Eight killed, 24 injured in Pakistan blast

July 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least four people were killed Wednesday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in eastern Pakistan, TV reports said. The incident occurred in Muridke city of Punjab province.

July 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Nine people were killed and over 50 people were injured Monday in an explosion in Mian Channu city of Pakistan's Punjab province, an official said. Naeem, a doctor at the tehsil headquarter hospital, told Geo TV that nine people were killed.

July 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 15 people including seven children were killed and several others injured in a powerful bomb blast in Mian Channu region of Punjab province in Pakistan on Monday. According to sources, the blast occurred in a house where several children had gathered for religious education.

July 2nd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Six people were killed and 25 injured in a suicide bomb attack that ripped through a crowded marked in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city, media reports said. Six people were killed in the blast and at least 25 people were critically injured in the blast that took place in Chauhar Chowk of Rawalpindi, Geo News reported According to preliminary reports, a motorist rammed into a bus parked near a petrol pump and blew himself up, injuring the passengers.

July 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Two policemen were killed and several others injured in a bomb attack on their vehicles in northwestern Pakistan Thursday morning, the Dawn reported. The roadside bombing occurred on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital city of militancy-hit North West Frontier Province.

June 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Four people were killed and three injured Tuesday in a blast at a petrol pump in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, TV reports said. The blast occurred in a car parked at a petrol pump near the Quetta-Karachi Highway, Geo TV said citing police officials.

June 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and over 100 injured in bomb blasts targeting two mosques in Pakistan Friday, media reports said. One person was killed and several injured in a bomb blast at the Jamia Naeemia mosque in the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan and four people were killed and over 90 injured in an explosion targeting the Nowshera supply depot mosque in the city of Nowshera in northwest Pakistan, Geo News reported.

June 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and 35 injured Tuesday evening in a bomb blast at a five-star hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to local TV reports. The blast occurred at the Pearl Continental Hotel, a heavily guarded five-star hotel in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Express TV quoted police sources as saying.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 10 people, including five children, were killed Saturday in a powerful bomb blast in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, the police said. The blast occurred near a school bus in the Kakshal area in the capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), TV reports said citing police officials.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least nine people, including six children, were killed in a blast Saturday in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to a media report. At least 16 children were among the injured in the blast near a school bus at the Kakshal residential area in Peshawar, which is the capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Express TV reported.

April 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Five people were injured Thursday in a blast in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, a media report said. The blast occurred on Hangu road in Kohat town, Geo TV reported.

April 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six people were killed and several injured in an explosion Friday in Pakistan's Peshawar city, a media report said. The blast took place in Khyber Bazaar, close to the North West Frontier Province assembly, Geo TV reported.

April 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Several people were injured in a blast in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, a TV channel reported. The blast occurred in a house in Hangu district of North West Frontier Province.

February 16th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least eight people were killed and 16 others injured Tuesday in a bomb blast in this northwestern city of Pakistan, Geo TV reported. The blast took place in a vehicle that was parked outside the house of a local official, the report said.

February 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least six people were killed and around 20 others injured Thursday in a bomb blast in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, a media report said. The blast occurred during a procession taken out to mark the Hazrat Imam Hussain martyrdom anniversary in Wadani area in Dera Ghazi Khan City of the province.