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Nawaz orders immediate reopening of Pak-Afghan border
[DAWN] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Monday ordered the reopening of the Pak-Afghan border with immediate effect, a month after it was closed following the deadly Sehwan blast said to have been carried out by cross-border terrorists, DawnNews reported. More than 80 people, including women and kiddies, were killed and hundreds of devotees injured in the blast at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan, Sindh. The province's inspector general of police, A.D. Khowaja, had claimed that the suspected jacket wallah "appeared to be an Afghan national." All border crossing with Afghanistan were sealed soon after the attack. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-21 |
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