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- ↑ "Nine persons killed, 22 others injured in attack on DIG office in Balochistan's Loralai". Samaa TV . Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "Nine martyred in gun-and-suicide attack on DIG office in Loralai". The Express Tribune . Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "Loralai attack death toll mounts to 9". The News International .
- ↑ Anwar, Madeeha (7 February 2019). "Alleged Killing by Police Angers Pashtuns in Pakistan". Voice of America . Retrieved 15 February 2019.
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