THE WAR ON THE SUFIS CONTINUES

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, which killed at least eight people.

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Pakistan: Deadly bomb blast at Sufi shrine in Lahore

Police say a bomb targeting security forces guarding a Sufi shrine has detonated in the city of Lahore. At least eight people are believed to have been killed so far, with many more wounded.

The blast, a day after the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, went off at a police checkpoint near the Data Darbar, one of the largest Muslim shrines in South Asia.

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Deadly Blast Hits Sufi Shrine in Pakistan, 9 Killed

"Police was the prime target in this attack. We are collecting forensic evidences to ascertain the nature of the blast," said Ashfaq Khan, de

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May 8 at 2:14 AM · 

Prime Minister #ImranKhan took to Twitter to condemn the explosion targeting Elite Force vehicle near #DataDarbar in #Lahore today.
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EDITORIAL: According to media reports, Hizbul Ahrar, said to be a splinter faction of the local Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Of course, this is not the first time that a Sufi shrine has been attacked in Pakistan.

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Data Darbar blast

The families of the martyred personnel must be looked after by the state.

With the death toll in Wednesday’s Data Darbar shrine blast rising to 11 on Thursday, law enforcement agencies shifted focus to three major terrorist networks of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Punjab to lay their hands on handlers/facilitators.

Talking about investigation into the suicide blast, a senior police officer told Dawn that two high-profile teams of the law enforcement agencies had been assigned the task to go after three offshoots of the TTP and t...

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