Pakistan Sectarian Violence

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  38 Killed, Dozen Injured In Latest Attack On Shia Muslims In Pakistan

  At least 38 people have died in Pakistan's restive northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after gunmen fired indiscriminately in two separate incidents of sectarian violence targeting Shia Muslims.

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  New US Travel Advisory For India Warns About Rapes, Terror In J&K

  The US has issued a level two and three travel advisories for India and Pakistan, saying while American citizens are urged to reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence, those going to India must exercise increased caution

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  US Warns Citizens Against All Non-Essential Travel To Pakistan

  The US has warned its citizens against all non-essential travel to Pakistan given that the country continues to experience significant terrorist violence including sectarian attacks.

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  Pakistan to Deploy Surveillance Drones in Violence-Hit Balochistan

  Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province, hit hard by militancy, sectarian and separatist violence, plans to deploy aerial drones for surveillance.

• Pakistan Shrine Attack Kills Three Including Army Officer

  Gunmen killed three people including a senior army officer in an attack on a Sufi shrine in central Pakistan, officials said on Monday, in the latest deadly sectarian violence to hit the country.

• Iran Prods Pakistan Leader on US Ties, Security, Pipeline

  Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran urged Pakistan on Monday to avoid "wicked" U.S. influence and build stronger ties with Tehran, blaming Washington for rising sectarian violence in the Iranian-Pakistani border region that has strained relations.

• Violence against Pakistan minorities rising alarmingly: rights group

  Sectarian killings rose by more than a fifth in Pakistan last year, a leading rights group said Thursday, warning of an alarming increase in violence against religious minorities.

• Following sectarian clashes, Pakistan on high alert as people call for protest

  Pakistan on Friday boosted security across the country after Sunni Muslim groups called for protests against last week's sectarian violence in the garrison city of Rawalpindi that killed 11 people.

• Pakistan imposes curfew in violence-hit Rawalpindi

  Pakistan on Saturday imposed a curfew in the city of Rawalpindi where sectarian clashes left eight people dead and more than 40 injured, officials said.

• Pakistan government ends unprecedented full term amid criticism

  Pakistan's elected government completed its full five-year term on Saturday, the first in the country's turbulent history to do so, leaving a legacy of Taliban violence, sectarian unrest, chronic power cuts and a fragile economy.

• India is No. 4 on list of countries hit by terror

  In a world dotted with conflicts of all kinds, raging civil wars, bloody sectarian violence and terrorism, South Asia emerges as the worst affected. According to the Global Terrorism Index, that profiles data on terrorism from across the world, India is the fourth most affected in the world by terrorism, after Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

• Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed

  Gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in the northern Pakistani district of Kohistan in an apparent sectarian attack on Tuesday, killing 18 people, police officials said.

• Gunmen kill 11 Shias in sectarian violence in Pakistan

  Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 of them in a sectarian attack, police said.