Golden hours from far-offs in Pakistan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlHHMcrbYTecTRs5MWjBPlW4e2bbOE4kJNIHt1exICigEHjR0pti_4VZi2Sh9gDCw88wbyFmNWepY2unPDjVWmGS47ZwfBIo0dPoyyMrBHEJMvE-7r3cNmSv5VXqMw4WTWuq5ojf1uCtd/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlHHMcrbYTecTRs5MWjBPlW4e2bbOE4kJNIHt1exICigEHjR0pti_4VZi2Sh9gDCw88wbyFmNWepY2unPDjVWmGS47ZwfBIo0dPoyyMrBHEJMvE-7r3cNmSv5VXqMw4WTWuq5ojf1uCtd/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The sun sets on what was once a fort - now lush green fields. The stone rubble at this place near Topi is assumed to represent an old fort.<br /><br />Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once said, “A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.” Travelling is not to enjoy picturesque landscapes but to learn from people, discover new places and cherish unique cultural colours. This is a set of photos from remote areas in Pakistan, while the sun was on the edges. – Text and photos by Raheel Adnan<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3pbGqEeMnpXAPCBnntDRUcOk4t7Bw9BcAib0E_6vOATzXuVOnf8wFssjplCu0NRWD8g1Rn8xoWvwonm_qxEK8htEFvLRmztGz-XmeAf3uH7RdgpGjHssKmiz715bHe96MDo2PN9ZM5_i/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3pbGqEeMnpXAPCBnntDRUcOk4t7Bw9BcAib0E_6vOATzXuVOnf8wFssjplCu0NRWD8g1Rn8xoWvwonm_qxEK8htEFvLRmztGz-XmeAf3uH7RdgpGjHssKmiz715bHe96MDo2PN9ZM5_i/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Sunset colors cannot get any better than this. Photographed on a freezing evening, in a remote village of Mansehra.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDum2B8dymteImTctziSrmXLIe4iDaGxIsgQ45w1HblnudeWcpE1RlIot9ZK40P-vpenGp5ozgWT28VLOxByvvmMjF015rE-XujRneNqKRTY9cjRTX_BscMuh0YHRiUXbz3Cd6G5pW-xf/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDum2B8dymteImTctziSrmXLIe4iDaGxIsgQ45w1HblnudeWcpE1RlIot9ZK40P-vpenGp5ozgWT28VLOxByvvmMjF015rE-XujRneNqKRTY9cjRTX_BscMuh0YHRiUXbz3Cd6G5pW-xf/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The layered fields of Batagram are ready to witness another winter day.<br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUAE5_sMxHM7cqU_gq8ZPGMbXCaypQy2dzQDn1FoYGgYxxHKitTbyY158I3vjV2eDjcP1TvrhyphenhyphenkMHLnDjXgKVtjywy4zcSHEskJKzol3uD1Ijt3R4IL-AGCSe06CfI6Nb5PIKDsSVLArz/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUAE5_sMxHM7cqU_gq8ZPGMbXCaypQy2dzQDn1FoYGgYxxHKitTbyY158I3vjV2eDjcP1TvrhyphenhyphenkMHLnDjXgKVtjywy4zcSHEskJKzol3uD1Ijt3R4IL-AGCSe06CfI6Nb5PIKDsSVLArz/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-1.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br /></div>Few moments before a spring sunrise, this photo was taken in Murree. A four lane Islamabad-Murree Expressway offers a calm and comfortable drive through this mountainous region.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3tLh10-gLEypkOHRUEC4B22MBedVBx1cXna24ZHR7aPQIOOktPf9ODIITPUyDGjb46Sobldc5-grnbRyiLedRFSLHNaFyd3uXIm3j10bE2l43AkDVoOURZ4QIfDp9pdLCqWbbQdsRFLq/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3tLh10-gLEypkOHRUEC4B22MBedVBx1cXna24ZHR7aPQIOOktPf9ODIITPUyDGjb46Sobldc5-grnbRyiLedRFSLHNaFyd3uXIm3j10bE2l43AkDVoOURZ4QIfDp9pdLCqWbbQdsRFLq/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Thakot bridge over River Indus is the junction between Hazara and Kohistan districts. The sea green Indus and golden sunset amalgamate to create a wizardly environment in these rigid mountains<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5z5z9iDa_EcdyOZ7Xhe9EpSaxPOhN8vVZsZd0kEdryup_wKfYEGLwyEtODPNLXexNFh-zeOgc_tkCDNMdXO42q_wnhub0jGHxvB1TnRSRg2G2kiYvop7z_549LuYaxSh8uhlXWsLJpPa7/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5z5z9iDa_EcdyOZ7Xhe9EpSaxPOhN8vVZsZd0kEdryup_wKfYEGLwyEtODPNLXexNFh-zeOgc_tkCDNMdXO42q_wnhub0jGHxvB1TnRSRg2G2kiYvop7z_549LuYaxSh8uhlXWsLJpPa7/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Evening clouds are reflected in a perfect mirror of Tarbela Lake.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMduWcwjMthQWzEPi_jXzHVO0nSjiABKdQtjP4yCpZ07Ncxh09R-7-8tQWlfhwYPhW7vn9PfPir2Ku4XWN8ikXn5pS6LjmbljrkNK4Z_MU48_ZgqLx_WmLC3VAgwjXumQ3pYiLllcSnz2/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMduWcwjMthQWzEPi_jXzHVO0nSjiABKdQtjP4yCpZ07Ncxh09R-7-8tQWlfhwYPhW7vn9PfPir2Ku4XWN8ikXn5pS6LjmbljrkNK4Z_MU48_ZgqLx_WmLC3VAgwjXumQ3pYiLllcSnz2/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Every summer, the efforts of the Pakistan army restore a treacherous 55km muddy jeep track between Upper Neelum and Kaghan valleys. Today’s sun glances for a last time on the Neelum-Kaghan track near Noori Pass.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuIFnPQO6KKxWHxnbKxvNwV82PjPJtQbxy41VX2zQFCo-SM5TwcROwyBZPkitz-sCDNgbPzdakXusk5zVub5VUx5j7jQ0qhz1B9WOzE5lrC_dCW-FHclR2MaCL0vrEHnWiAv-PZxqhGEl/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuIFnPQO6KKxWHxnbKxvNwV82PjPJtQbxy41VX2zQFCo-SM5TwcROwyBZPkitz-sCDNgbPzdakXusk5zVub5VUx5j7jQ0qhz1B9WOzE5lrC_dCW-FHclR2MaCL0vrEHnWiAv-PZxqhGEl/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-5.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div>Somewhere in the mountains around Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBvGS8viFCkQKXse8Ykc1DJNdZ8Abpw-TyTNk-y8LHAk_54nBD3MVEZL4vb242ualBSwhjywy_jCuqe_bXEYBt74sQxe_0G28fVbDMxzJ72iDaglFONpILBpWcys0vebqvHpn-mNJzbMm/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBvGS8viFCkQKXse8Ykc1DJNdZ8Abpw-TyTNk-y8LHAk_54nBD3MVEZL4vb242ualBSwhjywy_jCuqe_bXEYBt74sQxe_0G28fVbDMxzJ72iDaglFONpILBpWcys0vebqvHpn-mNJzbMm/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div>The ending of another day for the courageous people of Dasu, the district capital of Kohistan.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgudDZIEgR966wedIc6IfhXRc5TWDRJoHVekWXS1S1TRLZMrA5I3100SLet_XHpoCymgB2Mkzvuxj244GVMCNbFqLCcz-czL5dy5mSutFhmuawPZnGHjI-jRYP36TPq6j8mRH8nv0w2LFT/s1600/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgudDZIEgR966wedIc6IfhXRc5TWDRJoHVekWXS1S1TRLZMrA5I3100SLet_XHpoCymgB2Mkzvuxj244GVMCNbFqLCcz-czL5dy5mSutFhmuawPZnGHjI-jRYP36TPq6j8mRH8nv0w2LFT/s320/pakistan-sunrise-sunset-9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>The dancing clouds of a blue hour are captured in Naran Valley<br /><br /></div>

Golden hours from far-offs in Pakistan

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Karachi Violence toll rises to 27: police

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bofAlY2GRQIGAp1mAgqg6rHajs-BZbxtfl21q8ctRe5qcS6vyteokMXU07hi2RduGNxNvrfZhkYKFaYUXQgrqTPxGv_JvoOJviKG1NOnb6Rl_AIaHJZJIKDr7SULJ3duoFfYZctEbDr8/s1600/karachi-543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bofAlY2GRQIGAp1mAgqg6rHajs-BZbxtfl21q8ctRe5qcS6vyteokMXU07hi2RduGNxNvrfZhkYKFaYUXQgrqTPxGv_JvoOJviKG1NOnb6Rl_AIaHJZJIKDr7SULJ3duoFfYZctEbDr8/s320/karachi-543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>KARACHI: At least 16 people have died over the past 24 hours as renewed violence involving rival ethnic and sectarian groups continued to rock the Pakistani city of Karachi, police said Monday.<br /><br />The latest killings bring the toll to 27 since the fresh wave erupted on Friday, intensifying a surge of violence blamed on political, ethnic and criminal rivalries which has left scores dead so far this month.<br /><br />Pakistan last week deployed hundreds of additional police and paramilitary troops onto the streets of the country’s largest city to try to quell the unrest.<br /><br />The violence in Karachi has been blamed on supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), based among the Urdu-speaking majority, and the rival Awami National Party (ANP), which represents ethnic Pashtun migrants.<br /><br />Sporadic gunfire echoed around the port city’s eastern districts of Malir, Khokhrapar and Landhi overnight, residents said. Most of the criminal gangs are believed to be hiding in the impoverished neighbourhoods.<br /><br />“At least 16 people have died over the past 24 hours, they were victims of ethnic and sectarian violence,” city police chief Saud Mirza told AFP.<br /><br />“We have rushed additional police force to the troubled areas and the situation has improved.<br /><br />One senior police officer said that two mortar shells were fired in the clashes between rival activists.<br /><br />The MQM last month quit the coalitions led by the main ruling Pakistan People’s Party that govern the country and the southern province of Sindh, of which Karachi is the capital. The ANP remains part of both coalitions.<br /><br />The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says 490 people were killed in targeted killings in Karachi in the first half of the year, compared to 748 in 2010.<br /><br />Four days of unrest killed 95 people before troops took back areas of Karachi held by armed gangs on July 9.</div>

Karachi Violence toll rises to 27: police

KARACHI: At least 16 people have died over the past 24 hours as renewed violence involving rival ethnic and sectarian groups continued to ro...

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All Around Pakistan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbXjnpsb_Lt4nezoQ_UVSXeUOhJolIXB1uKrNSC18cNo_uTYskZBM9GwDsqanD-gZWs3cWUmrsHvv79BBQ26O60mxXWr9K3PqSaSMEuL2b36DJNH6qduO0gICzzJcP-zzzgJE0q4oraWZ/s1600/373509-01-02_18097698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbXjnpsb_Lt4nezoQ_UVSXeUOhJolIXB1uKrNSC18cNo_uTYskZBM9GwDsqanD-gZWs3cWUmrsHvv79BBQ26O60mxXWr9K3PqSaSMEuL2b36DJNH6qduO0gICzzJcP-zzzgJE0q4oraWZ/s320/373509-01-02_18097698.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br />A Pakistani ice cream vendor waits for clients at Sea View beach in Karachi.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggs-OToC3cg09c6h9-ZBNukVn4wg0Kx6CsNdiidhw9EvZ9WdMdv9I57n-P-R45pXNgPtefLthGaas-CMwSRiut6WuxCES435IIqeRmMLvKDutwrhE6Zh4tdrAMesNkeZ0gTYgutZWJnzvY/s1600/371857-01-02_18094375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggs-OToC3cg09c6h9-ZBNukVn4wg0Kx6CsNdiidhw9EvZ9WdMdv9I57n-P-R45pXNgPtefLthGaas-CMwSRiut6WuxCES435IIqeRmMLvKDutwrhE6Zh4tdrAMesNkeZ0gTYgutZWJnzvY/s320/371857-01-02_18094375.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>A Pakistani butcher talks with a customer at a meat market in Karachi.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXtuGgifCYqXLj-pldJ6dNWkjHbMxOTB9TuV004NjKIFzgKk67C-g8lJMsBc4kRuHOl56vlFvyu8iIFAmbcPNQHMeppvJcOxfYSElHPnrPT06douvUOf6cCT6Ee9ATEU46g_Ia1HVG5j2/s1600/371839-01-02_18094333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXtuGgifCYqXLj-pldJ6dNWkjHbMxOTB9TuV004NjKIFzgKk67C-g8lJMsBc4kRuHOl56vlFvyu8iIFAmbcPNQHMeppvJcOxfYSElHPnrPT06douvUOf6cCT6Ee9ATEU46g_Ia1HVG5j2/s320/371839-01-02_18094333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Pakistani customers inspect fabrics at a shopping mall in Karachi.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5Xfbs6kkVep9VedHSFX2lDrGSAl6Rc_AA9QglrQLTOJf6qZkPympmvX9zsIjTSvco4veL50gG2aXZLuzqU9Rhr-Zl2DWsGRX5Brv2RIQrtIZaVuOgoEfaP_-m8t1OGvA-s3AjC_A-QVR/s1600/pakistan-daily-life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5Xfbs6kkVep9VedHSFX2lDrGSAl6Rc_AA9QglrQLTOJf6qZkPympmvX9zsIjTSvco4veL50gG2aXZLuzqU9Rhr-Zl2DWsGRX5Brv2RIQrtIZaVuOgoEfaP_-m8t1OGvA-s3AjC_A-QVR/s320/pakistan-daily-life.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Devotees perform “dhamal” a devotional dance involving a frenzied and ecstatic swirl of the head and body, which is a special ritual that is performed at the rhythmic beat of traditional drums, during an anniversary of famous saint Lal Shahbaz Qalander at his shrine in Sewan Sharif, 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Hyderabad.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WNRlJqAVSfmFULNQYnA__-jxxin4H5Hu1IgXjSK975VdDJhrqSkWgjDpbNbndUA4V1aZaFpVGTkKqW3FVXy2CiFZJs09fVPAVoL11uzzpzIwlWZ7xjSZpzDG9AIiB0FsvUagJdxzTkWQ/s320/375366-01-02_18102430.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>A Pakistani gold scavenger searches through dirt for gold at a gold market of Peshawar<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_RCsLHP7VJmKVYM0z1B4BrdjQBz6jkMWhc_C4QBlo9HGCbMnjthnzetgzaIamx2lpL_qYNg30QDB0hMt2S7NQxieQmMjGL5VW0GvbHKPBEhOZchtsSKfFbFK92L0oKWn1pejQVGpUVrb/s1600/pakistan-truck-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_RCsLHP7VJmKVYM0z1B4BrdjQBz6jkMWhc_C4QBlo9HGCbMnjthnzetgzaIamx2lpL_qYNg30QDB0hMt2S7NQxieQmMjGL5VW0GvbHKPBEhOZchtsSKfFbFK92L0oKWn1pejQVGpUVrb/s320/pakistan-truck-art.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>In this photo taken on July 18, 2011, a Pakistani craftsman gives final touches to a brand new truck which is being traditionally decorated before it hits the road in Rawalpindi.</div>

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A Pakistani ice cream vendor waits for clients at Sea View beach in Karachi. A Pakistani butcher talks with a customer at a meat market in K...

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Eight killed In Muzaffargarh Road Accident

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fnG08_XzCCsDhxMNYZwhFwNkHmjT4jpe3TcsfAqOeOCSAk57VDg85ZaIAQ9La9ZsVnFinZgNhkgC-Tnfzes9sMtbGF25Ii9FNDPa4OxaLdjCMf9bqrHV40sm_dni8bAWWlz7uVitluUj/s1600/rescueworkers_afp543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fnG08_XzCCsDhxMNYZwhFwNkHmjT4jpe3TcsfAqOeOCSAk57VDg85ZaIAQ9La9ZsVnFinZgNhkgC-Tnfzes9sMtbGF25Ii9FNDPa4OxaLdjCMf9bqrHV40sm_dni8bAWWlz7uVitluUj/s320/rescueworkers_afp543.jpg" width="320" /></a>MUZAFFARGARH: Eight passengers were killed and 30 others were injured when an over-speeding bus overturned in Muzaffargarh on Saturday.<br /><br />Reportedly, the bus was heading towards Karachi from Rawalpindi when it overturned near the Hityan bus-stop in Shehr Sultan due to over-speeding.<br /><br />As a result, eight people died on the spot.<br /><br />Thirty people received injuries and were shifted to hospitals in Muzaffargarh, Multan and Bahawalpur.<br /><br /><br /></div>

Eight killed In Muzaffargarh Road Accident

MUZAFFARGARH: Eight passengers were killed and 30 others were injured when an over-speeding bus overturned in Muzaffargarh on Saturday. Repo...

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Norway reels from twin terror attacks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t1Q5Q_ItpMg6IjQ_r3QAAQfoe64fxKAmxp1gVrtniIGfJ_it-Bn9U8OpbuptKx9cAP8lArtmCkNma9EFI4sZtVlIeHp-0tXTRSF89XVkHbs7zOHw2yLVs1mHCBtIWyk3iIcqk6AM6qAQ/s1600/norway-blast-R-543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t1Q5Q_ItpMg6IjQ_r3QAAQfoe64fxKAmxp1gVrtniIGfJ_it-Bn9U8OpbuptKx9cAP8lArtmCkNma9EFI4sZtVlIeHp-0tXTRSF89XVkHbs7zOHw2yLVs1mHCBtIWyk3iIcqk6AM6qAQ/s1600/norway-blast-R-543.jpg" /></a></div>OSLO: A bomb ripped through Oslo’s central government district on Friday and a gunman dressed as a policeman then opened fire at a youth camp on a nearby island, killing 17 people altogether, police said.<br /><br />In the biggest such attack in western Europe since the London transport bombings in 2005, seven died when the bomb exploded in the Norwegian capital, scattering glass, shattered masonry and twisted steel across the streets.<br /><br />Shortly afterwards, a gunman opened fire at the youth camp of the ruling political party on Utoeya island, north-west of Oslo.<br /><br />Police said nine or 10 people were killed and they believed the two attacks were linked. The gunman was arrested.<br /><br />The bomb, which shook the city centre at around 3:30pm (1330 GMT), blew out the windows of the Prime Minister’s building and damaged the finance and oil ministries.<br /><br />“People ran in panic,” said bystander Kjersti Vedun.<br /><br />With police advising people to evacuate central Oslo, apparently in fear of more attacks, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told Norwegian TV2 television in a phone call that the situation was “very serious”. He said that police had told him not to say where he was speaking from.<br /><br />A Reuters witness saw soldiers taking up positions in Oslo.<br /><br />The gunman, described by a police official as tall and blond, was reported by Norwegian media to have taken advantage of the<br />confusion caused by the bombing to attack the summer camp of Stoltenberg’s Labour party youth section.<br /><br />“There was a lot of shooting … We hid under a bed. It was very terrifying,” a young woman at the camp told British Sky television.<br /><br />There was no clear claim of responsibility.<br /><br />“This is a terror attack. It is the most violent event to strike Norway since World War Two,” said Geir Bekkevold, an opposition parliamentarian for the Christian Peoples Party.<br /><br />Lilit Gevorgyan, analyst at IHS Global Insight, said the most likely suspects were Al Qaeda-linked or inspired groups, but added:<br /><br />“As the news continues trickling in from Utoeya, however, right-wing extremist groups or even a lone perpetrator with army training or access to ammunition and weaponry could be behind the plot.”<br /><br />Deputy Oslo police chief Sveining Sponheim told reporters that the gunman in the Utoeya shootings had been disguised in a blue police-style uniform but had never been employed by the police.<br /><br />He said that the police also believed that the man may have been involved in both the Oslo bombing and the shootings. So far, the detained man had not said anything to the police.<br /><br />Nato member Norway has been the target of threats before over its involvement in conflicts in Afghanistan and Libya.<br /><br />The attack came just over a year after three men were arrested on suspicion of having links to Al Qaeda and planning to attack targets in Norway. It also came less than three months after US forces killed Osama bin Laden in a raid on his hideout in Pakistan.    Violence or the threat of it has already come to the other Nordic states: a botched bomb attack took place in the Swedish capital Stockholm last December and the bomber was killed.<br /><br />Denmark has received repeated threats after a newspaper published sketches of the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in late 2005, angering Muslims worldwide.<br /><br />Police have been on the alert for complex gun-and-bomb attacks on European cities since the assault by 10 gunmen on India’s financial capital Mumbai in November 2008 which killed 166 people. The Oslo attacks, though hitting two targets, were not simultaneous and the delay between them left open the possibility of a single perpetrator.<br /><br />Madrid suffered a militant bomb attack on commuter trains in 2004 that killed 191 people. Four suicide bombers killed 52 people in an attack on London’s transport system in 2005.<br /><br />The Oslo district attacked is the very heart of power in Norway, with several other key administration buildings nearby.<br /><br />Nevertheless, security is not tight given the lack of violence in the past.<br /><br />The Reuters correspondent said the streets had been fairly quiet in mid-afternoon on a Friday in high summer, when many Oslo residents take vacation or leave for weekend breaks.—Reuters<br /></div>

Norway reels from twin terror attacks

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President Summons Mirza To Islamabad

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8EUoHgiv83Gobl0yofTyIPftxvs7qGyz5Px5rKQunDNXRwThYFPQPd7s3Hz1J1fJk5uPCUWuYyq52LvTHVdyUVgk-Gl8PPNpL9uGBXULYomresf8VMqUwNpN5OcYyh0evST4znAUNatq/s1600/31105135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8EUoHgiv83Gobl0yofTyIPftxvs7qGyz5Px5rKQunDNXRwThYFPQPd7s3Hz1J1fJk5uPCUWuYyq52LvTHVdyUVgk-Gl8PPNpL9uGBXULYomresf8VMqUwNpN5OcYyh0evST4znAUNatq/s320/31105135.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />ISLAMABD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday summoned Senior Minister of Sindh Dr. Zulfikar Mirza to the President House for his statement given last night after which Karachi plunged into violence.<br /><br />According to Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar, the provincial minister is summoned for his controversial statement regarding the MQM chief Altaf Hussain and Urdu speaking community.<br /><br />Babar said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has already disowned the statement and appealed to the protestors to remain calm.

President Summons Mirza To Islamabad

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Zulfikar Mirza Apologises For Comments

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Zulfikar Mirza Apologises For Comments

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World Voices Horror Over New Mumbai Attacks

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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWLaQTtMmtUdlp5tBzDhlq8r-qJlN7kxqlVwzgMMOidCdB5ZGw_9H-kR7DHl1NIVozaaNVQnan-cTp-mDZFGUGw15twg9zLCMPI2p2gmsM24Ejr8FEug1Le-7qzTN4NenOuFsXzmyhdm_/s1600/mumbaiblastAP543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWLaQTtMmtUdlp5tBzDhlq8r-qJlN7kxqlVwzgMMOidCdB5ZGw_9H-kR7DHl1NIVozaaNVQnan-cTp-mDZFGUGw15twg9zLCMPI2p2gmsM24Ejr8FEug1Le-7qzTN4NenOuFsXzmyhdm_/s320/mumbaiblastAP543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The coordinated explosions hit busy shopping and residential districts across the city, which is still emerging from the shadows of the 2008 militant attack that left 166 people dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the attacks “despicable” and vowed to visit India next week as planned, while Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi said the violence had shocked “civilised people everywhere”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>“I believe it is more important than ever that we stand with India, deepen our partnership, and reaffirm our commitment to the shared struggle against terrorism,” said Clinton, whose trip follows President Barack Obama’s state visit in November.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>No group has claimed responsibility for the explosions which hit at rush hour on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>But suspicions initially fell on the home-grown Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar-i-Taiba (LT), both militant groups that have targeted India in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>The president and prime minister of Pakistan were among the first world leaders to condemn the blasts, voicing “distress on the loss of lives and injuries”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>The UN Security Council “reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who arrived at the scene within hours along with forensic experts and anti-terror commandos from New Delhi, told reporters the bombings were part of “a coordinated attack by terrorists”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>The most powerful devices exploded at a wholesale gold market and a district housing diamond traders and jewellery shops in southern Mumbai, while a third blast occurred in a middle-class area to the north.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>“It is another attack on the heart of India,” said the chief minister of Maharashtra state, Prithviraj Chavan, who described it as a “challenge to Indian sovereignty”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, led a chorus of condemnation from Asia Pacific nations which have also suffered from terrorism, including Australia and Sri Lanka, which ended 37 years of ethnic conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>“Indonesia…expresses its full sympathy and condolences to the government and people of India for the loss of lives and the injuries caused as a result of that heinous and cowardly act,” Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>Australia, which lost 88 citizens in the 2002 Bali bombings, said such “wanton acts of terrorism” had no place in the civilised world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>China pledged to work with its southern neighbour to combat terrorism, with foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei saying the country was “shocked by the heavy casualties and losses caused by the blasts”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton denounced the bombings as “heinous” while Britain and France reaffirmed their support for India in the fight against terrorism.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered “our deep and profound sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed and injured by these heinous acts of violence, including Canadians who may have loved ones in Mumbai.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>

World Voices Horror Over New Mumbai Attacks

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Rehman Malik Apologises For Zulfiqar Mirza’s Statement

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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GR8wMgiFOrJZcitN8URBPtMVG527aQ6QS9RjEP39ubI0DhBYhso3fLwpNYmqHcIQq5UMBg2onKQemMLHtKv6rO81WtI8ydPLHYv0rjFf8AO2C4iOwHFc1A5sDjUBM55n2fbv3e4tUrla/s1600/rehman-malik-5432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">ISLAMABAD: Recollecting the many sacrifices that the Urdu-speaking community had made during Pakistan’s formative years, Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday apologised for senior provincial minister Zulfiqar Mirza’s statement televised earlier, DawnNews reported.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad, Malik said the Urdu-speaking community did not belong to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement only, but that members of the community also belonged to the Jamaat-i-Islaami, the Pakistan People’s Party and other political parties.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>Moreover, he said it was one of slain leader Benazir Bhutto’s decisions and directions for the PPP to work alongside the MQM and pursue political reconciliation with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p>He added that the MQM was a national party, and that he deeply respected MQM chief Altaf Hussain. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>

Rehman Malik Apologises For Zulfiqar Mirza’s Statement

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Mirza And Syed Should Leave Karachi In 48 hours: MRC

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Mirza And Syed Should Leave Karachi In 48 hours: MRC

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line-height: 115%;">Arup Patnaik, Mumbai’s police commissioner, said the terrorists had used improvised explosive devices to trigger off the blasts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSg3ItUN1hdd-3zT4Gifel2ZFobm1nzi9yRF9zjDxPaHKmurbm2FlylSnjRi_92rgrsEGBrF1OcqndU712mQJEgEt716GNyIqyFgi32pkvEagLr4QwR4EeON2-ID77L0Uzp6cIdK9ASsv4/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm6OWcPqeDDGw-9QH47EcOO09-QXkZGrRlG_kus75LX93I6L7oXUQR5bEmP9hr4N9TqtuuGAzzkqZRVatvr6CeY6REJtT81Xe-4K090DQZYQrN_V-tt8e5T1_ngE5lUgzyI8-gcoNC3Zh/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm6OWcPqeDDGw-9QH47EcOO09-QXkZGrRlG_kus75LX93I6L7oXUQR5bEmP9hr4N9TqtuuGAzzkqZRVatvr6CeY6REJtT81Xe-4K090DQZYQrN_V-tt8e5T1_ngE5lUgzyI8-gcoNC3Zh/s320/10.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBunty%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBunty%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBunty%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><style><br /><!--<br /> /* Font Definitions */<br /> @font-face<br /> {font-family:"Cambria Math";<br /> panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;<br /> mso-font-charset:1;<br /> mso-generic-font-family:roman;<br /> mso-font-format:other;<br /> mso-font-pitch:variable;<br /> mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}<br />@font-face<br /> {font-family:Calibri;<br /> panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;<br /> mso-font-charset:0;<br /> mso-generic-font-family:swiss;<br /> mso-font-pitch:variable;<br /> mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}<br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br /> {mso-style-unhide:no;<br /> mso-style-qformat:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> margin-top:0in;<br /> margin-right:0in;<br /> margin-bottom:10.0pt;<br /> margin-left:0in;<br /> line-height:115%;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:11.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br /> mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;<br /> mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}<br />.MsoChpDefault<br /> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br /> mso-default-props:yes;<br /> mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;<br /> mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}<br />.MsoPapDefault<br /> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br /> margin-bottom:10.0pt;<br /> line-height:115%;}<br />@page Section1<br /> {size:8.5in 11.0in;<br /> margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;<br /> mso-header-margin:.5in;<br /> mso-footer-margin:.5in;<br /> mso-paper-source:0;}<br />div.Section1<br /> {page:Section1;}<br />--><br /></style> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Indian bystanders gather around a damaged vehicle at a bomb blast site in the Dadar District. - AFP photo<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBunty%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBunty%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBunty%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><style><br /><!--<br /> /* Font Definitions */<br /> @font-face<br /> {font-family:"Cambria Math";<br /> panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;<br /> mso-font-charset:1;<br /> mso-generic-font-family:roman;<br /> mso-font-format:other;<br /> mso-font-pitch:variable;<br /> mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}<br />@font-face<br /> {font-family:Calibri;<br /> panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;<br /> mso-font-charset:0;<br /> mso-generic-font-family:swiss;<br /> mso-font-pitch:variable;<br /> mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}<br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br /> {mso-style-unhide:no;<br /> mso-style-qformat:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> margin-top:0in;<br /> margin-right:0in;<br /> margin-bottom:10.0pt;<br /> margin-left:0in;<br /> line-height:115%;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:11.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br /> mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;<br /> mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}<br />.MsoChpDefault<br /> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br /> mso-default-props:yes;<br /> mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;<br /> mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;<br /> mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;<br /> mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";<br /> mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}<br />.MsoPapDefault<br /> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br /> margin-bottom:10.0pt;<br /> line-height:115%;}<br />@page Section1<br /> {size:8.5in 11.0in;<br /> margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;<br /> mso-header-margin:.5in;<br /> mso-footer-margin:.5in;<br /> mso-paper-source:0;}<br />div.Section1<br /> {page:Section1;}<br />--><br /></style> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">After the blasts, a red alert was issued in Mumbai, even as the police blocked roads and exits to the city. Blood-covered bodies lay on Mumbai streets and people hugged and wept. Others carried the wounded to taxis. Crowds gathered in the blast areas as police questioned witnesses and bomb squads inspected the undercarriages of vehicles searching for clues and other explosives. Motorcycles were charred, shop-fronts shattered and a bus stop ripped apart. Bleeding victims crowded into the back of a cargo truck to be taken to a hospital.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>

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