Mystery behind US security firm’s guards’ training at Rawalpindi police college remains

October 10th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Pakistani security forces killed four militants and nabbed two others following an hour-long commando operation in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The extremists, who arrived in a white car, opened firing near the Army Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and lobbed five hand grenades in their bid to break the barrier and force their way into the headquarters.

October 10th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - A shootout took place near the Pakistan Army headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi Saturday, media reports said. The firing started when security personnel tried to intercept a vehicle near the army headquarters on the Mall road.

October 3rd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the hearing into the trial of seven Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including the outfit's operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, till October 10. The trial, which is being conducted inside the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi for security reasons, has so far been adjourned six times in the past two months.

August 21st, 2009 RAWALPINDI - At least eight people, including four policemen, were injured in a powerful blast which took near a police patrol car on the Misryal road here on Thursday. City Police Officer Rao Iqbal said initial investigation suggested that some policemen were on patrol in a private car when probably a grenade was hurled at them from a distance.

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 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.

July 2nd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - At least six persons were killed and over 15 injured in a suicide bomb attack here on Thursday. The attack which took place in the Chur Chowk area of the city was earlier referred to as a bomb blast, but later senior police officials confirmed that it was a suicide attack.

June 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - With the United Nations (UN) set to start investigations into the assassination of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto from next month, Pakistan has been asked to provide English translations of Urdu documents of the probe conducted so far. The UN subcommission, which would be probing the assassination of the former premier for six months, has asked Islamabad to send two copies of the investigation report prepared by Pakistan intelligence agencies.

June 6th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Terrorists in the guise of police personnel could target high-profile personalities and sensitive installations, especially those of law enforcement agencies in Rawalpindi, a security official has warned. Addressing a press conference here, City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal, said that intelligence inputs suggest that militants are planning to strike in the city.

May 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An army colonel along with a lawyer have been arrested on espionage charges, Pakistan's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan told the National Assembly. Responding to parliament question, Awan informed the house that Colonel Shahid Bashir and his close friend Nadeem Shah, who is a Rawalpindi based lawyer, were currently being investigated by army officials on charges of spying.

April 26th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Security has been beefed-up here following intelligence reports about two suicide bombers trying to enter the city. According to a senior police official, two out of six suicide bombers could enter Rawalpindi, and the remaining four could trigger suicide blasts in Karachi.

April 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Police in this Pakistani capital and the adjacent garrison town of Rawalpindi have, in a four-day swoop, rounded up 625 people for their alleged involvement in the terror attack on a police academy near Lahore. Those found innocent will be released after interrogation, Dawn News channel Monday quoted the police as saying.

April 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The authorities claim to have arrested an Indian national and five Pakistanis who were said to be planning a terror attack on a police academy near the adjacent garrison town of Rawalpindi. While the Indian national was arrested Friday morning, the other five were arrested later in the day on the basis of information provided by him, Dawn News channel said Saturday.

April 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister's Interior Affairs Adviser Rehman Malik has said the attackers are Pakistani nationals and that they have not come from outside. He said a suicide bomber is not under any compulsion to carry out attacks.

March 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A teenage suicide bomber is reported to have entered the adjacent garrison town of Rawalpindi and could target the car of a dignitary, a media report said Saturday. 'According to sources, security organisations (have) warned that a suicide bomber has entered (the) sensitive area of Lal Kurti in Rawalpindi.