Nowshera
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 Pakistan
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| Province : | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
| Coordinates : |
34 ° 1 ' N , 71 ° 59' E
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| Height : |
292 m
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| Residents : | 120,131 (2017) | ||
| Time zone : |
PST ( UTC + 5 )
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Nowshera (also Naushahra ) is a town in Pakistan . It is the capital of the Nowshera district of the same name .
Infrastructure
There's a court in Nowshera.
Recent history
On March 4, 2011, nine people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a bomb attack on a mosque during a feeding of the poor after Friday prayers . On May 10, 2011, a police officer and a civilian were killed in an attack on the courthouse using a remote-controlled bomb. On June 5, 2011, another suicide attack took place in Nowshera. A bakery in a district mainly inhabited by military personnel was the target. Eighteen people died and 40 were injured, some seriously.
On February 27, 2012, a motorcycle-mounted bomb killed at least five people at an Awami National Party rally . The head of government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province , Amir Haider Khan Hoti , had left the event shortly before.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Several dead in mosque attack. In: ORF . March 4, 2011, accessed March 4, 2011 .
- ^ A b Sven Hansen: Major attack in Afghanistan. In: the daily newspaper . May 10, 2011, accessed May 11, 2011 .
- ^ Bomb attacks in Pakistan. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 5, 2011, accessed June 6, 2011 .
- ^ Bomb attack in Pakistan. In: The Standard . February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012 .