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| Two blasts rock Pakistani towns | Two blasts rock Pakistani towns |
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| Two bombs have exploded in different parts of Pakistan, killing several people, reports say. | |
| One blast hit an Islamic religious school in the eastern city of Lahore, killing a leading anti-Taliban cleric. | |
| The other blast was reported at a mosque near a military depot near in the north-western town of Nowshera. | The other blast was reported at a mosque near a military depot near in the north-western town of Nowshera. |
| Three people were reported killed and several others hurt in the garrison town, close to Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province. | |
| A spokesman for the Jaamia Naeemia madrassa in Lahore said the school's senior cleric was killed by the blast. There were other reports of injuries. | |
| The Lahore school, one of the most famous in Pakistan, said Sarfaraz Naeemi, a religious scholar opposed to the Taliban, had been killed. | |
| He was known for his outspoken views against suicide bombings and militancy, and was one of the few scholars who had openly supported the ongoing military operation in Swat. | |
| Mr Naeemi had labelled the activities of the Taliban as "un-Islamic". | |
| In the other attack, which happened almost simultaneously at a mosque in Nowshera, at least three people were killed and several others injured. | |
| The attack in Nowshera took place in a military high security zone, close to a supply depot. |