Blast in Lahore

October 15th, 2009 Official: 7 killed in attack on LahoreLAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani official says seven people have been killed when a team of gunmen attacked the federal law enforcement building in the eastern city of Lahore. Senior official Sajjad Bhutta said Thursday the attack lasted about 1 1/2 hours and was over by 11 a.m.

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - An explosion took place at the Elite Force headquarters in Pakistan's the provincial capital of Lahore. According to Geo News, a loud blast was reported at the Elite Force headquarters situated at Bedyan Road.

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - Lahore police on Thursday confirmed the death of five persons in the FIA building attack.alking to mediapersons outside the FIA building, which houses several government and private offices, a senior police official said the situation is under control added that 20-25 hostages had been freed He said of the five persons killed, two were terrorists. The identity of other three persons is yet to be ascertained.

June 14th, 2009 LAHORE - A man suspected to be involved in the bombing of a mosque here in which a prominent cleric who supported the military's ongoing anti-Taliban operations was killed has been arrested from Balochistan, a media report said. The suspect, identified as Muhammad Ilyas, was held from the Nasirabad area of Balochistan's Loralai district, some 100 km east of capital Quetta, Geo TV said.

June 12th, 2009 LAHORE - At least seven persons have been reportedly killed and several others injured in serial bomb blasts which rocked two mosques in Nowshera and Lahore. According to sources the blasts took place after the juma prayers.

May 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack in Lahore Wednesday that killed at least 23 people, a US-based Islamic militant monitoring group has said. The SITE Intelligence Group said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban militants made the claim in a statement posted on Turkish jihadist websites, Geo TV reported Thursday.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday "unequivocally" condemned the bomb blast in Lahore but also made it clear that the ball was in Pakistan's court to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage if it wanted to resume composite dialogue with New Delhi. "I feel sorry that an incident has taken place in Lahore...

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government has condemned Wednesday's blast in Lahore and urged the Pakistan Government to join hands with it to fight the menace. "India has always taken the position that whereever there are strikes, we condemn it with all the forces at our command.

May 27th, 2009 LAHORE - The police have barred hospitals in Lahore from discharging those injured in a car bomb blast Wednesday that killed an estimated 40 people and wounded over 100. The wounded people would be released after investigations, police sources told Geo TV.

May 27th, 2009 LAHORE - The car bomb blast that killed 40 people in Lahore Wednesday was an attempt by militants to "destabilise" the nation as they are facing defeat in the country's northwest, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said. Malik told reporters in Karachi that terrorists want to destabilise the country as "they are facing defeat in Swat and FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas)".

May 27th, 2009 LAHORE - Several people were killed when a massive blast shook the Civil Lines area of Pakistan's Lahore city Wednesday morning. The blast occurred in 15 Building adjacent to CCPO office, where the additional inspector general of police sits, reported The News.

May 27th, 2009 LAHORE - A powerful bomb blast rocked Lahore on Wednesday killing over 30 people, besides injuring about 150 people and destroying over 40 vehicles. According to reports, the blast took place in a building situated on Mall road adjacent to the Lahore High Court building.

May 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Wednesday the bomb attack that killed at least 40 people in the Pakistani city of Lahore. "No cause can justify such indiscriminate terrorist violence," Ban said in a statement.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday condemned the blast in Lahore that killed over 20 people and hoped Pakistan can join hands in fighting the spectre of terror. "I feel sorry that an incident has taken place in Lahore...

December 24th, 2008 LAHORE - Intelligence agencies late Wednesday arrested 'an Indian secret agent and two others who were allegedly involved' in a bomb blast here Wednesday morning, a media report said. The man, who was arrested late Wednesday, 'was identified as Sutish Anand Sharma, a resident of Indian city Kolkata,' Geo TV reported quoting the police.