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| Deadly bomb shakes Pakistani city | Deadly bomb shakes Pakistani city |
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| At least 11 people have died in a bomb blast in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police officials say. | |
| The explosion is reported to have taken place at a police investigation bureau in the Swati Pathak area, which is close to the Pakistani army garrison. | The explosion is reported to have taken place at a police investigation bureau in the Swati Pathak area, which is close to the Pakistani army garrison. |
| Security has been tightened across Pakistan after a series of attacks in Lahore and the north-west on Thursday . | Security has been tightened across Pakistan after a series of attacks in Lahore and the north-west on Thursday . |
| About 40 people died in those attacks, the latest in a recent wave of brazen militant assaults across the country. | About 40 people died in those attacks, the latest in a recent wave of brazen militant assaults across the country. |
| Friday's attack is thought have been caused by a suicide car bomb. | Friday's attack is thought have been caused by a suicide car bomb. |
| Strategic city | Strategic city |
| Peshawar was also targeted a day earlier, when a bombing killed a child - and one week ago, when a deadly bomb ripped through a busy city market in the city. | |
| That attack killed at least 49 people in the busy Khyber Bazaar. | That attack killed at least 49 people in the busy Khyber Bazaar. |
| Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, has seen regular bomb and gun attacks in recent years. | Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, has seen regular bomb and gun attacks in recent years. |
| The city occupies a strategic position on the road to the Afghan border and is the gateway to Pakistan's tribal regions, long regarded as a haven for Islamist militants. | The city occupies a strategic position on the road to the Afghan border and is the gateway to Pakistan's tribal regions, long regarded as a haven for Islamist militants. |
| The latest wave of attacks comes as Pakistan's military prepares for what the government has said is an imminent assault on the Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan. | The latest wave of attacks comes as Pakistan's military prepares for what the government has said is an imminent assault on the Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan. |
| Nuclear-armed Pakistan is under US pressure to flush out militants as President Barack Obama considers sending more troops to neighbouring Afghanistan. | Nuclear-armed Pakistan is under US pressure to flush out militants as President Barack Obama considers sending more troops to neighbouring Afghanistan. |
| Stringent security measures were put in place following Thursday's attacks - which also mainly targeted police - but could not prevent the latest Peshawar bomb. | |
| OTHER RECENT MILITANT ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN 15 October - About 40 die in a series of gun and bomb attacks12 October - Security convoy attacked in Swat valley, 41 die10 October - Militants attack Rawalpindi army HQ - 20 killed9 Oct - At least 50 die in Peshawar suicide blast5 Oct - Five killed in suicide bomb at UN Islamabad offices26 Sept - 16 die in suicide car bombs in Peshawar and Bannu | |
| Around the eastern city of Lahore checkpoints have been installed and a one-way system is in operation on key roads. | |
| Authorities in the capital, Islamabad, have also temporarily banned passengers from riding on the back of motorcycles and bicycles for security reasons. | |
| Meanwhile, many of the police killed in Thursday's attacks have been buried. | |
| The funerals for 11 policemen killed in one of the attacks, on Lahore's Manawan police training school, were held on Thursday night. Senior state officials and politicians attended the funeral prayers | |
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