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A suicide bomb attack has killed dozens of people at a hospital in Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. This latest attack appear to be part of a wider pattern targeting lawyers and other professionals in Balochistan. Is the current spike in violence to be seen in the context of an on-going insurgency in the region? Dr Farzana Shaikh is a Pakistan specialist at Chatham House, an independent foreign affairs think-tank.
(Photo: A Pakistani soldier comforts a mourner after a bomb explosion at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. Credit: Getty Images)