Terror attack at Pakistan Stock Exchange, 7 killed

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SMBC Nikko's overNabi Memon, told Reuters bility for an attack on the refuge in locked rooms and seas operations earned 15.3 the gunmen attacked with Chinese consulate in many were evacuated. billion yen ($143 million) grenades and guns after Karachi in 2018. Several Security forces are searchbefore taxes in the year pulling up in a silver projects linked to China's ing the area. ended March. The compaCorolla car. Belt and Road initiative Militants from the ny aims to double the They threw a grenade are in Balochistan. Baloch Liberation Army amount by the year ending at security men posted outThis month, three say they were behind the March 2023. side the compound then explosions on the same attack.

Shibli Faraz, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting in a ceremony arranged to distribute cheques of financial assistance among press clubs.