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Work to strengthen mountain streams in a north Pakistan valley has reduced the risk of flooding and made more water available for irrigation

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:05 AM

A man uses his mobile phone to take a photograph of a damaged car of Allama Nasir Abbas, a leader of Tehreek Nifaz Fiqah-e-Jafaria, a banned Shi'ite organisation, after he was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore early December 16, 2013. The prominent Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim cleric has been shot dead in an apparent reprisal attack following the murder this month of a Sunni Muslim leader, police said on Monday. Abbas was shot as he drove home after addressing a religious gathering in Lahore on Sunday evening. REUTERS/Imran Sheikh (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:55 AM

Men stand next to a damaged car of Allama Nasir Abbas, a leader of Tehreek Nifaz Fiqah-e-Jafaria, a banned Shi'ite organisation, after he was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore early December 16, 2013. The prominent Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim cleric has been shot dead in an apparent reprisal attack following the murder this month of a Sunni Muslim leader, police said on Monday. Abbas was shot as he drove home after addressing a religious gathering in Lahore on Sunday evening. REUTERS/Imran Sheikh (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:53 AM

A police officer stands guard outside the Batul Noor mosque of the Ahmadi community in Lahore December 10, 2013. Three years ago, 86 Ahmadis were killed in two simultaneous attacks on Friday prayers in Lahore. There have been no mass attacks since then, but targeted killings are rising: last year 20 Ahmadis were killed, up from 11 in 2009. Picture taken December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:48 AM

Ahamdi women walk past graves at the Ahmadi graveyard in the town of Rabwa December 9, 2013. Three years ago, 86 Ahmadis were killed in two simultaneous attacks on Friday prayers in Lahore. There have been no mass attacks since then, but targeted killings are rising: last year 20 Ahmadis were killed, up from 11 in 2009. Picture taken on December 9, 2013. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION CIVIL UNREST)

Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:46 AM

A photograph of Masood Ahmad is held by his nephew at his house in Lahore December 10, 2013. Ahmad, a 72-year-old British doctor and an Ahmadi, is in prison in Pakistan for "posing as a Muslim", charges that reveal an escalating ideological fight that often spills over into violence. Three years ago, 86 Ahmadis were killed in two simultaneous attacks on Friday prayers in Lahore. There have been no mass attacks since then, but targeted killings are rising: last year 20 Ahmadis were killed, up from 11 in 2009. Picture taken December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)