Policemen stand guard near the caskets of their colleagues, who were killed in a bomb attack, during a funeral ceremony in Charsadda
Policemen stand guard near the caskets of their colleagues, who were killed in a bomb attack, during a funeral ceremony at the Police Line, or the police's main office, in Charsadda, on the outskirts of Peshawar January 22, 2014. At least seven people were killed and nine others were injured in an explosion near a police mobile van in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Relatives and colleagues carry the casket of a policeman, who was killed in a bomb attack, for the funeral ceremony in Charsadda
Relatives and colleagues carry the casket of a policeman, who was killed in a bomb attack, for the funeral ceremony at the Police Line, or the police's main office, in Charsadda, on the outskirts of Peshawar January 22, 2014. At least seven people were killed and nine others were injured in an explosion near a police mobile van in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
A policeman and relatives gather around the flag-draped casket of a policeman, who was killed in a bomb attack, during a funeral ceremony at the police's main office in Charsadda
A policeman and relatives gather around the flag-draped casket of a policeman, who was killed in a bomb attack, during a funeral ceremony at the Police Line, or the police's main office, in Charsadda, on the outskirts of Peshawar January 22, 2014. At least seven people were killed and nine others were injured in an explosion near a police mobile van in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Residents display empty tear gas shells fired by police, to members of media, during road block protest against search operation, after killings of three polio vaccination workers, in Karachi
Residents display empty tear gas shells fired by the police, to members of the media, during a road block protest against a search operation, after the killings of three polio vaccination workers on Tuesday, in Karachi January 22, 2014. Police arrested more than 100 suspects after three polio eradication workers, including two women, were shot dead by armed men on motorcycles during a vaccination drive on Tuesday in Qayyumabad, eastern Karachi, local media reported. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW HEALTH)
Relatives gather around the flag-draped casket of a policeman, who was killed in a bomb attack, during a funeral ceremony at the police's main office in Charsadda
Relatives gather around the flag-draped casket of a policeman, who was killed in a bomb attack, during a funeral ceremony at the Police Line, or the police's main office, in Charsadda, on the outskirts of Peshawar January 22, 2014. At least seven people were killed and nine others were injured in the explosion near a police mobile van in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
A policeman collects evidence from a police mobile van after it was hit by a bomb blast in Charsadda
A policeman collects evidence from a police mobile van after it was hit by a bomb blast in Charsadda, on the outskirts of Peshawar January 22, 2014. At least seven people were killed and nine others were injured in the explosion near the police mobile van in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
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Rescue workers collect evidence from a burnt passenger bus on the outskirts of Quetta
Rescue workers collect evidence from a burnt passenger bus on the outskirts of Quetta January 21, 2014. A bomb ripped through the bus full of Shi'ite pilgrims in western Pakistan and killed at least 22 people on Tuesday, police said, extending a spate of sectarian attacks that have shaken the South Asian nation. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)