015 01:23am
Shame on you Taliban - eternal fire of misery awaits you all!!!
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Nasir Hafeez
Mar 16, 2015 03:55am
As a Muslim, I condemn this attack on our Christian brothers & sisters. The lunatics behind these attacks need to be tried, convicted & hanged for their massacres. May God give patience to those who have lost their dear ones & I realize that others cannot fathom what it feels to lose a loved one in a bomb attack. These barbarians are spineless cowards who don't mind attacking Churches, Mosques and kids schools. The government is totally impotent, incapable and insincere of fixing this problem as a top priority issue. The army is trying but without government help, it will be an uphill task.
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Peace
Mar 16, 2015 04:18am
Amen
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hino
Mar 16, 2015 04:46am
This has to stop for God sake and plz grow up n think about others how many lives will u take away from loved once shame on these stupid people who are just killing for no reason
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Omer
Mar 16, 2015 04:51am
@Pakistan Buddy you got your animals fixed up..... its ostrich not peacock !!!
Nobody is denying the facts, I am simply saying that it is inhuman to be scoring points over such a tragedy.
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Omer
Mar 16, 2015 04:55am
@event horizon No this is not us.
(by the way you are not fooling anybody by disguising to be 'us'.
Everybody knows from where are you typing)
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gottumkkala bhrath
Mar 16, 2015 07:59am
Intelligence in Pakistan has failed the people. This is resulting in frequent blasts in populated area and loss of innocent lives lives. Education right from the primary level must teach tolerance and respect for all religions. There are several paths to reach God and not by following Islam
alone. Such brutal assaults are happening for lack of commitment on the part of the administrators. This will continue indefinitely in Pakistan if serious actions are not started immediately.Pakistan should seek help from others including India to tackle such problems.Pakistan should find excuse not bother India about Kashmir issue now and concentrate on internal terror attacks.Time itself will solve the Kashmir problem..
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DevilD
Mar 16, 2015 08:36am
@shamain Now we are being sarcastic ,well its not Mr Jinnha's fault that we are in this mess. We all are responsible for this. In the fight of personal achievements we forgot the bigger picture and destroyed our country by our own doings.
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Ajay Maheshwari
Mar 16, 2015 09:29am
Religious fanaticism is evil .
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Ajay Maheshwari
Mar 16, 2015 09:32am
Only photos can express agony of the people . very sad.
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Usman Chaudhri
Mar 16, 2015 10:33am
@shamain come-on we need to get our acts together instead of just always blaming the history. Fix things instead of blaming the past.
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Usman Chaudhri
Mar 16, 2015 10:47am
@Singh It could be anyone Terrorist have no faith and we need to stop drawing lines between communities. We are all Pakistanis irrespective of faith and we all are well aware that these attacks are meant to create tension between communities.
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Usman Chaudhri
Mar 16, 2015 10:50am
@GKI Thanks for posting from India Mr GKI but please avoid putting any sarcastic comment at least in this moment of pain and agony.
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Usman Chaudhri
Mar 16, 2015 11:03am
At this moment of agony and pain my heart goes out to those whose loved one's have died in this yet another painstaking horrific cowardly act of violence. But my heart is now more harder and my soul more stronger and i sworn to stand-up against those who have committed such a cowardly act of violence, this is high time for all of us to burn the bridges between sects and communities and stand in solidarity and against those who have no religion, no souls, and no values.
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Annum
Mar 16, 2015 11:06am
:'(
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Imran AB
Mar 16, 2015 12:14pm
Not protecting the innocent is murder too .........
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deendayal lulla
Mar 16, 2015 01:08pm
Minorities feel unsafe in both Pakistan and India. A more than 70-year-old nun was raped by robbers in Kolkata,when she resisted their robbery attempt in a convent. The culprits are yet to be arrested. Both incidents are chilling. Even old women are not safe from rapists.
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tariq
Mar 16, 2015 04:20pm
Was our great country created for all this?
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US Rathore
Mar 16, 2015 04:21pm
It is outrageous. We have missed one thing - in all attacks Shikarpur, Lahore and Army School Policemen were first ones to be killed. Wish these were properly armed and equipped.
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Shamain
Mar 16, 2015 05:57pm
@Usman Chaudhri , that is someother shamain guys.
Anyways i am proud of jinnah. And if someone is so pathetic minded to blame jinnah and it shows their jealousy.
And sad incident.
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Shamain
Mar 16, 2015 06:06pm
I lovee Jinnah and i am proud of him and pakistan.
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khanm
Mar 16, 2015 07:49pm
@Singh ....Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
Benazir Bhutto ... and she left those words only....
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Aamir Pervez
Mar 16, 2015 09:04pm
As a Christian Pakistani, I pray to God, my brothers and sisters who died yesterday, RIP, feeling very sad and disappointed. :-(
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Krish Chennai
Mar 16, 2015 09:06pm
That dead kid in the picture, with the women wailing around him, had the facial expression of "slept eternally in Jesus" in him, a common catch-phrase with Christians placing their ads for their dear departed in Indian newspapers. Wonder, would Pakistan newspapers be able to carry that phrase in obits, without fear or favour ? Further, in Urdu newspapers in Pakistan ?
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Shamain
Mar 16, 2015 09:43pm
@Aamir Pervez ,we know man. Too sad
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Nobody
Mar 16, 2015 09:55pm
Beautiful face with audacity of sadness. Christians of Pakistan are very handsome and good looking people. God offer them peace and justice.
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Az
Mar 16, 2015 10:23pm
Seriously ... Its very very sad indeed .. Its the pain no one can feel except them .. These are our brothers and sisters .. and we live in same country .. Religion has become biggiest hurdle in breathing .. If you look at pictues .. They are suffocating .. You must have to keep religion out of the equation when giving justice when running the country ... When providing basic needs ...
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Shamain
Mar 16, 2015 10:36pm
Seeing the kid was aps all over again. Sighs.
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Vijay (Toronto)
Mar 16, 2015 10:44pm
@Usman Chaudhri WRONG! Today is simply a continuation of yesterday; just as tomorrow is a continuation of today. You can not separate cause from the effect.
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Datta
Mar 16, 2015 11:52pm
@Omer, Shamain was being sarcastic.
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Surinder Saini
Mar 17, 2015 12:54am
Pakistan is a beautiful country with people from different faith living together just like India but it seems the monster of Taliban -ism is out of control now and will engulf both Pakistan and Afghanistan in it !
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Robinson
Mar 17, 2015 02:44am
My heart bleeds. No words to express my sorrow. May peace prevail in Pakistan.
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Manjeet kocchar
Mar 17, 2015 12:11pm
@shamain 115 likes to your comment show the line of thinking among the majority sad
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Tooba
Mar 17, 2015 03:18pm
@gottumkkala bhrath As for Kashmir, its solution is the blow of only one sincere and righteous prime minister in Pakistan if she ever had him. Once we have solved our internal problems, then we will focus on this conflict again. You do not worry about that.
Every country has its own internal and external problems and there are always some reasons behind. Pakistan is going through a tough phase because of many foreign intelligence agencies trying to undermine its foundations. Remember their this act will backfire. Pakistan will stand soon united and peaceful. Peace comes after every war. It will come to Pakistan too.
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