Bombs wound 18 in Pakistan

Lahore - Two bombs went off in Pakistani cities in the Punjab, the home province of the ousted prime minister,

Lahore - Two bombs went off in Pakistani cities in the Punjab, the home province of the ousted prime minister,

Nawaz Sharif. At least 18 people were wounded, police said.

The blasts occurred in the provincial capital, Lahore, and in Rawalpindi one day after an Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Sharif to two life sentences on charges of hijacking and terrorism.

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