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Pakistani lawyers boycott courts after bombing

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 1:14 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 09 August 2016 1:14 PM ]

Pakistani lawyers shout slogans against the killing of their colleagues a day after suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, during a protest in Islamabad on August 9, 2016. (AFP)

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