ABC News | Dozens Killed in Earthquake in Pakistan New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A powerful earthquake killed at least 39 people when it struck a remote area of western Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, according to Pakistani government officials who warned that the death toll would probably increase. Quake kills 45 in Pakistan, creates new island in sea Pakistan Quake Kills 39 and Creates Island Deadly earthquake strikes Pakistan's Balochistan |
New York Times | Pakistan Christians Issue Call for Protection New York Times LONDON — With its Muslim-style minarets topped by a large black cross, the All Saints Church in Peshawar has for more than a century offered a daring architectural expression of Muslim-Christian harmony and cohabitation. Tackling religious intolerance and violence in Pakistan News Wrap: In Pakistan, Deadly Attack Targeting Christian Church Sparks Protests Protests break out all over Pakistan against Peshawar attack; toll rises to 84 |
Pakistan Quake Kills 39 as Houses Collapse ABC News Thousands of Pakistanis ran into the streets praying for their lives Tuesday as a powerful earthquake rocked a remote area in the southwest, killing at least 39 people and possibly creating a small island off the coast. The Pakistani military said it ... |
Suicide bombers kill 81 at church in Peshawar, Pakistan CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Choir members and children attending Sunday school were among 81 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Protestant church in northwest Pakistan. It was one of the deadliest attacks ever on the Christian community in ... |
Pakistan Earthquake: 7.8-Magnitude Tremor Shakes Southern Pakistan The Weather Channel The United States Geological Survey reported a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Pakistan on Tuesday, with the epicenter 43 miles north-northeast of Awaran in the province of Balochistan. A local official told NBC News that at least six people ... |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Angry Christians protest Pakistan church bombing; death toll rises to 81 NBCNews.com (blog) By Fakhar ur Rehman and Henry Austin. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Angry Christians blocked roads on Monday in protest at Sunday's suicide bomb attack on a church that killed 81 people in what is thought to be Pakistan's deadliest attack on members of the ... Scores Are Killed by Suicide Bomb Attack at Historic Church in Pakistan Pakistan's Christian Minority Faces Life On Increasingly Dangerous Margins Who are Pakistan's Christians? |
Special Report: The struggle Pakistan does not want reported Reuters KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Abdul Razzaq Baloch worked nights. After dinner, he would start his shift as a proofreader at the Daily Tawar, a newspaper published on a shoe-string from a cramped office in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital. At 2 a ... |
The Guardian | Earthquake in western Pakistan kills 45 and creates island off coast The Guardian A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in a remote part of western Pakistan on Tuesday killed at least 45 people and prompted a new island to rise from the sea just off the country's southern coast. Tremors were felt hundreds of miles away in the Indian capital ... |
NPR (blog) | Dozens Killed By Strong Quake In Southwestern Pakistan NPR (blog) (This post last updated at 1:00 p.m. ET). A strong, 7.7-magnitude earthquake in southern Pakistan on Tuesday has killed at least 45 people, according to Reuters. The U.S. Geological Survey says the initial temblor was followed by several aftershocks ... |
Powerful earthquake strikes Pakistan, possibly raises new island EarthSky September 24, 2013, 12:25 p.m. CDT (1725 UTC). Reuters is now reporting that at least 45 people were killed – and scores of mud houses were destroyed – in a thinly populated mountainous region of southwest Pakistan earlier today, when a powerful ... |