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PAKISTAN update - (3#) -

# AL QAEDA THREATENS UN: A hitherto unknown group calling itself Al Qaeda Punjab has threatened to destroy UN offices in Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar unless they fire two female drivers for UNICEF by the end of this month, according to an e-mail and letter which was sent to the UN operations chief.

# NO JUICE: *Karachi suffered a major power breakdown on Thursday... The disruption set off traffic chaos, water shortage, and brought manufacturing and business activities to a shuddering halt in the metropolis of 16 million people... Although the power supply started returning to normal in the evening, large parts of Karachi were without electricity till late into the night.*

# Peshawar: Tensions erupted in the Kurram province on Thursday when at least 25 tribesmen were kidnapped by a rival tribe from a different neighborhood, while power and oil supplies to the area were suspended.

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