Pakistan quake kills at least 80, toll seen higher
At least 80 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck south-west Pakistan on Wednesday, bringing down hundreds of mud-walled houses.
At least 80 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck south-west Pakistan on Wednesday, bringing down hundreds of mud-walled houses.
Pakistani investigators were searching on Sunday for clues to a bloody suicide bombing in a court after one person wounded in the blast on the previous day died, taking the death toll to 16. The bomber blew himself up in a court in the south-western city of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, while it was in session on Saturday.
A judge and six lawyers were among 15 people killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a courtroom in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday. Police found a head amongst the carnage, raising suspicions that the blast could be have caused by a suicide bomber.