Four dead, 30 hurt in Pakistan blastOctober 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Four people were killed and 30 injured Monday in an explosion in Pakistan's Swat region. The bomb blast occurred near a security checkpoint in Shangla of Swat valley in North West Frontier Province, Xinhua reported.
Mystery behind US security firm's guards' training at Rawalpindi police college remainsOctober 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has revealed that the guards of Inter-Risk security agency, the Pakistani outlet of a private US security firm, were being trained at the premises of the police training college in Rawalpindi. "The investigators have informed me that the Inter-Risk security guards were being trained at Sihala police college in Rawalpindi," The Daily Times quoted Malik, as saying.
Bomb blast in Islamabad kills 1, injures 2October 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A bomb explosion outside the UN's World Food Programme offices in Islamabad on Monday killed one person and injures two others, police say. "There was a blast in the street where a UN office is located.
Two killed in blast at UN office in Islamabad (Second Lead)October 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A foreigner and a Pakistani woman were killed Monday when a blast tore through the UN World Food Programme (WFP) office, close to President Asif Ali Zardari's private residence, in an upscale locality of this Pakistan capital. Bin Yamin, deputy inspector general (operations), said: "We moved six wounded people to hospital and two of them are dead." Two foreigners were amongst those injured.
UN temporarily closes offices in Pakistan after attack in capital kills 3 peopleOctober 5th, 2009 UN closes offices in Pakistan after attackISLAMABAD — The United Nations says it has temporarily closed its offices in Pakistan following the attack on the World Food Program office in the capital of Islamabad. UN spokesman Ishrat Rizvi said no specific threat had been received and the move was a precaution following Monday's attack that killed three people.
USAID closes Islamabad offices over security threatSeptember 1st, 2009 LAHORE - US authorities have closed all USAID offices in Islamabad after receiving threats from unidentified miscreants, a private TV channel has reported. According to the channel, the authorities decided to close the offices after two USAID officials received threats on the phone.
Six killed, 25 hurt in Pakistan blastJuly 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.
Police chief says at least 5 killed in suicide attack near Pakistani capitalJuly 2nd, 2009 Pakistan police say 5 dead in suicide blastRAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A senior police official says at least five people have been killed in a suicide attack on a government bus near the Pakistani capital. Rawalpindi police chief Nasir Durrani said the attacker was on a motorcycle.
6 dead, 25 injured in Pakistan suicide bomb attack (Second Lead)July 2nd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - A suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus in this Pakistani city, killing at least six people and injuring 25. 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, Regional Police Officer Rawalpindi Nasir Durrani told reporters.
Police: Blast at a police building in Islamabad kills at least 1, injures 2June 6th, 2009 Blast at police building in Pakistani capitalISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber attacked a police building in Pakistan's capital Saturday, blowing himself up in a courtyard after being shot by officers as he ran toward them, officials said. The bombing in Islamabad is the latest in a string of attacks in Pakistani cities that officials blame on militants taking revenge for the military's month-old offensive to oust the Taliban from the Swat Valley in the country's northwest.
US embassy suspends consular services in IslamabadApril 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The US embassy in Pakistan's capital suspended consular services Friday due to 'heightened security', an official said. However, the US consulates in Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar will be open Friday, the Dawn quoted a spokesman as saying.
Blast in Islamabad, five injuredApril 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were injured in a powerful bomb explosion followed by firing in this Pakistani capital Saturday, a media report said. The blast occurred near a check post of the Frontier Corps (FC) in Jinnah Super Market in Islamabad, Geo News reported.
Six feared killed in Islamabad blastApril 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least six people were feared killed in a powerful bomb explosion in an upscale Islamabad neighbourhood Saturday evening, police and eyewitnesses said. Television channels quoted a senior police officer as saying that six people were feared dead and many more were injured.
'Islamabad suicide attack was Taliban's revenge for Lal Masjid operation'March 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pak-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud might be involved in Monday's suicide attack on the offices of the police's Special Branch in Islamabad to avenge the July 2007 Lal Masjid operation, investigators have said. The preliminarily investigation suggests that the same group of militants that had carried out an attack in Rawalpindi on March 16 carried out the latest attack, sources told the Dawn.
Blast rattles Islamabad police stationMarch 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A powerful explosion Monday evening rattled a Special Branch police station here in what is thought to be a suicide attack, Geo TV reported. Eyewitnesses said smoke was coming out of the police station, located in the capital's Sitara Market, after the blast, which was so loud that it shattered windowpanes of the surrounding buildings.
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