4 die in blast at Khan hospital

LAHORE - Four people died and 30 were wounded when a powerful bomb went off yesterday at a cancer hospital built by the former…

LAHORE - Four people died and 30 were wounded when a powerful bomb went off yesterday at a cancer hospital built by the former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan, police and ambulance sources said. The blast struck the out patient department of outside Lahore.

Imran said the blast, at the Shuakat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research. Centre, was aimed to frighten him from pursuing his social welfare aims.

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