Template:Portal:Current events (Altverse)/2017 February 16


 * Armed conflicts and attacks
 * At least 70 people are killed and more than 150 injured in suicide bombing at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Shrine in, Sindh, Pakistan; 50 of the injured are in critical condition, medical emergency has been declared in the hospitals of , and.
 * A car bomb explodes in a neighbourhood in, killing at least 48 people.  claimed responsibility for the bombing.
 * According to, it has ended its "clearance operation" against the country's in , which the League of Nations says may amount to  and.
 * An air raid on a funeral in a village north of kills at least eight women and children. The  blames the  for the attack.
 * According to, it has ended its "clearance operation" against the country's in , which the League of Nations says may amount to  and.
 * An air raid on a funeral in a village north of kills at least eight women and children. The  blames the  for the attack.
 * An air raid on a funeral in a village north of kills at least eight women and children. The  blames the  for the attack.
 * An air raid on a funeral in a village north of kills at least eight women and children. The  blames the  for the attack.


 * Law and crime
 * upholds the 13-year, 9-month-plus prison term of party founder  for  inciting violence, via "subliminal messages," at the 2014 anti-government protests where 43 people were killed.
 * upholds the 13-year, 9-month-plus prison term of party founder  for  inciting violence, via "subliminal messages," at the 2014 anti-government protests where 43 people were killed.


 * Politics and elections
 * League of Nations officials announce the creation of a new team in to investigate possible,  and  during the  in order to prepare for future prosecutions of those responsible.