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Terrorist threats force Peshawar cinemas to close

February 14, 2014

PESHAWAR: Owners on Thursday closed all cinemas in the provincial capital indefinitely over threats of terrorist attacks. The development comes in the wake of the bombings of two local cinemas, including Picture House near Qissa Khwani and Shama Cinema on Pejagi Road this month, which left at least 18 people dead. “We have closed the cinema for indefinite period as

Second grenade attack on a Pakistani cinema this month

February 13, 2014

13 people were killed and at least 35 were injured on February 11, 2014 in a grenade attack on Shama Cinema, situated near the busy Bacha Khan Square in Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province. The cinema was known for sometimes showing pornographic films in one of its auditoriums. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast

Terrorist threats force Peshawar cinemas to close

Second grenade attack on a Pakistani cinema this month

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