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                         Pakistan Suicide Blast Kills 8

   by Ayaz Gul

   The home minister for Pakistan's populous Punjab province, along with
   dozens of people, including police officers were buried under the
   rubble of the minister's home after a massive suicide blast triggered
   the building's collapse.

   Police and rescue workers confirm they have retrieved eight bodies, but
   the fate of Minister Shuja Khanzada remains unclear.

   Witnesses say as many as 30 people were inside the building in the
   northwestern Attock district when a suicide bomber entered and
   detonated the bomb after security guards spotted him and tried to stop
   him.

   Khanzada had been leading a recent step-up in security operations
   against militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaida in
   Punjab.

   Authorities suspect the attack in his native village, Shadi Khan, could
   be in revenge for the minister's anti-militancy campaign.  The military
   has joined rescue work.
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