...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...
's Quetta on Friday, the police said.
Following the blast, police and rescue teams rushed to the scene and launched relief efforts, shifting the injured persons to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his shoulder.
Ow!he exclaimed, with feeling......
the authorities have cordoned off the area and are working to determine the nature and cause of the earth-shattering kaboom.
In a statement, the police said the kabooms were strapped with a cycle of violence. However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
the investigation was underway, they added.
Earlier in the day, a top official of Darul Uloom Haqqania
...
an Islamic seminary located in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The seminary propagates the Deobandi trend of Sunni Islam and is headed by Maulana Samiul Haq, known as the Godfather of the Taliban. It has been dubbed The University of Jihad due to the methods and content of instruction along with the future occupations of its alumni....
among six people killed in a suicide kaboom
that targeted the historic seminary's mosque in Nowshera.The bomb went
kaboom!in the front row soon after the Friday prayer as worshippers were leaving the weekly congregation at the Darul Uloom Haqqania mosque in Akora Khattak, located about 60 kilometres (35 miles) east of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed told Geo News that Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, the son of Maulana Samiul Haq
...the
Godfather of the Taliban,late leader of his own faction of the JUI in Pakistain. Known as
Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time. Now beyond all cares and woe, done in by his secretary in a lovers' quarrel...
Haqqani, was the target of the attack.
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The bomb went
kaboom!in the front row soon after Friday prayers as worshippers were leaving the congregation at the Darul Uloom Haqqania mosque in Akora Khattak, located about 60 kilometres (35 miles) east of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar.
Maulana Hamid, the vice administrator of Darul Uloom Haqqania and emir of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...a Pak religious party. It is usually part of the govt, never part of the solution...
-Sami (JUI-S), departed this vale of tears as he was undergoing emergency medical treatment, the top cop said.
Hameed added that police teams were present at the site of the earth-shattering kaboom, and a search operation was also underway in the surroundings. Forensics and investigation teams had been dispatched to the incident site, and the district police officer was also present there, the IGP said.
This was the last Friday congregation before Ramadan, drawing a large crowd of worshippers. The mosque is located inside the compound of the madrassa, whose students were set to go on leave, as it marked the final day of their academic year.
The sprawling campus is home to roughly 4,000 students who are fed, clothed and educated for free.