Bombings in Pakistan Kill Dozens, Putting Country on Edge<br />The other terrorist attack on Friday took place in Parachinar, the capital of the Kurram tribal region in the country’s northwest, when back-to-back bombings at Turi market during the evening rush killed at least 40 people<br />and wounded more than 200, according to Hayatulla, a local official who goes by one name.<br />" said Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, a military spokesman, referring to the national cricket team’s having won its first International Cricket Council Champions Trophy on Sunday.<br />that Today’s incidents are an effort to spoil the festive mood of Pakistani nation post-cricket victory and upcoming Eid,<br />By SALMAN MASOODJUNE 23, 2017<br />ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan on Friday suffered its deadliest day in weeks of<br />violence as terrorist bombings killed at least 53 people and wounded over 200.<br />The first attack took place in Quetta, the provincial capital of southwestern Baluchistan Province, when<br />a suicide bomber detonated his explosives after his vehicle was stopped at a security checkpoint.<br />The explosion took place near the office of the provincial police chief, but officials said it was not clear if he was the target of the bombing.<br />The second explosion, heard miles away, came just minutes after people<br />and rescue workers had rushed to evacuate the dead and wounded in the relatively smaller first blast.
