Christian communities across Pakistan have launched angry protests after a Muslim mob set fire to a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore.

Under police guard, thousands of health workers pressed on with a polio immunisation program after nine were killed elsewhere in Pakistan by suspected militants who oppose the vaccination campaign.

Report highlights increasing use of 'double-tap' tactics which are terrorising an entire population with death from the skies.

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