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Red Cross stops work in Pakistani cities
 [Dawn] The Red Thingy says it has suspended operations in two of Pakistain's largest cities following the killing of a British nurse working for the group in the country.The body of Khalil Rasjed Dale, 60, was dumped close to the southwestern city of Quetta on April 29. He was kidnapped in the city in January. In a statement Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Thingy said it was suspending humanitarian activities in the northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar and port city of Bloody Karachi. ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... The organization has already stopped work in Quetta and surrounding Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province. The ICRC has been performing humanitarian work in Pakistain since 1947. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-11 |
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