Pakistan Suicide Blast Kills 9

The home minister for Pakistan's populous Punjab province was killed in a suicide bombing. An adviser on health for the Punjab provincial government, Saeed Elahi, told state-run television that Minister Shuja Khanzada was among those killed Sunday. Nine people were killed in the attack, although rescue workers said that number is likely to increase. Several people are still trapped under the rubble. Witnesses said as many as 30 people were inside the minister's home in the...

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