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DC-Security forces on Friday morning foiled an attack on the Chinese Consulate in the Clifton Block-4 area of the city. Two policemen, Assistant Sub Inspector Ashraf Dawood, and Constable Amir were martyred and a security guard injured as three gunmen tried to enter the consulate around 9:00am. Two visa applicants from Quetta, a father, and son identified as Niaz Muhammad and Muhammad Zahir Shah, also lost their lives in the attack. The terrorists were trying to enter the consulate from the visa issuance section but were intercepted by security personnel at a checkpoint. According to reports, the terrorists detonated a hand grenade before the opening gunfire. Sindh Police and Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed that all three terrorists had been killed in the operation.“They [terrorists] had hand grenades and SMGs. They wanted to make their way inside [the consulate]. One was neutralized outside, the other two were neutralized in the ensuing ope...

By AFP  Published: May 19, 2018 Demonstrators hurl stones towards Modi during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move to Jerusalem, in Srinagar, May 18, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS SRINAGAR:  Indian occupied Kashmir came to a virtual standstill on Saturday as separatist groups called for a shutdown to protest a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Muslim-majority region gripped by deadly new tensions and clashes with rival Pakistan.   Shops shut and streets in the main city, Srinagar, were empty except for police and paramilitary patrols as authorities imposed maximum security for Modi’s one-day visit. Authorities cut mobile internet services in the region and ordered a curfew in parts of Srinagar.   Separatist groups opposed to Indian rule of Kashmir called for a strike and a protest march to a city square. Main roads leading to the square were barricaded by razor wire to ...